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Comment on Bot web traffic has overtaken human web traffic in ~tech
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Comment on Bot web traffic has overtaken human web traffic in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkJust as anecdata, my little blog running on a raspberry pi on my desk gets between 8000 and 20,000 hits a day from bots. I get maybe half a dozen hits from actual people. Depending how you want to...Just as anecdata, my little blog running on a raspberry pi on my desk gets between 8000 and 20,000 hits a day from bots.
I get maybe half a dozen hits from actual people.
Depending how you want to count "bot" traffic, I would be alarmed if the scales didn't tip over a decade ago.
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Comment on The global fertility crisis is worse than you think in ~society
DeaconBlue LinkBefore I spend any time on this, can someone tell me if this is about an actual fertility crisis, in that people are unable to have children, or is this a birth rate crisis, where fewer children...Before I spend any time on this, can someone tell me if this is about an actual fertility crisis, in that people are unable to have children, or is this a birth rate crisis, where fewer children are being born because people are choosing not to do so?
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Comment on Sweden may oppose Tesla's supervised self-driving tech in Europe over speeding concerns in ~transport
DeaconBlue Link ParentUntil the last week of the month, when they get to ticket everyone that they encouraged to break the law the rest of the time. Protecting public safety isn't their job.Until the last week of the month, when they get to ticket everyone that they encouraged to break the law the rest of the time. Protecting public safety isn't their job.
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Comment on US battery industry cuts losses, shifts to new ventures amid electric vehicle bust in ~transport
DeaconBlue Link ParentI do a lot of small construction projects out of my VW Golf. It does most everything I need, with the exception of 12 foot boards. In the event that I need something that my Golf can't handle, I...I do a lot of small construction projects out of my VW Golf. It does most everything I need, with the exception of 12 foot boards. In the event that I need something that my Golf can't handle, I rent a truck for $20 for an hour and drive whatever thing to my house and back.
I regularly get family members trying to justify their trucks saying that I can just borrow theirs so that I can avoid the hassle of renting one from the store. Borrowing theirs would cost me significantly more time in addition to multiple gallons of fuel, likely surpassing the cost of just renting it from the hardware.
Just spend the few bucks on renting it once in a while as needed instead of owning a $75k vehicle to move bags of mulch once a year.
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Comment on Google Chrome to fully remove legacy support for manifest v2 in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentHere is a blog post that goes over some of the issues https://drewdevault.com/blog/Cloudflare-and-fascists/Here is a blog post that goes over some of the issues
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Comment on Google Chrome to fully remove legacy support for manifest v2 in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentThat has its own ball of ethical problems with the leadership.That has its own ball of ethical problems with the leadership.
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Comment on Winners of the 2025 International Obfuscated C Code Contest in ~comp
DeaconBlue Link ParentI don't think most C linters would be cool with this.I don't think most C linters would be cool with this.
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Comment on Clanker: A word for the machine in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentIt was the name for the big rusty robot shark in Banjo Kazooie in the late 90sIt was the name for the big rusty robot shark in Banjo Kazooie in the late 90s
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Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentJust the entire concept of a business comparing their own rates against themselves to show you what a great deal you got. I have no opinion on how this person actually uses LLMs.Just the entire concept of a business comparing their own rates against themselves to show you what a great deal you got. I have no opinion on how this person actually uses LLMs.
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Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentGood to know! I thought it was just hyphens and it doesn't come up often enough for me to have researchedGood to know! I thought it was just hyphens and it doesn't come up often enough for me to have researched
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Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech
DeaconBlue Link ParentI intended to use hyphens and apparently my phone keyboard has en dashes on that keyI intended to use hyphens and apparently my phone keyboard has en dashes on that key
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Comment on I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit in ~tech
DeaconBlue LinkI am not going to comment on the entire article, but this bit is funny to me > $1,199.79 for Anthropic Claude Code > $980.37 for OpenAI Codex This sounds like my mother when she explains how it...I am not going to comment on the entire article, but this bit is funny to me
I just ran the ccusage tool on my laptop to get an estimate of how much I would have spent if I were to pay for API tokens in the past 30 days and got:
> $1,199.79 for Anthropic Claude Code > $980.37 for OpenAI CodexThat’s $2,180.16 worth of tokens for $200—not bad at all
This sounds like my mother when she explains how it was such a great deal to buy the baby clothes at Kohl's for no specific use because it is such a good deal that those clothes could have cost $80 but I got them for $20.
