Thanks, this is a nifty read; I'm appreciating having a look into the world of the bastards who are ruining the web with residential proxy/botnet operations. I had kind of (mistakenly) assumed that the scrapers mostly relied upon IoT trash and hacked Fire sticks. We really can't have nice things anymore, huh?
The company is embroiled in legal action in Israel. After it filed suit against a former employee, he countersued, alleging that Luminati is widely used for click fraud. As part of the suit, it was revealed that the spyware company NSO Group was a Luminati client.
Well that escalated quickly
PS: i really really wish my special interests would quit touching
A slice of life article about the futility of "highly agentic" people, their sperm races, and Donald Boat. Scott A makes a cameo where he dispenses crackers.
Edit: reddit sneerclub found that the author has a #metoo history, alas
One ray of sunshine: when the bubble pops, there will be quite a few "billionaires" who will become mere millionaires, and they will find that their friends in government and the media will suddenly be much less interested in being around them at all.
Edit: This reply belongs somewhere else. apologies!
You handled that whole unhinged situation like a champ.
Seeing once respectable folks get trapped in this bullshit feels like watching my college pal smoke his first clove cigarette.
It seems like, for certain kind of geek, code LLMs sit somewhere between "The One Ring but rubbish" and "mechanical meth." The users certainly feel powerful and productive, and god help anyone who hints otherwise.
(IIUC) Like David said, it's a hedge against the bubble being real. GS certainly isn't pulling back from the void yet.