Growing up in "404 Not Found": China's nuclear city in the Gobi Desert - Hackdot

Re:Growing up in "404 Not Found": China's nuclear city in th... by Reason077 on Sunday December 28, 2025 @03:50PM (#46414363)

Is the “404: not found” error code actually a humorous reference to China’s secret nuclear city?

After all, HTTP was invented at CERN, a nuclear research institute. Staff there would presumably have been aware of “404” and probably made jokes about the fact that it didn’t exist…

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Re:Growing up in "404 Not Found": China's nuclear city in th... by Vincent_Yan404 on Sunday December 28, 2025 @04:47PM (#46414851)

It's a coincidence.It’s defined both a digital void and my childhood home is the kind of irony.

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