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Is this from Mcmenamins in Troutdale?

I didn’t know Rick and Morty referenced this but I shouldn’t be surprised. Same here with the missed references. It makes rewatching older content not just nostalgic but also a fun discovery.

It’s not the NYT blocking you directly. They use a third party tool for detecting bots. It’s possible your IP address isn’t just used by you, but it’s also possible your device has a set of fingerprints that is setting off detections. Without knowing your IP address I can’t tell you more.

Fair enough 🙂

I love that. It makes me want to take it a step further and just call it “imitation intelligence.”

You’re absolutely right.

Claude’s month as a shopkeeper offers a preview of our AI-augmented future that’s simultaneously promising and deeply weird.

Did the author have a stroke by the time they reached the end of writing the article? The mental gymnastics would be funny if it wasn’t terrifying.

I think they mean they extracted mescaline from peyote or peruvian torch.

Thank you. One of my representatives, Gabe Vasquez, is on the list and I messaged him. Funny that he put out a press release condemning the actions of bombing Iran but doesn’t want to support impeachment. What a turd.

I think it’s just his asshole reverting back to its natural state.

OP, you’re looking for something called “Bot as a Service”. There are more and more companies that cater to those needing a bot infrastructure. Bright data, ScrapingBee, ZenRows, and Apify are some of the more common services I typically work against that offer what you’re looking for.

*Edit: If you’re just looking for performance testing, you can use services like Loadster.

But JavaScript was a mistake. I’ve made my point. I’ll hear no counter arguments.

OP, are you OK? I hope you’re ok. It sucks what you’re going through and it is hard. You got this. ❤️

Thank you.

It has to come from the C suite to be “AI”. Otherwise it’s just sparkling ML.

I feel you and feel for you. I really do hope you get a reprieve because dealing with this is nonsense.

👋 Hi, I really hope iocaine works for you and I think it still might be wise to temper expectations. Some background, I work in bot detection and mitigation.

I quickly tried reading through their code and documentation but I don’t see the main detection mechanism that determines human vs bot other than what you mentioned as an example. If it’s user agent based, it is trivially easy to spoof as you already know. I am finding in my work that these companies do not keep the user agent they report in their documentation when challenged.

My second concern was the page the reverse proxy served when spoofing my user agent. The DOM was nowhere close to that of Lemmy and I think it’s important to point out that a simple check for specific elements on the page will keep the bot from poisoning itself.

I admit I could be too close to this problem to see other solutions, and I really hope it works. It sucks that this is a problem. I wish there were more open source options too.

If for some reason this solution doesn’t work, and if anyone is interested in help, I am more than happy to freely offer my knowledge.

Veritasium did a video on this topic a few days ago. I highly recommend it. There’s a bit of nuance here, from what I understand, regarding PTFE which is the chemical composition that Chemours markets as Teflon. The video talks about PTFE being rather inert, passing through our bodies if we ingest it. The real issue is heating the substance above 350° C (662° in freedom units).

I’m not an expert but I think it’s worth reading up on the subject. If there’s anyone else more read up on the subject please let me know if I’m wrong here.

It can be both. Reddit has a history of fabricating conversations. The way they sell advertising implies a certain level of engagement from their user base which can lead to bots pushing products in the form of reviews or by mention.

I think it’s worth noting that Reddit, at one time, did have third party bot protection; however, it only protected their advertising. I can only imagine what the rest of their traffic looks like, but I would not be surprised if they were using bots of their own.

Like you said, they can make some money selling your information but they can also control the narrative how they choose.