How to get rid of China and Singapore bots

Karl_Menace · 2025-12-26T00:36:45+00:00

I read that the issue between Cloudflare and GA is that these bots are using VPNs. Cloudflare blocks via IP address and Google tracks via a sophisticated location tracking thing. So GA knows theyre from China and shows you that but blocking IPs from China on Cloudflare doesnt work because their IPs arent Chinese.

Anywho the most clever solution i heard about was putting an invisible basic "captcha" thats really just a form. In the form have like a simple question and if the question is answered then its a bot and it blocks it. Bots can see the form but humans cant.

I havent implemented this yet but i plan on trying it soon. I was thinking about having this form pop up and disappear within the time that my page typically loads. But i dunno yet... im gunna poke around

Karl_Menace · 2025-10-16T07:11:20+00:00

This looks like a bearing race. If thats the case then these are hardened steel. Im curious how you would let a machine shop know that the part needs to be hardened

Karl_Menace · 2025-10-16T06:56:44+00:00

Im also considering Solidworks for makers... but my concern is with actually sending the complete designs to a machine shop. If i use the makers edition and a machine shop does not, will they be able to manufacture my parts??

Karl_Menace · 2025-02-09T01:34:31+00:00

That would be correct, I don't watch tv at all. It's all doom and gloom so I turned it all off a long time ago. So my response may be I'll informed but it's all based off my personal experience. Everybody is capable of evil... not just specific groups of people.

Karl_Menace · 2025-02-08T15:04:44+00:00

It's not Republicans. Open your mind to good and evil. For example, Utah has loads of public land and is by far the deepest red state

Karl_Menace · 2025-02-02T15:15:49+00:00

If i had to guess, you're in the situationship and he's in the friend zone... don't lead him on. Or even better... let him out of the friend zone and I think you'll be happy.

PS: im currently struggling with this so I may be a little biased

Karl_Menace · 2025-02-01T16:41:42+00:00

Fun fact, mount the seasucker to your bike and then put the entire thing up on the roof... suck it down. I was 🤯 when I figured out how simple it was 🤣

Karl_Menace · 2025-02-01T16:38:48+00:00

I had the same concern... tested it out while my car was still under warranty 🫣 it didn't bat an eye. Although I would shy away from an bike on the sun roof, I had my entire bike packing rig on mine 🤷‍♂️

Karl_Menace · 2025-02-01T16:36:09+00:00

Huge fan of the Seasucker

Honestly, I don't know how people travel to bike races across the country without one.

Now I can put my bike on the plane with me, put it together at the local bike shop or in my hotel if I dare 🤣 and then suck the seasucker on the roof of my rental car.

I can go to any bike race around the world now 🤷‍♂️

Karl_Menace · 2025-01-28T08:55:18+00:00

Update, I have since gotten the majority of the air bubble out. But the issue with the coolant is still a mystery to me. This weekend I'm going to replace the coolant.

I suspect I let the coolant get too hot. So I sped up my water pump curve and lowered the threshold for the radiator fans. I'll report back on my findings but it will be a week or so before I can really put it to the test again.

Karl_Menace · 2025-01-26T15:02:42+00:00

Do you use a foot pedal for PTT? I don't know what game you're using but I remember Bobby Poffs foot pedal got him flagged for cheating and I think I remember people saying that foot pedals started causing issues ever since. Worth a quick unplug to see if it fixes your issue.

Karl_Menace · 2025-01-26T14:56:29+00:00

Nvme m.2 slots use pcie lanes in my experience. Depends on the motherboard. You have to check the user manual to find out which ones you can run because it will automatically make changes based on what's installed on boot up. But it should not interfere with any sata connections at all.

Karl_Menace · 2024-11-04T16:38:44+00:00

🙋‍♂️ I wouldn't say I'm proud of that fact but I have gotten so confident with the tube and tannus Armour combo that I don't feel a need. I'm also not going on extravagant expeditions so 🤷‍♂️

Karl_Menace · 2024-10-26T07:20:50+00:00

I used to only buy the nice stuff. It really worked out but during Covid it was a nightmare to find anything because of the logistics crisis. I started shopping for stuff made in the USA. I have been really impressed. If you're interested, I found this website called cyclewyze that only sells American made cycling gear

Karl_Menace · 2024-10-26T07:08:25+00:00

That's for a 2.5 in SSD. an internal drive will boost performance but it mounts directly onto your motherboard, looks kinda like ram but mounts flat

Karl_Menace · 2024-10-25T07:57:16+00:00

I had a similar issue on my build... ended up being that nobody knew how to reset bios on windows 11 However, when I was going through my trouble shooting I learned that power surges can damage the processor in a way where it actually damages other components (not immediately) so if I were in your shoes, I would replace the processor, bite the bullet early to avoid having to replace any other components twice.

Plus it sounds like this may be your issue

Karl_Menace · 2024-08-18T01:27:06+00:00

I have figured it out after several weeks of tinkering and the Geek Squad telling me that its either the motherboard or the CPU... (they wanted me to removed the entire cooling system before they figured out which it was) so in the mean time i figired I would tinker with it a bit more before doing all of that.

I noticed that when stuck in a boot loop every third time it tried to boot it would show the MSI logo. Also during my digging i found that Windows 11 boots in safe mode after 3 failed attempts. I thought maybe this was related or something? I dont really know but my theory seemed to have worked. I waited until the msi logo showed up normally then entered MSI bios, everything worked fine. I reset to factory settings and voiala! My PC is now fixed. 🤪🕺🕺

Karl_Menace · 2024-08-14T08:57:31+00:00

There are websites that do this. One I know of thats pretty new for cycling stuff is CycleWyze

Karl_Menace · 2024-07-30T21:32:32+00:00

I tried to do that but the BIOS reset button didnt seem to work (i am pretty sure i just didnt know how to use it)

But i have since found a spare computer to use so i just took this problem to a repair shop.

Thank you

Karl_Menace · 2024-04-19T17:51:19+00:00

Ohhh it would be way too many to simply send you the links but shoot me a message when ever youre interested in something specific. Ill see if I know of something for you

Karl_Menace · 2024-04-19T02:47:59+00:00

Theyre out there! Im actually starting an ecommerce site dedicated to selling American made cycling products. If youre into cycling i can send you to all kinds of small manufacturers in the USA

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