Post B9wW93u6eFiZvxATpo by elricofmelnibone@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B9vxhmk4wyesRnIdma by Gargron@mastodon.social
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       RE: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/117190449442518308On the one end people are being priced out of running web services due to hardware shortages caused by AI, on the other end those who still run web services are being bled dry by AI scrapers essentially stealing compute.RT: https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/117190449442518308
       
 (DIR) Post #B9vzi93UBtKTYfg0Rs by bjn@mstdn.social
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       @Gargron @mhoye AI scrapers that ignore robots.txt should be considered as DDOS attacks and treated accordingly. One small science based forum I’m a member of was continually scraped which brought the server to its knees. Eventually all posts were put behind a member login to stop that, denying whatever little wisdom it may have contained to the wider world.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9wFMFIftFBBp3MPTs by uxcn@mastodon.xyz
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       @Gargron It is something of a serious recognition persons potentially dedicate themselves to an unsustainable idea though difficult to consider what sort of authority might confront a fundamental lack of respect for real costs paid by real and necessary resources and how failing to appreciate things taken for granted might be costs everyone else is not able to afford.
       
 (DIR) Post #B9wW93u6eFiZvxATpo by elricofmelnibone@mastodon.social
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       @Gargron Apparently GitHub alone scaled up by 3 million CPU cores earlier this month.  No wonder everything is so expensive for everyone who doesn't run a multi-billion dollar company.
       
 (DIR) Post #BA6hGwW8qxd8SB3o6i by Otimsis@mst3k.interlinked.me
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       @Gargron such a nice graph to watch, surely my enjoyment has nothing to do with the spanish republic