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"I had been paid up until my last few invoices." said Geoff in response to a comment on his site.

Another comment asked if there was anything people can do, Geoff said in part "and tagging DO where they pay attention".

I have two guesses why Google does this:

1) Google wants the most money, so they don't care to let dodgy ads thru.

2) There are more ads going out then can be reviewed, so they would rather have people report them, then they automatically reject the report until enough people report it, then an actual person may review it.

As to why Google doesn't use AI to review them? Google would rather use the AI in a way that makes them more money, than review ads and if AI decides to take them down then that's less money for Google.

(To be clear: I don't work for Google in any way, these are just my guesses)

Bypass paywall at either https://web.archive.org/web/20260909213058/https://www.404me... or https://archive.ph/7J5TB.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ce... also has a writeup which takes some quotes from the article (and a statement by Automattic).

There is going to come one day that companies (and any website owner) will wish they didn't use AI and instead used a simple (maybe even plain-text) website. That will come when people really need information from that website but can't get to it.

https://sparkbox.com/foundry/helene_and_mobile_web_performan...

Discussion regarding that post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46494734

Non-cloudflare link that basically says the same thing: https://mstdn.social/@stux/117186158784673388

Non-cloudflare link that basically says the same thing: https://mstdn.social/@stux/117186158784673388

I just had a look through my logs, and I've had over 90,000 requests from known AI bots over the last month. All this to a personal website that doesn't post very often.

And that's just known AI, I can't imagine what requests are pretending to a real person when they aren't.

I think it's also because the regular dating sites are setup to not find you a match, so by bypassing them (at least in a way), you have a better chance of actually going on a date.

To keep in mind is that this article talks about people who have had success using LinkedIn, I'm sure there are people who've tried it without success.

OP at https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/joint-statemen....

Sometimes I do wish sites linked to the original press release so someone can read it for themselves.

I highly suggest (if you haven't already done so) you contact Nine PBS, as they (Nine PBS) won't be reading Hacker News.

Proof? Using an AI checker isn't accurate.

If you are unable to read this, there is an archived copy at https://archive.ph/d3236

A problem I see is that what someone may consider to be AI-generated actually isn't. And the AI checkers aren't reliable enough to definitely enough say something is AI-generated.

This is just a write-up of a video by SHiFT which can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THtbjPQFVZI.

TLDR: "Netherlands-based Oceanwide Expeditions said in a news release it was "managing a serious medical situation" on a polar expedition ship, the MV Hondius, which was off Cape Verde, an island nation in the Atlantic west of Africa."

See the current position at https://www.cruisemapper.com/ships/MV-Hondius-1624

I like what Ian Campbell (who is a Security ops engineer for DomainTools) said on Mastodon / Fediverse:

"Like every other Cloudflare service, this was likely designed to enable threat actors, amplify abusability, and reduce accountability."[1]

"I see Cloudflare's willful negligence and threat actor enablement every day."[2]

[1] https://masto.deoan.org/@neurovagrant/116501075857412461 [2] https://masto.deoan.org/@neurovagrant/116501907970934374

I've used whereby in the past on a free account, I've found it easy enough for anyone to use. I stopped using them because they now limit free accounts to 30 minute meetings.

At the bottom it says "This article originally appeared on BostonGlobe.com on April 20, 2026.". So, if someone prefers to skip substack, the article can be read at https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/20/opinion/ai-college-cl...

FYI: Be skeptical of Be Giant. As they are backed by the Weston family[1], which owns and runs Loblaws and Shoppers Drug Mart in Canada[2].

[1] https://www.begiant.ca/editorial-standards

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weston_family

Paywall-free copy at https://archive.ph/Ntbjj

(And yes I know the controversy with archive.ph, but it's the only one which has the full copy)

I've realized not to bet on any social media.

For example, pre-Elon Twitter, I thought Twitter was going to around a long time and I would continue to use it for many years. I left Twitter when Elon bought it.

While I'm on various social media sites now, I can fairly easily pick up a new one as I see fit. And if my audience doesn't want to follow me there, they don't have to. And I can find different people to follow on that new one.

You never know what is going to happen.

GrapheneOS also posted about it on their Mastodon / Fediverse account: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116261301913660830

FYI, HN guidelines state "Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity."

No, because as Jan Schaumann said "Starting to think the real risk is not AI replacing junior staff, but senior staff quitting because they just can’t take this AI bullshit any longer and just opt for early retirement."

https://mstdn.social/@jschauma/116251321191395352

FYI, I've seen your submissions are only for your own website. HN guidelines state "Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity."

“But to have that reviewed by the arbitrator cost $24,000. Essentially, we must pay to show we cannot afford the costs. We had no choice but to withdraw. So even though we wanted to continue pursuing our last remaining claim, we couldn’t move forward because we could not afford the cost — this was economic exclusion from the legal process.”

"Adobe allegedly made it clear that if the judge were to make the company pay for Carter’s legal fees, it would pay them at the end of the process — meaning Carter would have to pay the costs upfront. "

I think society has evolved to the point where people want to make as much money as possible, so instead of shareware the person creating it charges money.

Also posted on Mastodon / Fediverse: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116200110686604617

I think part of the reason for not caring is that our bosses put unrealistic deadlines on us and force us to get this work done. Going up the ladder, the pressure is put on by the board that wants more profits and all in the short-term.