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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…



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




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