hermitcrab

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My experience buying ads in ChatGPT: the good, the bad and the ugly(successfulsoftware.net)
2 points by hermitcrab 2mo ago|0 comments
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
I hadn't heard of MariaDB. IIRC Firebird is declining in popularity and I really want something that is still going to be supported in 10 years time.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
I'm looking for a lightweight client-server database where I can connect 3 or 4 GUI clients to a single database and concurrently edit the database. Low transaction volumes (probably a few edits per minute). Would DuckDb + Quack be sui
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
It is possible. But that would mean that chatgpt is doing something very shady with the ads.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
I'm sure they have got better things to do.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
But, yes, do set the correct geographic rea. I have also audited other people's Adwords account. The horror.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
You can bid just on the ads that Google shows on its own website to avoid this.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
People click on irrelevant ads. It doesn't cost them anything. I bid on "seating plan" for my seating planner software in Adwords and lots of people searching for "747 seating plan" and similar clicked on my ads, de
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
People who try to become vegetarians because they think they should rarely last. You need to want to. (context: vegetarian for 40 years, apart from the occasional bit of white fish).
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
What is the motivation for someone (other than OpenAI) to fraudulently click on my ad in ChatGPT?
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
The average time on site and bounce rates I have got from advertising my software inside ChatGPT and Reddit are so terrible that I can only assume that most of the clicks I am paying for are fraudulent, although it is not clear who is doing
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
Various dodgy bots and crawlers hammer my website continually. Consequently, my web logs and analytics are garbage. So bad data is all we have, but it's better no data at all.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
>You focused largely on the promotional aspect, though I think the product competition angle is more interesting. They are linked. LLMs mean reduced barriers and more competition, which makes promotion harder.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
Yes, and they create rubbish.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
As someone who has made a living as an Indie developer for 20 years (creating Windows and Mac apps) I feel it is getting harder: https://successfulsoftware.net/2025/12/22/is-the-golden-age-...
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
They are an environmental disaster and should be banned permanently. Chinese sky lanterns also.
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Cards Against Humanity Elon Musk Monument(cardsagainsthumanity.com)
3 points by hermitcrab 2mo ago|1 comments
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
Depends. Everyone survived the famous ditch in the Hudson.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
If you are at all interested in this, I would strongly recommend a visit to the Assyrian section of the British Museum in London. The carved reliefs are incredible and look like they were done yesterday.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
Indeed, I am sure there are other mechanisms that could cause similar trauma.
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
What happens when a large amount of these batteries get submerged in fresh or salt water?
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Shattered skeleton is first confirmed death from trebuchet(science.org)
91 points by hermitcrab 2mo ago|58 comments
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Sloptastic(successfulsoftware.net)
6 points by hermitcrab 2mo ago|3 comments
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by hermitcrab 2mo ago
It is faster to turn out slop than it is to verify it. I fear we are going to lose this arms race.
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by hermitcrab 3mo ago
Detailed down to the level of individual trees and houses. You can even see ridges near my house that might be from ridge and furrow agriculture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_and_furrow
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A detailed Lidar map of England and Wales(lidarmap.uk)
3 points by hermitcrab 3mo ago|2 comments
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by hermitcrab 3mo ago
And run it on exactly the same dates as any FIFA matches.
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by hermitcrab 3mo ago
Game recognizes game.
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by hermitcrab 3mo ago
"The investment fund Fifa is dealing with - Thrive Capital - is led by Josh Kushner, the brother-in-law of Trump's daughter Ivanka." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cjejl274xx8o F
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by hermitcrab 3mo ago
The British government gave/sold Enigma machines to various allies after the war. Somehow forgetting to mention that they could decrypt them. Cunning.

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