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Is there nothing that can be put in place to prevent these bots from scraping the site?
Doesn’t look like there’s anything concrete, but if anyone knows a technique that works, please let us know.
It’s a known problem with no known solutions as far as my research shows.
Doesn’t look like there’s anything concrete, but if anyone knows a technique that works, please let us know.
It’s a known problem with no known solutions as far as my research shows.
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Things should be back up to speed, frimble blocked a bunch of AI bots that were scraping the site.
Yes, things are molasses at the moment, frimble has been pinged.
Apologies for the slowness!
Apologies for the slowness!
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Changed date in post to the 28th
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One comment deleted. This is a thread about Canada and JD Vance. Let's try to keep it on subject by avoiding comments centered around the US and Kash Patel. Please also check the microaggressions page for more context about US-Centric views and comments.
One comment removed. Seriously, please avoid using ChatGPT or other LLMs on the site.
mephron: "dlugoczaj: thank you, I'll ask the mods to fix it. I apologize."
The name has been corrected to Sarah McBride and we've added this fantastic post to the side bar and Best Of blog! Thank you for posting it mephron!
Damn straight we added the best thing in the Star Wars universe to the sidebar and Best Of blog!
Fixed!
Hey, just a heads up that we talked about this previously and have decided to largely ban ChatGPT and its cousins from the site. See this FAQ entry.
One comment removed, please avoid using ChatGPT or any other large language model to give answers, thanks.
Show Only tag removed so that the episode appears with all the others.
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Seven Deadly Gins: "I've been lurking this site for what must be 10 or 11 years now, and never made an account, but this whole thing has pissed me off so bad that I'm going to spend 5 bucks to come in here and vent my spleen. So, hi. Bad circumstances but hi."
Thanks for taking the time to sign up and share your thoughts Seven Deadly Gins, we've added your comment to the sidebar and Best Of blog.
Thanks for taking the time to sign up and share your thoughts Seven Deadly Gins, we've added your comment to the sidebar and Best Of blog.
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Sometimes, that link is behind text in the header and I accidentally select something else when I'm trying to select it and the entire header disappears and I don't know how to get it back. How do I get it back?
Hi, try switching your theme from what it currently is and then back to it and let us know if that works. You can do that in your settings.
Hi, try switching your theme from what it currently is and then back to it and let us know if that works. You can do that in your settings.
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