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OK, so here's something weird ...

13 pointsColinWright10 comments

You may not hear from me for a while now. I've found that I can log in to HN while in Private Browsing mode, but not while in normal mode. Even getting the password recovery message, clicking the link, resetting my password, doesn't help.

There are times when I really, really hate computers. All they do is get in the way of the work I actually want to be accomplishing.

So until I stumble across the bizarre, magical, unguessable incantation that make HN work again for me, I'm unlikely to post.

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Me too, including password reset. Does not work in FF. Does not work in FF's private browsing mode. Does not work in Chrome. Deleting cookies does not help.

Does work in Chrome's private mode.

Someone else reports the same problem:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5650171

That's a shame -- you usually post interesting links.

To fix the problem you will need to clear the cookies on firefox for the domain ycombinator.com, hope it helps you.

Had the same problems. I cleaned my cookies & cache, it did nothing the first time, and now it works again.

Are you sure you haven't been banned? Seems to have happened to me in an older account - could't log in and password reminder didn't work.

I can log in when I'm using Private Browsing, with both my current account and my old account. I can't log in with either account when I'm not using Private Browsing. I can't see how those symptoms would arise if I'd been banned.

For me it's just in FF. Chrom and safari seem to work fine.

lastpass is awesome, secure and will login for you if you want that. Even fills forms ;) It helps to keep using a different pw by generating one for you.

Lastpass wasn't the problem. The problem was : after you successfully logued, you still weren't logued. Even with Lastpass.

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