GameBoy Workboy

The story has not changed much. Every so often I will remove most of the blocks put in place, and within a few hours I'm back to having to block them. Many of the cheaper VPNs are also hosted on AWS / Google Cloud / Azure (or other cloud providers), which are also unilaterally blocked.

I would much prefer we did not have to do this, but it is what it is.

ajdude• 1 month ago

https://archive.ph/t3SI6

ant6n• 1 month ago

The linked video seems to provide a much deeper story: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SZcrPM-jDqY&ra=m

initramfs• 1 month ago

yes, amazing complement to a super rare non-release (but protoype) exists.

dgellow• 1 month ago

Access seems pretty strict

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403 Forbidden

You are unable to access this site.

Sorry, you are not allowed to access tcrf.net right now.

If you are using a VPN, try disabling it first. We block many VPNs because of abuse.

If that does not work, the block may be due to one of the following reasons:

You are connecting using a network we have blocked. Your connection is still using a VPN or proxy (incl. Apple Private Wi-Fi, CloudFlare relays, etc.) You are a badly-behaving or unwelcome bot (ChatGPT, bingbot, yandex, etc.) You are using a badly-behaving extension (eg. Imagus, etc) that is trying to load every single version of a file in the background If you were able to view pages before, and this error message has suddenly appeared in place of what you were expecting, make sure you are not running any extensions or tools that are attempting to download everything at once. It is possible you were manually blocked, and it might be removed soon. If not, well, sorry.

If this page always apppeared, there is likely not a lot you can do. If you are using a VPN, turn off your VPN and try again.

Sorry for the trouble. We have been under a long-running DDoS attack.

free_bip• 1 month ago

That's weird, I can connect just fine over mullvad.

MrDrMcCoy• 1 month ago

I'm on Mullvad and got blocked.

echelon• 1 month ago

30 out of 34 comments are about the content blocking.

Only four comments are about the content of the article, and none of them really go into depth.

This has been at the top of HN all day. If people can't see it, what gives?

Xkeeper4• 1 month ago

From my logging, most people can access it just fine.

As for "what gives", I have no idea. The article itself isn't interesting and doesn't contain much of value; the "game" itself is what is interesting, but that's not what the article is there to cover.

So my guess is it's just only the people who can't see it, because for others there's not really much to discuss. I don't know why this was even posted here, to be honest.

Bratmon• 1 month ago

People who can see the article can see that it's incredibly mid and not worth commenting on.

But for people who can't see the article, it could be anything! For all they know, they're being kept out of the greatest content of all time!

dbalatero• 1 month ago

When I try to share this page on iMessage it unfurls the link as "LLM / AI Standard Test Page" so I guess I won't share it!

DANmode3• 1 month ago

You can choose to display the text of the link,

instead of letting your device’s defaults decide who you are,

and then telling all of us about it.

DANmode3• 1 month ago

Downvoters: Just press and hold, lol…

tedmiston• 1 month ago

you can do the period trick:

. http://example.com .

https://www.idownloadblog.com/2024/03/15/how-to-send-links-w...

marcosscriven2• 1 month ago

Blocking Apple iCloud privacy is pretty extreme.

retired5• 1 month ago

It’s basically “give me your IP address before you can continue so we can better data mine you”

LRDEV111• 1 month ago

ooo free data!

as1mov• 1 month ago

Yeah, the community run TCRF wiki is banning VPNs just so they can mine your data along with the luxurious $400/mo they're getting from Patreon. And not because they're constantly being besieged by rampant bots that they have to resort to such drastic measures.

dmitrygr• 1 month ago

It isn’t blocked. It is on for me and the site loaded fine.

marcosscriven2• 1 month ago

It was at the time. Now it’s loading fine. In the 403 screen it specifically called out iCloud privacy.

remywang2• 1 month ago

I had some good fun writing non-gaming apps for the playdate console including a browser [1] and Kagi news mirror [2] and feel the device has great potential as an alternative to android/iOS duopoly

[1] https://github.com/remysucre/ORBIT

[2] https://github.com/remysucre/cranky-news

xstas1• 1 month ago

I had never heard of the Playdate but it looks like a very interesting device... and... I want it? Would you suggest getting one?

archargelod2• 1 month ago

I would've got one if it wasn't so pricey for these specs. You can get a cheap Anbernic for 40-60$ running linux, with decent ARM CPU and a good backlighted screen.

ddtaylor• 1 month ago

I was given one and it had some fun gimmicks but if doesn't really last beyond a few sessions. The ecosystem is strange and I just went back to a "real" device a bit after.

Auracle• 1 month ago

The games are quirky and too many use the crank, IMO. That said, if you want something a bit more unique than everything else it’s a fun toy.

remywang2• 1 month ago

I really like my playdate! Lots of indie games, and their Lua API is very good, coming from someone with no prior experience with Lua or games programming.

Arelius• 1 month ago

It's a neat piece of hardware, but honestly I never wanted to play any of the games. I don't really know for to do discovery for it, and none of the ones I tried stuck for me, honestly, I prefer to emulate games from my childhood, or retro/indie games I already have on my back-log.

daniel_iversen• 1 month ago

Here’s a nice YouTube video about GameBoy WorkBoy; a hardware addon and software productivity apps for the game boy,’unreleased and recently recovered https://youtu.be/1Y98jj3Kn84?si=dMII3mTmeDI0XrCn

Sorry if it’s in the article, I can’t access it either

marethyu2• 1 month ago

Does anyone know where can I find contents for the 2020 gigaleak?

marethyu2• 1 month ago

nvm, I found it in archive.org

MBCook• 1 month ago

I remember this being shown in Nintendo Power. As the kind of kid who liked computers and gadgets I really wanted one, and read the article many times.

But of course it never came out.

pinheadmz• 1 month ago

Me too. I even cut out the pictures from the magazine and pasted on to cardboard to pretend I had it already. I can't believe the YouTube guy got one ...?!

snvzz• 1 month ago

Applaud the preservation.

GameBoy Workboy

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