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Opening this link it tells me I can not access the page because I have "a malicious browser". I am using Firefox...
I was able to visit it with a proxy, so it's also an IP ban. Must be operated by an aggressive sysadmin that bans large IP blocks.
It's probably the DiffBot mitigations that causes it. https://soggi.org/misc/articles/Diffbot-blocking-bad-bot-rud...
A bit off topic but that article -- as well as the rest of the site -- is absolutely gorgeous. The smart use of context-specific text colors such as green for section headers, red for emphasis, white-on-blue for code blocks, and (my favorite example) orange for external links vs yellow for internal links; the highly readable but nevertheless classic console font; the razor sharp lines/boxes; and the jet-black background come together to make it feel like I'm reading a BBS in high school in 1992. One of the reasons I really like i3wm is this particular aesthetic, combining modern content with authentic retro design.
I get the "malicious browser" message from my office connection, not from my home connection (using the same browser, just a different proxy).

My office connection is a business OVH fiber, and it's quite often banned, or subject to additional captchas and other annoyances, I assume because some admins see "OVH" and assume it's a bot.

I just accessed the linked page without any issue, using the latest Firefox... Are you using an old version?
Full support to those who meticulously archive firmware when the original vendor didn't bother.

Reminds me of Linfox Domain's archive of firmware for Nintendo DS Flashcards: https://linfoxdomain.com/nintendo/ds/ (still online after more than a decade!)

Wow, this is gold! I have two of those flash cards. DS development is a memorable experience.
They have a "guestbook"! This website is so 2000s with its looks and feels and HTML 4.01, I love it.