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		bombcar on Oct 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I wish my web server were in the corner of my room My home DSL connection years ago started being slow - so I checked my home server. A single image was the top result for "Japanese robot death cat" or something on Google Images, so I was getting pounded. A quick robots.txt update and a few days later everything was calm again.

dylan604 on Oct 11, 2022 [–]

The no-hot-linking option works well too

jamiek88 on Oct 12, 2022 | [–]

Remember the hot linking wars?

Small sites would get pissed when site like the nyt hotlinked and serve them pron instead.

dylan604 on Oct 12, 2022 | | [–]

as well they should. NYT has a budget. Small sites typically don't. F'em if they can't take a joke!

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