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#butlerianjihad

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Alex Schroeder

I think I was wrong. My new understanding of the firewall stuff to persist across reboots of the server:

netfilter-persistent calls all the modules.

iptables-persistent is the module that saves /etc/iptables/rules.v4 and /etc/iptables/rules.v6 with just the rules.

ipset-persistent is the module that saves /etc/iptables/ipsets.
This file is about 1MB and pretty much contains what my ban-cidr contains.

And as it turns out, saving is never automatic.

You need to run netfilter-persistent save manually after running ban-cidr for all the rules and sets to be loaded on a reboot.

I updated https://alexschroeder.ch/view/2025-01-23-bots-devouring-the-web

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Alex Schroeder

They said we're running out of IPv4 numbers but now that I'm trying to block bots descending like flesh flies on baby bison, it turns out that there are still thousands of networks that need blocking. Holy cow may Baal eat the eyes of all the engineers partaking in this scouring of the web; may all the project managers rot and lose their teeth, their nails, their hair and their sense of smell; let them all suffer these curses until they repent, until they mend their ways and help undo the damage they are wreaking. I have banned 8901 networks, today, and I'm still at it!
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Alex Schroeder

The bots are at it again, trying to scoop up Emacs Wiki.
I've banned nearly 3000 networks in the last hour or so.
Updates at the bottom of this page:
https://alexschroeder.ch/view/2024-11-25-emacs-china

If you want to partake in unsupervised banning with no feedback, no due process, just automatic ban-hammers, take a look at this script full of firewall commands.

Needs ipset and iptables access.
https://alexschroeder.ch/admin/ban-cidr

A graph showing how load goes from 0.5 up to 30 and then back down again.
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FluConf

#fluConf2025 will feature a track on Luddism, and we're still looking for submissions.

We want to hear from people that are talking or writing about the deliberate use of technology, resistance to the dominant narratives in tech hype cycles, analysis of the strategies employed by venture capitalists and their distorting effects on society, activism against extractive and exploitative technologies, sabotage of algorithmic systems, and whatever else Luddism means to you.

Apply up until midnight of January 19th, 2025 (anywhere on Earth)

fluconf.online/apply/

fluconf.onlineSubmit a proposalSubmit your proposal for FluConf 2025 until the end of January 19th, 2025
#luddism#workingClass#laborHistory
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Rich

Grad school alumni magazine includes a cover feature on AI, including AI-generated images on cover and throughout.

Every one of these images makes the school’s iconic tower look like a building on fire after a missile strike.

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Mr. Completely

Okay so hear me out on this latest X/Twitter news about them training their model on everyone's posts:

Well, remember those stories from recent days about how if you train an LLM ("AI") on LLM output, the new model can collapse into gibberish...?

You feeling me here?

I know a lot of y'all still are holding on to Xitter accounts. Now you can put them to good use. Just fill em up with LLM swill on any topic you want and you'll be doing your part.

#butlerianjihad#ai#LLM
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