behold the "HTML bomb" it's a defensive counterattack on AI web-scrapers that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to the bomb file *looks* like a tiny HTML page, but when scraped -- or even requested by a regular browser ... ... it unpacks into a huge-ass 10-gig HTML page ... ... which quickly crashes any browser or scraper Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read and subscribe to here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-37-wind-theft-an-html-bomb-and-the-rice/

very cool!

100%

very

yeah, the leasing firms seem often *super* scammy I bought mine outright, installed by a very reputable local firm but many US towns only have the dodgy leasing companies, alas

How to make solar cheaper in the US -- following Australia's lead a good analysis by Saul Griffith https://energyandstuff.substack.com/p/make-electricity-cheap-again-part tl;dr -- it's less about the cost of the panels or any individual unit of labor, but more in reducing red tape

Hmmmm damn yeah that’s not an easy decision to make

Sadly true