{"id":291,"date":"2015-02-01T18:07:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T18:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2015\/02\/01\/amazoncoms-many-bots-feud-over-book-prices\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:25:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:25:42","slug":"amazoncoms-many-bots-feud-over-book-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2015\/02\/01\/amazoncoms-many-bots-feud-over-book-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon.com’s many bots feud over\u00a0book-prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

mostlysignssomeportents<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\nCarlos Bueno, author of a kids\u2019 book about understanding computers called Lauren Ipsum<\/a>, describes what happens when the cadre of competing bots that infest Amazon\u2019s sales-database began to viciously fight with one another over pricing for his book. It\u2019s a damned weird story. <\/p>\n

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Before I…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Amazon.com’s many bots feud over\u00a0book-prices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

mostlysignssomeportents: Carlos Bueno, author of a kids\u2019 book about understanding computers called Lauren Ipsum, describes what happens when the cadre of competing bots that infest Amazon\u2019s sales-database began to viciously fight with one another over pricing for his book. 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