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Nice service! I could see this being really useful for web scraping or for offloading compilation. (Or any relatively short computation, really.) I caught a bi

by ovao 10y ago

Nice service! I could see this being really useful for web scraping or for offloading compilation. (Or any relatively short computation, really.) I caught a bit of an awkward sentence on the FAQ though: "Unless specifically specified otherwise.." Just "specified" will do :)

vidyesh 10y ago
Wouldn't web scraping be considered abusive usage as it is frowned upon by most websites?
- ovibos 10y ago
  IMO scraping is only abusive if the site explicitly asks to not be scraped (via the site's robots.txt)
- tedmiston 10y ago
  There are plenty of ways to scrape responsibly.
- ovao 10y ago
  It could be done in an abusive way, certainly.
- OwainX 10y ago
  Scraping, when done responsibly (respecting robots.txt and not overloading a server with requests) wouldn't be considered abusive in most cases. While we will be strict in enforcing abuse policies, when it's obvious a user acted with good intentions we can work on a case by case basis.
robotresearcher 10y ago
The compiler tool chain is not installed by default on the Ubuntu 16.04 image I used. GCC installs in a few seconds. You'd need to automate the setup. So startup is a bit costly (in time) for compiling, CI, etc. Maybe dlpy could add a dev-ready image one day. edit: the init scripts make setup easy: https://dply.co/help/cloud-init https://dply.co/help/cloud-init