I just wanted to say I read this and it really got me. Maybe I should also start knitting

I'm surprised it's only half

There's a joke about certain princes here but I just feel bad for the people getting scammed since I know firsthand how realistic these things can seem

> since I know firsthand how realistic these things can seem

Happened to a person close to me a few months ago and, indeed, it has become uncannily realistic. I'm surprised it hasn't attracted the attention of the relevant authorities, because harmless people are now being scammed of their live savings (or worse, in the case of the person close to me she had actually borrowed the sum she was scammed of) and no-one seems to be doing anything. It's also highly regressive, as in it seems to affect the people that would most need that money (in a way it's similar to how gambling affects the lower classes a lot more compared to the wealthy).

So... Is the point just that the work needs to be good first and foremost?

Love Wayback Machine stories

Maybe one day the previous owner will find what you've built

Very interesting that OpenAI is by far the biggest driver and also that LLMs mostly crawl sites to ground answers

Because as we all know the Internet is never wrong

This has strong Stand By Me vibes

I think all the agents might also be putting GitHub to sleep in the same fashion

I get it - every week I look at a summary of AI news and my derealization meter spikes I wonder if even next year 2026 will seem like the new "good old days"

Depending who you talk to it's a Monkey's Paw

And the wishes are (almost) unlimited!

I'm re-reading the title and it is a little misleading (my apologies). The answer is a little bit complicated: the domain has been registered since 1999 (27 years). The initial site ran from 1999 to 2007 (8 years) and came back as a single page app around the 2008 election (~2 years). In February he re-created the site and hopefully it beats its predecessor's record!