The insane part is that since the website is powered by WordPress, the scrapers could access all the posts in a single JSON file.

I was also exasperated by the fucking scrapers reading the same fucking page 20 times a second on posts that didn't get new content from a decade ago so I migrated my blog to Hugo and I was completely shocked to discover that by default every WordPress blog comes with an unauthenticated api that allows literally everyone to get the whole blog content in JSON files. Why the fuck are you wasting my server power to scrape the HTML if you can get a easy JSON??????? Take that fucking JSON and subscribe to the RSS for getting the next post that will be published the next decade. If you refresh that fucking URL 1000 times a day you will get the same fucking stuff, not a new magical article

I mitigated the issue with Wordfence by setting a rule like "more than 2 pages requested within a second = ip banned for a year"

Now, why would WordPress include an unauthenticated api that allows everyone to do a full unauthorized copy of the site in literally seconds is beyond me. There's no valid reason to have it public without any authentication. That API shit doesn't make sense, why by default a website should accept user signups from bots via API

It's insane that 30% POS usage considering that they have 3-4x the fees that other POS vendors are charging

Enshittification like it happened with maps.me is coming to organic maps?

If you only want to make calls, any betamax/dellmont VoIP provider allows you to spoof your number after a otp code verification

I do this with avm fritz box, it can take the physical line and act as a sip server on the lan. I connect via the integrated wireguard VPN and use portsip app for make phone calls

An old android phone with a micro-hdmi port

The last phone I saw with a micro HDMI port was the blackberry Z10 in 2013

I don't want to be the asshole but 3 days of a super underpowered VM (it can be a oracle free tier for example) is a drop in the ocean compared to the $100/year/perpetuity that apple wants from devs

Main problem might be the content, as they might think that it's going to be used for piracy

Maybe try to spin it as "Kevin macleod recommendation engine" by filling it with this content https://archive.org/details/incompetech-all-the-music-2020/page/n2/mode/1up

Si vabbè chi è che rinuncia volontariamente alla presidenza degli states?

Guys, I found one other Microsoft claim that's even more hilarious:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/windows/copilotplus-claims?tabs=amd

They say that:

1. Windows 11 PCs are faster than the MacBook air M4 (with the top of the line AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375, but only with cinebench. Because a fanless laptop like the MacBook air is perfect for run cinebench the whole day, I'm sure it won't throttle)

2. They're also faster than the MacBook air M3 (of course, if they were faster than M4...) of course still only with cinebench

3. And they're faster than the MacBook air M2. Of course only with cinebench. I'm sure it's only a coincidence that they are choosing a heavy benchmark for a fanless laptop instead of a MBP with better airflow. What's next, comparing the result of multicore cinebench on a MacBook air wrapped in cellophane, inside a car parked in the Texan summer?

4. And that when running cinebench multicore, it's FIVE TIMES FASTER than what you gonna get with a windows 10 PC!!! This claim was so hilarious that I had to find that test from that "reputable" third party and in the PDF they're comparing a Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 with a ThinkPad E590 Intel Core i5-8265U. Of course the Ryzen is faster in multicore benchmark, it has 20 threads vs only 8.... I don't understand why they settled on a simple Ryzen AI 9 365. Why not comparing the 8th gen i5 U series with a threadripper pro 9995x in multicore cinebench? In this way they could claim "it's HUNDRED TIMES FASTER!!!11!"

5. And the newest copilot+ windows 11 PCs are FOUR TIMES faster in 3D gaming (the catch: only in 3d mark and only if comparing with laptops with integrated graphics)

They bombed a hospital and then accidentally killed the excuse for bombing hospitals

Can see easily that they are using reddit for training: "google it"

white text on yellow background, that's infuriating