2026-10-20T16:33:12Z https://nostr.now Josh Knapp :verified: https://nostr.now/npub180reztl25yp7ngt9nvexs3fv5nukwwpsgf2dvwzyav04qus7d0xqx3d6jy https://files.anti-social.online/accounts/avatars/109/304/376/071/999/524/original/f132d418110e35a3.png https://files.anti-social.online/accounts/avatars/109/304/376/071/999/524/original/f132d418110e35a3.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvr2yj6k45wxvqc58yfvtp4qh0thvyzft0tghy35uk8033dqz09hczyqau0yf0a2ss86dpvkdny6z99jj0jeecxpp9f43cgn4375rjre4uce3egcg We have been getting bombarded with spam sign-ups lately from a botnet. Hundreds of them, same pattern every time: random hex username, gmail addresses reusing the same inbox with +tags, different IP on literally every request. Classic rotating-proxy spam farm hitting every instance it can find.<br/><br/>I thought they were filling out the form for sign up (since we did not have a captcha in place), but they were hitting the API endpoints pretty rapidly. Turns out third-party apps have their own registration flow separate from the website, and that&#39;s the path they were actually using. Which is why nothing I did to the sign-up page seemed to slow them down at first.<br/><br/>The fix ended up being both blocking the API sign-up AND adding a captcha to the form. <br/><br/>We already require manual approval on new accounts, so none of this actually went live, it was just clogging the queue and annoying me.<br/><br/>Learn from my mistake, check the logs before trying to form a solution.<br/><br/>#mastoadmin #fediblock 2026-09-17T20:29:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdcwah6asaxqyhgckdchcel68vwx870f5uc5wm4prua7eeyn26kgczyqau0yf0a2ss86dpvkdny6z99jj0jeecxpp9f43cgn4375rjre4ucy5ezdw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq37yvxc8xeffxjtu086a3zlk7n6xmguk55aqdzxywvkd50ymjvdgk3jjjn'>nevent1q…jjjn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>damn, how long does it last? 2025-04-01T21:23:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr5uxa9qku4p5482r2e3a60s8cfpj0dv79zlwt5lrtahxu9s249xgzyqau0yf0a2ss86dpvkdny6z99jj0jeecxpp9f43cgn4375rjre4ucmthn7j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8fs34a0fh94exuvxn54m9rvj0y05fjhul60zpz9jxsu3r5ukvykcqz5xe3'>nevent1q…5xe3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>agreed. And we won&#39;t get into when something fails. 2025-03-28T21:53:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdmennxndz993ydgea9cfr64p0fkc52ms2kdv36cc4qsvvluw7egczyqau0yf0a2ss86dpvkdny6z99jj0jeecxpp9f43cgn4375rjre4uc86g5w6 Question for all the other computer people out there. <br/><br/>Do you re-apply thermal paste on your devices/computers?<br/><br/>I did it on my gaming laptop, and it dropped the temps by about 20 degrees for both the GPU and CPU, which seems crazy to me. The results were backed by the fact that one of my fans did not start right away because the temps didn&#39;t need it to.<br/><br/>I attribute the stark difference to two things. <br/><br/>1. The stock thermal paste was pretty generic, and was already dried out. (3 year old computer)<br/>2. The way the thermal paste was applied from the factory, spots did not get good coverage.<br/><br/>I embarked on this adventure because my fans were running really loud at random, and even worse when I gamed.<br/><br/>I didn&#39;t even know one of my fans would turn off if it wasn&#39;t needed.<br/><br/>#gaming #computers #tech 2024-11-10T13:51:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswc5s0tgm4eqlvkjzkuvc2rnj5a75kv5ffsy2u7hzdg5csp40hazszyqau0yf0a2ss86dpvkdny6z99jj0jeecxpp9f43cgn4375rjre4uccydzpe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspk336zeg8lzmh69rzjeh7rd5q8u4ccremdqvst49xp45wd5qmuvgac933y'>nevent1q…933y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ISPs in general tend to be hot garbage when it comes to support. Sorry you had to deal with that bs 2024-11-08T18:58:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrdlcfkekaxynqjgl8df87sv7kc3l26lu5wun7tmcpn0x8k3w74zgzyqau0yf0a2ss86dpvkdny6z99jj0jeecxpp9f43cgn4375rjre4ucmtcfje Anti-social.online renewed for another year. 2024-11-02T19:24:10Z