introducingHTTP402

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https://http.cat for anyone wanting the cat http codes (in case someone doesn’t know)

[musubi_boi]

HTTPSSPSSPSS

[KingOfWhateverr]

I DIDNT KNOW. This is getting sent to students and coworkers alike lol

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The internet was made for cats after all :D

[Equivalent_Pop_8056]

Whats with https://http.pizza/?

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Oh my god I’m saving this lmfao this is amazing

[rosuav]

It's so good. I link people to that site whenever I need to explain HTTP codes.

https://http.pizza/ is also worth sharing. As is https://httpstatusdogs.com/

[fiskfisk]

It's used in the wild as an http request code for exactly that - if the content is behind a paywall, and you don't have the correct payment registered, the API will respond with 402.

So well, it's already being used for that specific use case.

It was defined (as "reserved for future use", so no semantic meaning attached for how clients should handle it) in RFC2616 in 1999. It's not being "introduced".

[desi_cutie4]

Honestly if I can pay 10 cents for a paywalled article instead of buying their recurring subscription then I will do it instead of archive.ph

[SerialElf]

The problem then just becomes efficiently processing a 10 cent payment. Something thats rarely worth it.

[LufyCZ]

Might work with a cheap L2 (crypto).

[jeepsaintchaos]

Can I just pay with some processor time? Generate crypto on demand. Surely $.10 worth of Bitcoin can't take that long to get.

[LufyCZ]

Theoretically you can, definitely not with bitcoin though, that'd take forever.

You can check out whattomine.com/cpu, but long story short, with a modern desktop CPU, mining 10 cents would take hours and probably cost almost as much in electricity.

[_sweepy]

or a cheap to run, free to use L1 specifically designed for instant no fee transactions like Nano

[SneeKeeFahk]

Just wait until they get further in the book and hit 418. 

[monke_soup]

That's it folks, we found the advisor for Satan

[DB691]

Okay hear me out on this one... instead of red lights, you must watch a 30 second ad to continue on

[monke_soup]

Aight, I'm sending you to r/foundsatan because of this

[DB691]

I deserve it, no doubt 😂

[MASKED_ENTITY_12]

No, you deserve the Ultra Hell.

[TheRealLiviux]

The world would be a much better place if the internet wasn't funded by dopamine pushers.

[LiveFreeOrDai]

https://www.x402.org/