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Someone who can build spaceships can distinguish scrapers from legit users
- mikequinlan 3y ago"Something went wrong. Try reloading."
- seeknotfind 3y agoI assume because this is posted on HN, it means Twitter isn't down for everyone? Though I get the same
- mikequinlan 3y agoI assume it is because I don't have a Twitter account and thus cannot (choose not to) sign in to Twitter.
- dekhn 3y agopg changed his message; a while ago he was telling everybody that musk was a genius and we just couldn't see it.
- redbell 3y agoIndeed! Fortunately, we live in a digital world where everything you say in public will saved, bookmarked or even screenshot-ed. Check this: https://twitter.com/random_walker/status/1675256010313965568?s=46&t=SJNsT6qKAdX3333RdGsT4g https://twitter.com/random_walker/status/1675256010313965568...
- 3cats-in-a-coat 3y agoPeople and their opinions.
- dredmorbius 3y agoHard paywall.
- redbell 3y agoFor those unable to access the tweet, here’s the full content: “Surely someone who can figure out how to build spaceships can figure out how to distinguish scrapers from legit users. The patterns must be so different.”
- erik_seaberg 3y agoSpace is tough but there's no intelligent adversary trying to break our solutions to problems.
- mikequinlan 3y agoFlagged; hard paywall. From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html > Are paywalls ok? >It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds.
- rsynnott 3y agopg demonstrating his spiritual leadership of HN there by doing one _hell_ of a "how hard could it be?"