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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by kridsdale1 on Monday May 18, 2026 @01:28PM (#48182620)
This is exactly the strategy that the owner of the SomethingAwful forum used in 2004 to get rid of bots and assholes. (I used to remember his name, kinda famous, oh well).
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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by hoistbypetard on Monday May 18, 2026 @01:33PM (#48182682)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kyanka
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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by fullstop on Monday May 18, 2026 @01:33PM (#48182688)
Lowtax, I think is what you're looking for.
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