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erronis

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17. When I wrote web scrapers/spiders/whatever, I usually added random pauses

Reply to usonian (Reply #16)

Wed May 6, 2026, 03:07 PM

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between interactions. And would try not to overload the host with my queries. Nowadays, I think all of this is passe.

Of course a lot of form filling on the web is now being done by password managers and browser remembered fields as well as control-paste operations. No delays in the inter-character typing there.

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We Tried to Detect Bots in 500 Comments. We Found a More Interesting Problem. [View all] usonian Wednesday OP

Vapid R US* Attilatheblond Wednesday #1

It's infecting the rest of the world, too. erronis Wednesday #13

Guess that explains why..... Flo Mingo Wednesday #2

Bot or not? Hard to tell when people act like bots. usonian Wednesday #4

The ones that are likely to put their foot down on something like this will be advertisers AZJonnie Wednesday #3

Am I the only one who would like to know exactly what a bot is? CrispyQ Wednesday #5

Let me count the ways! There are so many. usonian Wednesday #8

Useful info. To add to the original question: erronis Wednesday #14

On my university sysadmin job, I noticed that some systems timed you out quickly if you dawdled typing a password. usonian Wednesday #16

When I wrote web scrapers/spiders/whatever, I usually added random pauses erronis Wednesday #17

Some websites disable pasting passwords. usonian Wednesday #18

You can get around that disabling pasting if you really want. erronis Wednesday #19

I did electronic and optical engineering to start. Built my own S-100 systems back in the day. usonian Wednesday #20

Sounds a bit like my history --- I'll DM you so I won't clutter these airwaves. erronis Wednesday #21

One nation controlled by the media flvegan Wednesday #6

Orwell explained newspeak and why Big Brother has to rewrite history. usonian Wednesday #9

Seems worth pointing out who "Musabi Labs" are: muriel_volestrangler Wednesday #7

sorry but blubunyip Wednesday #12

Yup. "holistic" just raised another huge red flag. erronis Wednesday #15

the role of Bots and AI have set off a big debate around Reddit stock and earnings GreatGazoo Wednesday #10

This is Reddit. Made up stories and fake emotion's Melon Wednesday #11