Having largely thwarted single request attacks on my wee VPS, hackers have moved to relatively light DDoS attacks (but still more than enough to swamp a tiny VPS.)
So I added a feature that looks at server load and does a variable-length delay if it crosses a reasonable threshold. Now they think they took the server down, when really the response is just coming more slowly. Then they go away and the server stays up.
So there!
After a decade of contributing to our local arts group, Spirit of the Hills, I finally got around to creating a profile on the site. Better late than never, I guess...
My "Two Writers, No Hook" podcast with Michael Pinkus episode 27 is up. This time in addition to the usual progress reporting we talk about exposition vs. dialog.
BONUS: The podcast is now available in audio-only format on a plethora of podcast providers. See the link at the bottom of the article.
https://alanlangford.com/2026/10/06/writing-progress-review-27-exposition-vs-dialog/
#writing #WritingCommunity
Woah. It was a busy week in web firewall land. 17,434 distinct IP addresses looked up on exchange for less than 100 real visitors over the same period.
That is simply insane.
This part.
It's taken three years since Trivago hired a new top exec of marketing before they read reports on who makes things like hotel decisions when travelling. Over the years their ads have gone from "Creepy dude nobody trusts" to "less creepy dude but still suspect" to "dudes comparing their dick lengths by talking about the price they paid."
Now suddenly it's "woman looking for best price on hotel." It's only taken 14 years but they might have figured it out!
RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/117378117850915865
Hello, I’m an actual technology ethicist. This is weird and creepy but LLMS ARE NOT ALIVE OMG
The unethical thing is to treat them as if they are! Anthropomorphising LLMs does actual living humans far more of a disservice than even this weird creepy behaviour.
It's really kind of fun watching Trump out there on the "It's Not Me, It's You" tour. I wonder how many Dems are wishing he visits their state next.
Well gosh, Firefox, thanks for letting me customize my theme! How about we start by putting it back exactly the way it was before you "updated" my fucking theme without asking me?
More than one person at Mozilla needs to become unemployed, and soon.
good night
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
There is absolutely zero intelligence in these algorithms. AI is like artificial sweetener, you get fooled to thinking there's intelligence there, but there is nothing. Zero calories, zero IQ.
Big sync flood attack from about 1000 IP addresses. Unfortunately for them, all in the same subnet. Fortunately for me, I've got some tools from my hosting days installed, and it took about ten seconds to dump them all into the firewall.
The Hierarchy of Truth:
1. Average Human
2. Stochastic text generators.
3. Trump.
RE: https://beige.party/@farah/117361973104510969
This poll is worth it just for the last option. 😂
I gotta love these tech websites:
Home page:
Frkljrk is great!
Frkljrk 9.5 released!
Frkljrk is open source!
Download Frkljrk now!
Menu has links to community, pricing, legal, privacy yada yada yada.
But no, I have to go to Wikipedia to answer the question "What does Frkljrk actually do?"
FFS people, put a 50 word statement of the problem your product is designed to solve and how it does that at the top of your home page.
Boy that looked like an interesting article, until FIFTEEN SECONDS in the site popped up a "since you LOVE this so much why not subscribe" form. Okay I'll forgive that for a moment, but then PARTS OF THE TEXT are bolded, like someone else went through with a highlighter first. And that is the END OF IT for me. I'll Find another source that's NOT SO IRRITATING.
Much like this post. ;)
“If Mark Zuckerberg is talking he is lying to” is the only safe assumption. If you are using Muse I am afraid you are getting suckered yet again, this time with personal consequences instead of just societal ones.
A headline in today’s Globe & Mail. Of course this is just Trump naively wishing for a different outcome, but fuck that nonsense. We all knew there was going to be pain. But if Carney caves even a little, I will never ever support his govt again. You don’t go halfway with a divorce then get back together. Fuck that shit with a rusty flagpole. Goodbye USA. #elbowsup #canada