What has changed is the loss of driving etiquette at night.

Back in the late 70s, 80s out in half way rural areas it seemed near every vehicle was fitted with a bull-bar and a small percentage with windscreen protectors [strong thin steel mesh in a frame in front of the windscreen]. More often a bull-bar sported a couple banks of spot lights. So back then it was important at night and a necessary courtesy to use dim lights immediately, either for oncoming traffic or on catching up with a vehicle in view even if it was near on the horizon.

These days the blighters don't bother to properly adjust the position of low beam. Some don't dim for oncoming traffic until it's x distance away. The worse offenders by far that I encounter at night are the sods who don't dim until they are on your tail plate. More often, when the situation is safe to do so with no incoming traffic, I have found myself turning off the car's lights to show them their lights are so bright I don't need any lights ...

I don't know. I'm guessing your plight falls into buyer beware category.

Not sure what path you took,[1] [2], but it would seem one needs to carefully understand what they offer.

Webapp links mentions how easy it is to link to your own domain, the second link manus-hosting site mentions it is not permanent hosting and subscription based.

[1] https://manus.im/features/webapp

[2] https://static.app/manus-hosting

For the bleakest of disasters, bandwidth would be a premium but a lot can still be done without bandwidth hogging scrip overheads, so site developers just need to include a low bandwidth fall back for the basics - I dare say it might even be lest costly for the LLM scrapers if it were widly adopted. I'd suggest for an idea of basics touring some sites where each page has a small footprint [1] [2] [3] [4] ... I recall days on dialup 3 KB/s - a meg was a wait-a-while.

However I don't hold much hope, generally, things only happen out of necessity.

[1] https://github.com/bradleytaunt/1kb.club

[2] https://250kb.club/

[3] https://512kb.club/

[4] https://1mb.club/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16286764

[1] https://archive.org/details/american-fork-bodycam-unredacted

Edited for clarity.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340079 [thread id]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47346735 [dang mentions there is a restriction]

You'd IMO, done better to ask what others think is good taste when it comes to a product that's new or being updated.

As to your bad luck, I couldn't say it as well as msalihberk already stated, but also add it doesn't hurt to reply to members if they've asked an obvious question. Unfortunately that reply is marked dead so here's the quote of msalihberk below in case you have not set options to see dead posts.

> "It looks like you're caught in a feedback loop here. Hacker News has a very sensitive automated system for self-promotion; posting the same project 14 times in a short period triggers a 'spam' flag, which results in your posts being automatically 'dead' or 'flagged.'

Additionally, HN is primarily a space for technical discussion. Following up on that with a 'roast me' thread about a sensitive topic isn't just 'roasting'—it’s seen by the community as off-topic or baiting, which causes users to manually flag your account.

The system isn't 'pinning' you to hurt you personally; it’s just enforcing its guidelines. If you stop posting for a while and eventually return with a unique, high-quality technical contribution without self-promoting, you’ll likely find that the system (and the users) will be much more receptive."

In answer to your question, you might feel happy for a fleeting moment, but if you have to ask the question, you suspect that the availability of the web could be temporary ... and it depends on your need of the net, for personal surfing or for business.

Getting even by doing it better. Hope it works out.

Your saga reminds me of [1]

[1] https://archive.org/details/i-just-want-to-serve-5-terabytes

There is little doubt ... very large emphasis on ... eating better / healthier, exercise and good sleep are all part of staying healthy and at a good weight.

Fructose does though make a difference to the digestive systems normal function. I would post the study from a few years ago by a leading US university that basically reaffirmed a study that was published in New Scientist in the late 90s; but there have been many studies / papers published since then that ... well sounds more like folks from the powerful food industry have been busy, but it sure thins out the more useful studies.

However a good example is myself. Recently I switched back from a glucose based sugar to sucrose with is 50:50 fructose glucose when it breaks down in the body. End of 24 I had been 81 kg, about right for my frame but not much fat. I have a dehydration related medical issue ... it turns out the more fat means the body can store a bit more water for times when I don't absorb water from the gut. I was 86 - 87 kg for 2025 ... starting February 2026 this year I switched back to sucrose though laziness mostly (it's also wet season so didn't want to open a large bag of dextrose) ... I'm about doing the same each day, I am eating less [1] but also not doing as much ... my weight sky rocketed to 97 - 98 kg presently. Not all people might be the same. I could also give the long example of how I someone back in the 90s who had taken to cycling to the nearest town 30 miles away - after reading a study, dropped sucrose and used glucose and a sweetener and lost a bit over 25 kg, a lot more than I wanted, not in the expected 14 months but closer to 3 months - I stopped because the bones of my arse hurt sitting on a hard chair and didn't want to carry a cushion around.

[1] Basic quick oats serve with tablespoon of sugar for breakfast, a couple cups of coffee, 3 teaspons of sugar each, a couple light meals though the rest of day, presently a couple chiko rolls and maybe a soup.