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heya, i remember you posted something about robots.txt earlier -- that's mostly a convention with no guarantee anyone on the web will follow it. you can request x-bot not to crawl your site but they still can if they want to.
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sorbier 1 year ago

i'm sure you already know! but i just wanted to leave the note! openai seems to be ignoring it for example: https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-anthropic-ai-ignore-rule-scraping-web-contect-robotstxt

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colexdev 1 year ago

Yeah it is very unfortunate that they will not follow it. I know this doesn't apply to neocities, but for people that host their own sites I recently heard cloudflare released a feature to block AI bots.

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mikegrindle 1 year ago

Absolutely, all the robots file does is state that you do not consent - whether companies listen to that (often, they don't) is another matter. I think it's worth doing, but I didn't mean to create a false sense of security.

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I don't know if I've explicitly told you before, so I'll say it now: your writing is damn good Mr V. Enjoyed the new story too
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nohappynonsense 1 year ago

Hey Grindy - thanks for that. It means a lot, especially coming from you.

nohappynonsense 1 year ago

Your writing is more than just good (it is good though, let's be clear,) but it's also useful in a way that I find extremely meaningful. I was thinking how to sum up your mix of tech, creativity, slow lifestyle writing and the best thing I've come up with so far is "Quietly Important."

nohappynonsense 1 year ago

These topics aren't these large scope things that a lot of writers cover off with platitudes and lots of evergreen nonsense about living a more meaningful life; your writing is the antithesis to that. Small and actionable things that make slow but long-lasting change in the way one thinks and acts.

nohappynonsense 1 year ago

Your "can your site fit on a floppy" article made me re-think my entire site design and ultimately made me into a better dev when I pushed myself to lower my site size as radically as possible without losing functionality. So, thank you, Grinds. Your work is quietly important, at least to me.

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mikegrindle 1 year ago

"Quietly important" has to be nicest genuine thing someone has said about my writing. Really appreciate that coming from you.

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nohappynonsense 1 year ago

Mr. Grindy plz slow down, I can only read so fast

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mikegrindle 1 year ago

Hey now, I gave it a whole 5 days

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ratshack 1 year ago

This sounds great, I’ve always wanted them to make something like a “worst portrait artist of the year” tv series…

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colexdev 1 year ago

You are on a roll man. Keep it up!

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Another day, another post. This time with pictures from a big, ugly mall: https://mikegrindle.com/posts/mall-boat
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nohappynonsense 1 year ago

growing up, all i wanted to do was go to the mall because it felt like a place of limitless possibilities. older now and all i want to do is recapture that same magic while everything rots away.

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mikegrindle 1 year ago

the Trafford Centre welcomes you to recapture that childhood magic (limitless possibilities sold separately). ps, I hope you're doing well, Mr V.

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murid 1 year ago

I love dead/dying malls. There is a eerie emptiness and quietness that makes it pleasant to walk through.

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mikegrindle 1 year ago

@murid same. It's incredible how long some hold on for after everyone has left.

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Death, taxes, and me breaking my RSS feed...
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sorbier 1 year ago

so relatable lol

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nohappynonsense 1 year ago

Grindle on a posting spree

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mikegrindle 1 year ago

this is what happens when I try drinking coffee in the afternoon

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Here’s a friendly reminder to all you wonderful web masters out there to add/update a robots .txt file to your site if you don’t fancy bots scraping everything you’ve made.
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mikegrindle 1 year ago

A new enabler of mediocrity to add to your file: Applebot-Extended

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getoffmylawn 1 year ago

Thank you, keep forgetting to create one and just did it!

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owlroost 1 year ago

One to add for you: User-agent: TurnitinBot

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colexdev 1 year ago

Thanks! I have one that is pretty extensive so far, I will add anything from yours that I do not have as well as the TurnitinBot that @owlroost mentioned! Thanks all

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punk-tart 1 year ago

Do we just add it anywhere on our website?

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mikegrindle 1 year ago

Thanks for the recommendation, Owlroost. I’ll be sure to add that. @punk-tart, it should go in your site’ root directory (so, not in a “folder”, but the same place as you homepage - hope that makes sense). Cheers all.

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punk-tart 1 year ago

Thanks for the clarification, added and good to go! Always appreciate dodging AI

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nohappynonsense 1 year ago

hope you're doing well, and bring on the experiments

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sorbier 1 year ago

looking forward to your new creative direction!!! well put about that distinct feeling during a transition

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mikegrindle 1 year ago

cheers guys. I feel like I've set unrealistic expectations by using the word "experimental."

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colexdev 1 year ago

Love all of your stuff and excited to see everything new that you decide to do!

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