Some people call me Tofi
@drtofi.bsky.social
Retired Computer Scientist. Cynic.
You can fix this with the "udm=14" trick to get your web search to be a web search. At least for now. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good
The power of URL parameters lets you unofficially turn off Google’s AI Overview.
arstechnica.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You can fix this with the "udm=14" trick to get your web search to be a web search. At least for now. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
I'd love to do this more automatically and programmatically. Detecting political posturing and disinformation should be something Big AI could be pretty good at. And my first guess at the "lots of followers" part is 1/log(num followers). "Just sayin'."
January 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'd love to do this more automatically and programmatically. Detecting political posturing and disinformation should be something Big AI could be pretty good at. And my first guess at the "lots of followers" part is 1/log(num followers). "Just sayin'."
So far I'm finding the OnlyPosts feed pretty good at just eliminating the junk.
November 21, 2024 at 1:47 PM
So far I'm finding the OnlyPosts feed pretty good at just eliminating the junk.