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I hope that the increasing prices do force people to stop throwing every single query at them.Funnily enough, my office did get a memo from one of the higher ups asking how the Dev team could figure out how to lower our LLM usage because they are seeing all of these articles about price jumps. None of us are using them, we have no LLM licensing costs. The top brass just assume we all are.
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Comment on Why airlines are always going bankrupt in ~transport
DeaconBlue Link ParentI assumed it was Air NZ as well. I was down there for two weeks and it seemed like hopping on a domestic flight with a backpack was very very common. Jetstar looked incredibly frustrating if you...I assumed it was Air NZ as well. I was down there for two weeks and it seemed like hopping on a domestic flight with a backpack was very very common.
Jetstar looked incredibly frustrating if you didn't read the fine print. I think like two thirds of the people I saw weighing their bags at the gate blew past the 7kg limit and had to pay to check bags.
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Comment on Maybe just eat the bean goo in ~food
DeaconBlue Link ParentPeople also don't eat beans, then eat a lot of beans all at once. Then they feel bad and gassy for a bit and decide beans make them feel bad and the cycle repeats. Mixing more beans into more...People also don't eat beans, then eat a lot of beans all at once. Then they feel bad and gassy for a bit and decide beans make them feel bad and the cycle repeats. Mixing more beans into more meals would alleviate that for most.
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Comment on Maybe just eat the bean goo in ~food
DeaconBlue LinkI watched this the other day when it came out. The quick version of the video is that the bean goo is basically just super starchy water so if you are putting the beans in something including a...I watched this the other day when it came out.
The quick version of the video is that the bean goo is basically just super starchy water so if you are putting the beans in something including a sauce then the goo (or some portion if the goo) will help emulsify and make the sauce nicer. If you just want the beans as a garnish or whatever, drain them.
As usual with his videos, pretty practical advice!
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Comment on Was the creepypasta subculture as a phenomena already dead by somewhere in the mid 2010s? in ~talk
DeaconBlue Link ParentI just checked the SCP articles and they go back to 2008. If anything, SCP was one of the things that started the trend, rather than being a "nowadays" thing.I just checked the SCP articles and they go back to 2008. If anything, SCP was one of the things that started the trend, rather than being a "nowadays" thing.
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Comment on Mythos finds a curl vulnerability in ~comp
DeaconBlue Link ParentThat would require the maintainers of a project to approve of the code change request. In the case of curl this would be a very high barrier.Wouldn’t hackers soon learn to use Mythos to insert hacks in a format that Mythos would ignore?
That would require the maintainers of a project to approve of the code change request. In the case of curl this would be a very high barrier.
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Comment on Why so many people are going "no contact" with their parents in ~life
DeaconBlue Link ParentThat happens with my nephew too, absolutely crazy. At Christmas a couple of years ago he ate one of the terrible frosted cookies with bright red frosting and he had an absolute meltdown followed...That happens with my nephew too, absolutely crazy.
At Christmas a couple of years ago he ate one of the terrible frosted cookies with bright red frosting and he had an absolute meltdown followed by getting violently sick and then he was back to normal. He can't read very well yet but the one thing he definitely can read is "red" and looks for it on any ingredient labels because he has connected the dots that it is terrible for him specifically and will refuse whatever is offered.
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Comment on Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars in ~transport
DeaconBlue Link ParentThe number of trucks with glowing red metal at the bottom of mountains would confirm this. Terrifying to see every single time.Not for very long thankfully (unless going down a mountain)
The number of trucks with glowing red metal at the bottom of mountains would confirm this. Terrifying to see every single time.
It absolutely does not have to be running WordPress. My site isn't running WordPress and bots sure do try hitting all of the standard WordPress endpoints.