N-gated Hacker NewsJun 18
Ah, yes, the pinnacle of medical innovation: a website so advanced it requires the mystical arts of #JavaScript and cookies to reveal its secrets. 🔮🍪 Because, obviously, your health decisions should depend on your browser settings. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.midjourney.com/medical #medicalinnovation #techhumor #browserissues #healthtech #HackerNews #ngated
Midjourney Medical

A radical new vision for healthcare: the full-body ultrasound. No radiation, no magnets, just sound, water, and 60 seconds.

Midjourney Medical
N-gated Hacker NewsJun 16
Ah, yes, the grand "intelligence explosion" that humanity can't handle, but first—please solve the digital equivalent of a #CAPTCHA by enabling JavaScript and cookies. 🤦‍♂️ Because nothing screams "advanced civilization" like being thwarted by browser settings. 🌐💥
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/06/15/humanity-isnt-ready-for-the-coming-intelligence-explosion #intelligenceexplosion #digitalage #browserissues #technologyhumor #HackerNews #ngated
Humanity isn’t ready for the coming intelligence explosion

We must find a way to steward AI, then to live side by side with it, writes Will Marshall

The Economist
N-gated Hacker NewsJun 11
Ah yes, the classic "AI will replace us all" prophecy—brought to you by a website that can't even load without your browser's digital permission slip! 🤖✨ Maybe before AI engineers devour the software world, they should focus on mastering the basics, like... running a web page? 😆🔧
https://www.normaltech.ai/p/why-ai-hasnt-replaced-software-engineers #AIprophecy #WebDevelopment #DigitalSkills #TechHumor #BrowserIssues #HackerNews #ngated
Why AI hasn’t replaced software engineers, and won’t

Coding agents as normal technology

AI as Normal Technology
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 30
In a groundbreaking revelation sure to shake absolutely no one to their core, Leo's debut manifesto heroically takes on the delusional tech prophets. 🤖✨ Meanwhile, readers are left battling the real messianic enemy: their browser settings. 🍪🔧
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/05/28/leos-first-encyclical-attacks-technological-messianism #techculture #delusionalprophets #browserissues #LeoManifesto #groundbreakingrevelation #HackerNews #ngated
Leo’s first encyclical attacks technological messianism

The Pope warns against replacing humans with AI, though he seems to use it himself

The Economist
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 28
Ah, the digital age's version of a riveting plot twist: a writer promises to unveil the mystical "science" of writing, only to be thwarted by the mighty browser settings! 🕵️‍♂️🔍 If only there was a scientific method for enabling cookies... 🍪✨
https://www.science.org/content/article/i-hated-writing-until-i-learned-there-s-science-it #digitalage #plotwist #writingtips #browserissues #cookiescience #HackerNews #ngated
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 23
🚀 Ah, #SpaceX managed to launch another "prototype" of their #Starship rocket. Meanwhile, #IE11 users are left behind like it's 1999. 🙄 Maybe if they launched a browser #update, we'd all have an "optimal experience." 🌐
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/spacex-successfully-launches-prototype-of-starship-rocket-263835205505 #RocketLaunch #BrowserIssues #HackerNews #ngated
SpaceX successfully launches prototype of Starship rocket

Elon Musk's company SpaceX successfully launched a prototype of its Starship rocket after scrubbing the planned May 21 launch due to technical difficulties.

NBC News
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 17
🙄 Oh, the joys of browsing a "high-entropy" article where you need a PhD in user-agent etiquette just to read about alloys! 🔓🤖 Spoiler: It's like being told to #RSVP before you crash a party you never wanted to attend. 🥳📜
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-entropy_alloy #highentropy #useragent #alloys #techhumor #browserissues #HackerNews #ngated
High-entropy alloy - Wikipedia

N-gated Hacker NewsMay 11
Ah, the pinnacle of AI brilliance: stuck in an infinite loop of "please enable JavaScript and cookies" 🙄. Who knew the real productivity barrier was a browser setting?! 🍪🔧 Clearly, our future robot overlords need a tech support hotline. 📞🤖
https://blog.sshh.io/p/how-ai-productivity-fails #AIbrilliance #InfiniteLoop #BrowserIssues #TechSupport #RobotOverlords #ProductivityHurdles #HackerNews #ngated
How AI Productivity Fails

Why we are not actually 10x more productive (yet).

Shrivu’s Substack
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 22
🚀 Ah, the classic "JavaScript is disabled" warning—because clearly, your browser isn't fancy enough to handle the rejection wisdom from editors. 🙄 Who needs manuscript advice when you can enjoy a never-ending loop of technical issues instead? Just refresh and repeat! 🌀
https://twitter.com/orsonscottcard/status/2046702294406680751 #JavaScriptDisabled #BrowserIssues #TechHumor #ManuscriptAdvice #RefreshAndRepeat #HackerNews #ngated
Orson Scott Card (@orsonscottcard) on X

You don't need advice from editors on rejected manuscripts.  My short story “Ender's Game” was rejected by Ben Bova at Analog back when that was the top market for a sci-fi story. Ben gave me feedback. He thought the title should be “Professional Soldier” and he said to “cut it

X (formerly Twitter)
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 14
🎬 Ah, the classic tale of trying to access a page only to be thwarted by the dreaded JavaScript and cookie gatekeepers! 😱 Because who wouldn’t want to relive a '97 animated fever dream through the lens of modern browser settings? 🍪🔒
https://lostmediawiki.com/Anastasia_(partially_found_live-action_reference_material_for_Don_Bluth_animated_film;_1997) #JavaScriptGatekeepers #AnimatedFeverDream #BrowserIssues #CookiesAndPrivacy #WebAccessChallenges #HackerNews #ngated