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website owners are going to war with AI crawlers

- deploying tarpits, designed to trap AI
- after trapping in one or another way - AI is fed with garbage data
- the goal is to poison AI knowledge DBs, making crawling expensive and useless

this arm race has just began

src: arstechnica
January 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
something is wrong with scrolling here
February 9, 2024 at 12:27 AM
so going to HODL my invite codes
February 7, 2024 at 12:27 AM
「 how to turn URL into a thumbnail preview 」

in apple notes on iOS

1 tap and hold the URL
2 hit UNDO (enter drag-and-drop mode)
3 hit REDO (to revert back unwanted changes caused by UNDO)
4 drop the URL wherever you want in the note

video: youtu.be/VJIVwmABwLw?...

text: 1ar.io/p/thumbnail-...
how to turn URLs into thumbnail previews on #ios #iphone in #apple #notes #applenotes #tips #tricks
HOW TO MAKE LINK TO TURN INTO A PREVIEW IN APPLE NOTES - the trick is to bring Apple Notes in a state of drug-and-drop- you can identify this mode by the + s...
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February 6, 2024 at 11:47 PM
「 toss a coin to your LLM 」

how much should we ‘tip’ to our LLMs to improve results

~10$ tips improve results
<1$ make results worse
>10k$ make results better and response longer

blog.finxter.com/impact-of-mo...
January 31, 2024 at 11:22 PM
just checked what’s new in on-device LLM tools and found MLC Chat app

「 mistral 7b on iphone 15 pro answers instantly 」

let that sink in:
- it’s an on-device model on your smartphone
- works completely offline
- free of charge

full source here: github.com/mlc-ai/mlc-llm
January 27, 2024 at 10:26 PM
「 iOS apps that can apply edits in gallery 」

i was wondering which apps can be used from this menu in Photos app

so i asked around (reddit) and found a couple. here is a list:

- PS Express
- Afterlight
- Flare Effects
- Annotable

if you know more, feel free to share
January 23, 2024 at 7:03 PM
「 belief shapes brain response 」

study on nicotine-dependent individuals shows that labels can outweigh the actual dosage

- used e-cigarettes with constant nicotine
- used varied labels (low, med, high)
- brain imaging shows belief-induced responses

this once again proves the effects of placebo
January 3, 2024 at 5:13 PM
on the verge of #xmas 🎄 overeating:

「 vibing pill to fight obesity 」

novel minimal-invasive device VIBES shown to reduce food intake

- vibration activates nerves
- tricks gastric receptors to feel full
- cuts food intake by 40%

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 24, 2023 at 1:29 AM
apparently there will be new logo rolled out soon

this butterfly is definitely easier in terms of making a monochrome logo

www.threads.net/@fonsmans/po...
December 23, 2023 at 7:17 PM
「 AI powered by real brain cells 」

brain cells enable advanced AI voice recognition

- lab-grown brain tissue integrates with electronics
- 78% voice recognition accuracy
- ethical/legal questions about brain organoid use

biocomputers > quantum computers?
December 17, 2023 at 4:28 PM
「 what is an (official) SVG icon for bluesky? 」

you can make an SVG gradient, but its not an iconicy lines-only icon, if you know what i mean

an example of SVG gradient attached (see alt for code), but it doesn’t look good if the adjacent SM icons are just made of lines
December 13, 2023 at 12:47 PM
「 japanese robowolf 」

i expected its head to turn 360° for some reason

source: www.bbc.com/news/av/worl...
The Robot wolves trying to scare off Japan's bears
A howling 'monster wolf' is scaring wild bears away from the city of Takikawa.
www.bbc.com
September 29, 2023 at 10:43 AM
staying on the topic of 「 mushrooms 🍄📷 」

📍Friedberg (Hesse), Germany
September 9, 2023 at 8:08 AM
my new go to social network to learn all the things about the mushrooms 🍄
September 9, 2023 at 8:06 AM