Are you sure?
request #1
1 news.ycombinator.com: 207 bytes, 1+0+4+2 records, response, noerror query: 1 news.ycombinator.com authority: ycombinator.com 172800 NS ns-225.awsdns-28.com
request #2
1 news.ycombinator.com: 225 bytes, 1+1+4+0 records, response, authoritative, noerror query: 1 news.ycombinator.com answer: news.ycombinator.com 300 CNAME news.ycombinator.com.cdn.cloudflare.net authority: ycombinator.com 172800 NS ns-1411.awsdns-48.org
request #3
1 news.ycombinator.com.cdn.cloudflare.net: 367 bytes, 1+0+5+10 records, response, noerror query: 1 news.ycombinator.com.cdn.cloudflare.net authority: cloudflare.net 172800 NS ns1.cloudflare.net
request #4
1 news.ycombinator.com.cdn.cloudflare.net: 89 bytes, 1+2+0+0 records, response, authoritative, noerror query: 1 news.ycombinator.com.cdn.cloudflare.net answer: news.ycombinator.com.cdn.cloudflare.net 300 A 198.41.190.47
A HOSTS file entry for HN will avoid this routine.