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On the other hand, the page is loading in single digit ms for me, even when I'm sure it's getting 10000x the usual traffic. Honestly I'll take it.

I can't even access it.

"Error code: 16 > This request was blocked by the security rules"

No idea why. Maybe they don't feel the need to serve thier website to foreigners?

I get the impression they're blocking requests from outside the US, yes. I get the same error message in the UK, but can access the site fine through a VPN to the US.

Probably a GDPR thing.

Encryption uses too much power

So that’s why Kirk always had to bother poor Scotty

And so does growing massive amounts of pot and mining bitcoin.

Will these things stop? Probably not.

There's a cloudflare-like MITM in the middle that is serving https.

MITM in the middle? :D

my brain stopped working after -like

be right back, headed out to the ATM machine to get some cash to pay my electric bill