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Most countries have these no call lists but they are fairly useless as there is no enforcement. I've even heard stories of some scammers exclusively using such lists, as they are p…

It's not "security theatre", it's blocking the absolute worst, most painfully obvious bots that. These bots also happen to account for a good 85% of bot traffic, so it makes sense …

> Blanket IP range bans, in this day and age? Basically a proclamation of incompetence. I disagree. If I'm getting problematic traffic from even a few of your IPs and they're in a …

That's fair enough. I think it's a great article to be fair. We need more of this cheap and quick bot blocking. The fact the solution to unwanted traffic is often "use Cloudflare" …

> Obvious proxy is obvious. > if ($http_x_forwarded_for) {.... This may block schools and libraries that use content blockers. Often the internal client is left to make abuse track…

It really depends on the term they're trying to rely on. We have the "red hand rule" in England and Wales that means that unusual and onerous terms will not be incorporated unless …

That's a great idea. What do you use as your family password?

I had the exact same experience. Never used Facebook. Wanted to create a page for a product. Suspended. Did the face scan. Now they have my face and I'm still suspended. Absolute j…

So much this. Everyone has their own idea of that the project should do and it's hard to explain that whilst that implementation is great for their specific use case, it's pretty s…

> My brain is melting because I can barely keep up with learning how to figure out if I'm even doing what I'm trying to do. This is not a good thing. You should understand what you…

Except spellcheck is a reasonably foreseeable part of a word processor. An AI model isn't really a common component of a typical web browser.

We have bailii.org but it doesn't have everything.

And those staff mostly use Westlaw :)

There is also "this code is functionally fine but I absolutely hate it"

> and you fully understand the requirements that contacting “linux-distros” will impose on you Imposing requirements on the reporter? No.

Fair play!

Your terms: > You may not use automated tools to scrape, copy, or bulk-download data from our service. Pot kettle, huh.

But then you just move the security issue elsewhere with more to secure. Now we have to think about securing the automation system, too. This is the same argument I routinely have …

Cloud providers have put a lot of time and effort into making you believe every web app needs 99.9999% availability. Making you pay for auto scaled compute, load balancers, shared …

What I say: I want a pay rise. What management hears: We want more pizza parties.

"Someone viewed your profile" with a blurred photo of them. So you know exactly who it is, but you won't just tell me in the email? I have to open the app/site so you can tick your…

> If I get a single email after I've unsubscribed I go back in my inbox and mark every single email I ever received as spam. Fuck me, that is brutal and could absolutely ruin your …

"Here's what AI came up with and it mostly worked the one time I tested it. Might need improving". No. I don't want to test and pick through your shitty LLM generated code. If I wa…

I was in the same position as you when I started my law degree! My solution was: - Take notes on paper - Scan with Genius Scan (free) or similar - Upload to Microsoft Document Inte…

So you always hold your nose?