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Re:Before the iPhone, I worked on a few games for what were ... by garaetjjte on Thursday May 20, 2021 @11:36AM (#27222530)
It seems to require randomly from 1 to 5 page refreshes to display anything (and don't be fooled by helpful retry button, it won't work, you need to use browser refresh). I thought it was just broken, but you say it works when logged in? WTF.
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Re:Before the iPhone, I worked on a few games for what were ... by darkwater on Thursday May 20, 2021 @11:46AM (#27222687)
Most probable explanation: logged and notlogged requests go through a different path in the infrastructure and the not logged one doesn't work that good and they have no pressure in fixing it. Maybe it's not a dark pattern but it smells like one for sure.
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Re:Before the iPhone, I worked on a few games for what were ... by tyingq on Thursday May 20, 2021 @12:46PM (#27223562)
Try copy/paste of the URL into a brand new browser tab. Works for me, every time. Which means it's probably something to do with the Referer header being set? Anti-flooding/hotlinking maybe?
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