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Re:We can't have nice things because of AI scrapers on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @11:03AM (#46617664)
llms-txt may be useful for responsible LLMs, but I am skeptical that llms-txt will reduce the problem of aggressive crawlers. The problematic crawlers are already ignoring robots.txt, spoofing user-agents and using rotating proxies. I'm not sure how llms-txt would help these problems.
Re:We can't have nice things because of AI scrapers on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @10:59AM (#46617607)
This is what Cloudflare's Labyrinth product does

https://blog.cloudflare.com/ai-labyrinth/

For those interested in learning more about the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), check out this podcast series.

https://aei.ag/corn-saves-america/

Cliffs:

  - Farmers were over producing corn and needed new markets.
  - Americans, sick of importing oil from conflict zones, desired a US produced fuel
  - Americans desired a renewable fuel source.
  - Brewers grain, a by-product of ethanol process could be marketed to dairy & beef producers as a less expensive feed source.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone working 4 day week here, as an employee? on Monday August 22, 2022 @10:15AM (#32551692)
Yes, sort of. My company, a web agency with offices in DC and Seattle, does a 9:80. a 9hr days M-Th and then get every other Fri off. It's optional because not everyone wants to work longer days.

We first started a few years ago with a "no meetings" friday rule, which was very successful. We expanded to the 9:80 program two years ago and it has also been successful.

Re:Def Con hacker shows John Deere’s tractors can run Doom on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @02:09PM (#32499733)
Previous work by sickcodes can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXbgaRk4_Hg

  1. dev keys in prod code, but apparently non functional
  2. username/pass for deere's Yum repo hardcoded in prod release (spring2013)
  3. They didn't prune the lost+found dir (trash) before compiling the prod release code
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2021) on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:46PM (#28383196)
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Re:Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020? on Monday December 16, 2019 @09:50AM (#21803359)
Next up on my list is Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

I was given it as a gift from a friend and have seen it recommend here on HN

I think the argument is that if an OS has a tiny market share then it tends to be more open to 3rd party developers as a way to increase market share.

MacOS used to be a more developer friendly.

Re:The Toyota Way on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @05:08PM (#20289202)
Cars of that vintage still had cable operated throttle bodies which could stick for a number of reasons.
For those interested in getting a high level of how China's Social Credit System works, NPR's Planet Money did a good show on the topic last month.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/10/09/655921710/chin...

Re:ISIS cuts its fighters' salaries by 50% on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @10:43AM (#10938793)
NPR's Planet Money recently did an episode that analyzed a 1 month budget from a Syrian province controlled by ISIS. The budget was all in USD and sounded very thorough.

http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/12/04/458524627/episo...

Re:28 Days After Drupal Exploit on Thursday November 13, 2014 @10:42AM (#8602058)
Some of the larger Drupal hosts, including Acquia and Pantheon, have rolled their own platform level patches.

https://www.acquia.com/blog/shields

I'm curious, there are a lot of online communities for fitness. What do you think could be done to cater to tech folks that isn't currently offered?
Re:Bash [ -z hello ] on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @03:01PM (#7946079)
[ is part of Bash syntax
Re:The ROI on being an entrepreneur vs. an employee on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @10:17PM (#7881482)
In the US if you have a mortgage and/or office in your house you can take additional deductions. Contributions to an individual 401k are deductible.
Re:Working from home on Tuesday May 06, 2014 @11:04AM (#7704878)
I've been a full time dev from home for 6 years. I leave the house and go to the gym or meet with friends for a few hours every day. If I don't, I get stir crazy.
Re:Leap Motion: Amazing, Revolutionary, Useless on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @09:04AM (#6211204)
I played with a LeapMotion last week and was impressed by it but within 5 minutes my arm was tired.
Re:This coupon code is a slap in the face on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @10:21AM (#6205841)
I disagree. Coupon code forms make some customers second guess themselves at checkout. The fewer steps required to purchase something result in higher completed orders. See Amazon one-click
Re:The Losers of WWDC on Monday June 10, 2013 @11:21PM (#5859432)
Panic's Audion music player

http://panic.com/extras/audionstory/

Re:Poll: long-term contractors, what is your hourly rate? on Saturday May 25, 2013 @11:57PM (#5769972)
What kind of insurance?
Re:That Daily Shower Can Be a Killer on Thursday January 31, 2013 @04:26PM (#5147581)
I highly recommend active release therapy to treat muscle and joint pain.