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I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by thrdbndndn »

Sorry for being kinda off-topic, but what's going on with these small(-ish) businesses configuring their websites to block users randomly through Cloudflare nowadays? I've seen this happened at least 5 times this week clicking random links, they are all local business websites.

I'm talking about https://www.caseys.com in this article, which gives me

    Access denied
    Error code 1020
    You do not have access to www.caseys.com.

    The site owner may have set restrictions that prevent you from accessing the site."
Is this a GDPR measure (but My IP is in Japan, not EU), anti-proxy measure (I do use one), or cost-saving measure?

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by evrimoztamur »

thrdbndndn wrote: post #11

Sorry for being kinda off-topic, but what's going on with these small(-ish) businesses configuring their websites to block users randomly through Cloudflare nowadays? I've seen this happened at least 5 times this week clicking random links, they are all local business websites. I'm talking about https://www.caseys.com in this article, which gives me Access denied Error code 1020 You do not have access to www.caseys.c…

This, I believe, is the free DDoS guard that people opt into because it's free.

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by weekay »

thrdbndndn wrote: post #11

Sorry for being kinda off-topic, but what's going on with these small(-ish) businesses configuring their websites to block users randomly through Cloudflare nowadays? I've seen this happened at least 5 times this week clicking random links, they are all local business websites. I'm talking about https://www.caseys.com in this article, which gives me Access denied Error code 1020 You do not have access to www.caseys.c…

This really is a hard stop being applied on Cloudflare WAF rules to stop any traffic from geo locations a sys admin believes would stop threats and also reduce their bandwidth utilisation. If companies don’t have business interest outside or their territory/ country the new trend seems to be just geo block that domain. While https://investor.caseys.com/ is accessible from Europe for eg., the main site isn’t . This isn’t a GDPR thing just a playbook some of the cyber security and ops team seem to be applying across various retail companies now a days .

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by gdprrrr »

wanderingstan wrote: post #10
fullspectrumdev wrote: post #2

This is pretty neat not gonna lie. I wonder now if something similar can be done with Deliveroo or similar - on day X if certain conditions are met (eg: working late), have preprogrammed order Y submitted when approximately Z distance from house.

Yes, it’s seems like food ordering services should have good APIs for this—why not make it easy for people to integrate food ordering (and paying!) into IFTTT-style hacks?!

They might fear abuse or trolls

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by foooobaba »

thrdbndndn wrote: post #11

Sorry for being kinda off-topic, but what's going on with these small(-ish) businesses configuring their websites to block users randomly through Cloudflare nowadays? I've seen this happened at least 5 times this week clicking random links, they are all local business websites. I'm talking about https://www.caseys.com in this article, which gives me Access denied Error code 1020 You do not have access to www.caseys.c…

Well, Casey’s is not actually smallish, it’s a fortune 500 company publicly traded on NASDAQ (CASY) and has a market cap of over 9 billion.

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

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Post by rafram »

mhb wrote: post #3

Colin will make you a pizza while he's delivering it: https://youtu.be/YjyJRTM0knE?si=fes2lbRntUlciPSH

You laugh, but the concept of this funny YouTube video was the actual business model of a SoftBank-backed startup that raised half a billion dollars [1]. The crucial flaw in their otherwise ironclad plan was that the pizza had a tendency to fly around and lose all its toppings when the truck went over a bump in the road.

[1]: https://gizmodo.com/zume-softbank-ai-pizza-delivery-stellar-...

Re: I wired up my bike's GPS to order me pizza during a gravel race

#20

Post by weekay »

ecommerceguy wrote: post #7
zschuessler wrote: post #4

I have fond memories of growing up with Casey's pizza. I pick it up any time I am back in the Midwest. I can't place it, but it has its own distinct charm.

Extra grease? The breakfast pizza is the best err, usually after a night of drinking busch lights.

https://investor.caseys.com/press-releases/press-release-det...

This might surprise some people . Pizza for breakfast . Not left over pizza from previous night

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