Hacker News uses Cloudflare: http://bgp.he.net/dns/news.ycombinator.com#_ipinfo
Add the following to your hosts file to bypass Cloudflare and access HN directly:
50.22.90.248 news.ycombinator.comAdd the following to your hosts file to bypass Cloudflare and access HN directly:
50.22.90.248 news.ycombinator.comUh, asking for a friend.
Two steps towards obscuring the origin server include requiring that the HTTP Host header is set and only responding to Cloudflare IP ranges: https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/