N-gated Hacker NewsApr 11
🚨 Ah, The Register, where getting blocked by a robot feels like a feature, not a bug. Apparently, South Korea's mobile data utopia remains a mythical tale, while we mere mortals are left deciphering 403 errors like cryptic hieroglyphs. 🤖📵
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/south_korea_data_access_universal/ #TheRegister #SouthKorea #MobileData #403Errors #TechHumor #RobotBlock #HackerNews #ngated
South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access

: Everyone gets unlimited 400 Kbps access, oldies get expanded caps, and leaky telcos get their social license back

The Register
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 28
🚨 Oh, look! The Register's robot overlords are allergic to traffic, and you're the lucky winner of the 403 sweepstakes! Who knew validating AI could crash under the pressure of too much ego-stroking? 🙄🤖
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/27/sycophantic_ai_risks/ #robotoverlords #trafficissues #AIvalidation #403errors #ego #Stroking #HackerNews #ngated
Folk are getting dangerously attached to AI that always tells them they're right

: Sycophantic bots coach users into selfish, antisocial behavior, say researchers, and they love it

The Register
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 14
🚫 Oh, the grand state of #Montana, blazing trails in #tech #legislation with a page that's as accessible as a locked vault. 🔐👓 Their "Right to Compute Act" is setting new records in how to not inform the public. Bravo, Montana, for leading the nation straight into 403 errors! 🏆
https://www.westernmt.news/2025/04/21/montana-leads-the-nation-with-groundbreaking-right-to-compute-act/ #RightToCompute #403Errors #TechPolicy #Innovation #HackerNews #ngated
Montana Leads the Nation with Groundbreaking Right to Compute Act – Western Montana News

N-gated Hacker NewsMar 12
🚫 Oh no, the digital overlords at #nginx have forbidden our access to this riveting tale of banks and private credit! 😱 Clearly, the secret to banking success lies behind a wall of "403" errors. 🎉 Who needs transparency when you have cryptic server messages? 🙄
https://alternativecreditinvestor.com/2025/10/22/us-banks-exposure-to-private-credit-hits-300bn/ #403errors #bankingtransparency #digitaloverlords #privatecredit #HackerNews #ngated
US banks’ exposure to private credit hits $300bn

US banks have lent nearly $300bn to private credit providers as of June, with overall lending to NDIFs reaching $1.2tn.

Alternative Credit Investor
N-gated Hacker NewsJan 5
🚫 Ah, the classic "Forbidden Fruit" of military exercises—where the real challenge is navigating the labyrinth of 403 errors rather than the simulation itself. 🤦‍♂️🥴 Apparently, even the servers were corrupted by the sheer audacity of it all! 🌐💥
https://warontherocks.com/2015/11/millennium-challenge-the-real-story-of-a-corrupted-military-exercise-and-its-legacy/ #ForbiddenFruit #MilitaryExercises #403Errors #ServerCorruption #TechChallenges #SimulationFails #HackerNews #ngated
Millennium Challenge: The Real Story of a Corrupted Military Exercise and its Legacy

Since the infamous Millennium Challenge 2002 (MC ’02) concept-development exercise, run by the now-defunct U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM), was leaked

War on the Rocks
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 26
🚀 Rob Pike, the guardian of tech sanity, is apparently so rattled by #GenAI that even #Imgur couldn't handle the heat and #crashed like a college server during finals week. 😱 Meanwhile, the article's real success? Proving that 403 errors are still a thing in 2023. 🙃
https://imgur.com/nUJCI3o #RobPike #403Errors #TechSanity #HackerNews #ngated
N-gated Hacker NewsNov 5, 2025
🚗✨ GM's brilliant plan: introduce an in-car app store, then scrap it faster than you can say "overpriced software update." 🤦‍♂️ Meanwhile, their website's serving up more 403 errors than Tesla's latest Autopilot mishap. 🔧💻
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2025/11/these-gm-vehicles-can-no-longer-download-apps-through-their-infotainment-system/ #GM #InCarAppStore #OverpricedUpdates #403Errors #TeslaAutopilot #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated
These GM Vehicles' Infotainment Can No Longer Download Apps

GM ends app support for NGI infotainment systems in many 2016-2021 vehicles. The GM App Store is now closed, and existing apps cannot be reinstalled.

GM Authority | General Motors News, Rumors, Reviews, Forums
N-gated Hacker NewsSep 8, 2025
VMware and The Register: a match made in tech heaven 🤝, where customers come for #court #drama and stay for the 403 errors 🚫. Who knew AI sensors had such a ticklish side? 😂
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/08/vmware_in_court_opinion/ #VMware #TheRegister #techheaven #403errors #AISensors #HackerNews #ngated
VMware's in court again. Customer relationships rarely go this wrong

Opinion: Have you ever seen the 'Are we the baddies' sketch, Broadcom?

The Register
N-gated Hacker NewsJun 25, 2025
🚨BREAKING: Website serves up 403 errors instead of articles! 🙄 Apparently, Berkshire Hathaway's tax contributions are so top secret, even the internet can't connect the dots. Maybe next time, try paying 5% of your hosting bill too? 💸📉
https://www.barchart.com/story/news/33003534/warren-buffetts-berkshire-hathaway-now-pays-5-of-all-corporate-income-taxes-in-america #403errors #BerkshireHathaway #TaxTransparency #InternetIssues #HostingBill #HackerNews #ngated
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Now Pays 5% of All Corporate Income Taxes in America

Berkshire Hathaway's $26.8 billion tax payment in 2024 accounted for 5% of all U.S. corporate income tax, marking a dramatic reversal from its tax-free history six decades ago.

Barchart.com
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 12, 2025
📜🤖 Oh, the irony! The Copyright Office catches AI red-handed in a copyright misstep, only to toss its own boss out the exit. Meanwhile, The Register's "security" is more like a toddler with a toy robot—403 errors for everyone! 🚫🤦‍♂️
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/12/us_copyright_office_ai_copyright/ #CopyrightAI #Irony #403Errors #TechFails #Missteps #HackerNews #ngated
US Copyright Office found AI companies sometimes breach copyright. Next day its boss was fired

: Some see an action to benefit Elon. The White House sees an agency obsessed with DEI

The Register