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paulcoletoday at 4:12 AM1 replyview on HN

> I wasn't able to beat the bot wall

Most people have access to at least one 16-digit code that will do the trick.


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anenefantoday at 4:28 AM

Well what that 16 digit code might be I am unaware. I used to be able to unpick java based stuff to bypass walls but these days I really just don't try too hard, typically a site these days isn't a single site but uses other external services - I have many such services denied for scraping PII needlessly.

I could try a different browser - but in the time I wait for the site to decide if I'm not a bot, if I'm that invested, I've already done a quick search of topic heading and ...

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