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Day: 9 November 2026

  • Re: Blunt Banhammer Blocks Basic Bots Ballistically

    Terence Eden's shared the honeypot he came up with to make a powerful honeypot-powered block against badly-behaved bots. I'm concerned, though: I've seen this pattern before and know that it can be used as a denial-of-service attack. Here's how I'd do it differently...

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    • posted 9 November, 2026
  • JTA checked on our house this morning, which has been under repair since it flooded 269 days ago. There he discovered that, after countless delays and long periods of no progress, the replacement flooring has finally arrived!

    Full image of In light fog, alongside a skip, a flatbed lorry unloads pallets of floor tiles onto a residential driveway.
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    In light fog, alongside a skip, a flatbed lorry unloads pallets of floor tiles onto a residential driveway.

    I'm still hopeful of a "Christmas miracle" of being able to move back home before the end of the year. But we'll see...

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    • posted 9 November, 2026

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