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University of Toronto ☛ Getting feedback as a small web crawler operator
Suppose, hypothetically, that you're trying to set up a small web crawler for a good purpose. These days you might be focused on web search for text focused sites, or small human written sites, or similar things, and certainly given the bad things that are happening with the major crawlers we could use them. As a small crawler, you might want to get feedback and problem reports from web site operators about what your crawler is doing (or not doing). As it happens, I have some advice and views on this.
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ID Root ☛ How To Install Postfix on Debian 13
Postfix is a powerful, secure, and highly reliable Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) that serves as the backbone for countless email systems worldwide. Installing Postfix on Debian 13 “trixie” allows administrators to build a robust SMTP server capable of sending and receiving emails efficiently.
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TecMint ☛ How to Install Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Discord on Linux Desktop [Ed: Proprietary spyware and generally a very bad idea]
Today, Linux users have access to a wide range of professional and community-oriented tools that outperform the old proprietary apps in both usability and features.
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The New Stack ☛ How To Deploy an Open Source Version of NotebookLM [Ed: Slop is a terrible thing to use, no matter if it claims to be "open" or not]