Sending a forged referrer header of https://www.google.com seems to work. I'm using the RefControl add-on for Firefox but I imagine there are other options...

Click on the "web" link under the header from the HN Comments page (this pulls up a google search for the title).

Copy&paste "What Keeps Couples Happy Long Term" into your search engine of choice. Follow link from there.

The 'web' link up under the story title is a link to a Google search for the headline.

I still get asked to sign in when coming from Google though. I guess the way to read the article is to sign up/subscribe.

Perhaps there's a cookie? I opened mine in privacy mode. Also, I use DDG instead of Google.

Google the headline in incognito / private browsing mode.

I still get the paywall message.

Works! also safari in private mode, will get you in.

Uh... you could pay.

Seriously. What is so objectionable about respecting their proposal for viewing the content they produced? You don't want to agree? Don't read it.

I have a feeling that if your question was, "how can I subvert this project's open source license?", you would be flamed into oblivion. I'm not sure why a request to violate the WSJ's implicit license agreement is not similarly received...

Do they actually remove ads if I pay?

Who cares? The reduction of "happiness in marriage" to the single factor of sex is narrow-minded and frankly...weird.

An article about sex and marriage getting voted to the top of Hacker News isn't really lending the article any credit ether.

How would I know what it says when I can't read it.