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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/L8_2_PartE on 2024-04-18 22:22:46.
Original Title: TIL that ‘Rocky’ (1976) was inspired by the true story of Chuck Wepner, a local boxer from New Jersey who was set up for a dream fight with Muhammad Ali. Wepner quit his job to train full time, and against all odds, lasted 15 rounds with the champ. Stallone was in the audience.
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They fucking content blocking articles now?
Are you European? Some websites in the US can’t be bothered to implement GDPR and just geoblock all of Europe instead. You probably can’t access homedepot.com either.
It does work in Germany, so it’s not about GDPR. Home depot doesn’t work btw.
Australian.
Sometimes it’s not about GDPR and more about “we get no benefits from this area because we have no presence there but we get plenty of DDOS.” Source: had to do this at my $DAYJOB.
