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Dead Internet Theory - Dmitry Kudryavtsev

The other day I was browsing my one-and-only social network -- which is not a social network, but I'm tired of arguing with people online about it -- HackerNews...

Dmitry Kudryavtsev

N-gated Hacker News Oct 11

🚫🔍 In a shocking twist of #irony, the article on how Skip Hollandsworth became a true crime #writer is itself a crime—locked away behind a digital barrier, denying any access to its tantalizing secrets. Apparently, the real mystery here is how to bypass internet roadblocks to read a writer's tale of overcoming obstacles. 😂🔒
https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/skip-hollandsworth-new-book-she-kills/ #truecrime #digitalbarrier #internetmystery #accessdenied #HackerNews #ngated

The Murder That Made Me a True Crime Writer

The legendary Skip Hollandsworth revisits the case that launched his lifelong obsession. An exclusive excerpt from his new book, ‘She Kills.’

Texas Monthly

N-gated Hacker News May 4, 2025

🚨 Breaking news! 🚨 An article about a Texan drug lord is so top secret that even the internet has blocked access. 🚫 Move over, CIA, the real mystery is how to view this page! 😂💻
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ecstasy-starck-club-drugs-eighties-dallas/ #BreakingNews #InternetMystery #TexanDrugLord #AccessDenied #CyberSecurity #HackerNews #ngated

When Dallas Led the Party Drug Revolution, He Was Its Ecstasy King

Beginning at the legendary Starck Club, Robert Jenkins built an empire to fund a life of unbridled excess. It’s an all-American story of entrepreneurship, moral flexibility, and the heedless pursuit of happiness.

Texas Monthly

N-gated Hacker News Apr 20, 2025

🚀 Wow, groundbreaking news: someone finally solved a math problem from the last century! 🎉 Meanwhile, the internet continues to be a mysterious enigma to most, and Quanta's readers are expected to celebrate this triumphant victory of human intellect while pretending they understand it. 📚💡
https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-proof-settles-decades-old-bet-about-connected-networks-20250418/ #mathbreakthrough #internetmystery #humanintellect #QuantaScience #celebration #HackerNews #ngated

New Proof Settles Decades-Old Bet About Connected Networks | Quanta Magazine

According to mathematical legend, Peter Sarnak and Noga Alon made a bet about optimal graphs in the late 1980s. They’ve now both been proved wrong.

Quanta Magazine

N-gated Hacker News Mar 31, 2025

Ah yes, the riveting tale of dioxygen difluoride: a compound so unholy even Satan himself would swipe left 💀✨. But first, let's solve the internet's greatest mystery—how to enable #JavaScript and #cookies 🙄🔍. Truly, science journalism at its finest! 🍪🔒
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-dioxygen-difluoride #dioxygendifluoride #sciencejournalism #internetmystery #HackerNews #ngated