Not often you get the BBC talking about the G algo...

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240524-how-googles-new-algorithm-will-shape-your-internet

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

Lengthy HN discussion : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40133976

(via a mojeek-initiative)

tldr- Using the robots meta element or HTTP header to say the content should not be used for machine learning, in case some actors make their search UA indistinguishable from their machine learning efforts.

https://noml.info/

Feel free to sign/share. Basic gist is that all the content out there isn't for big tech to summarise and capitalise on.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66529264

QuoteAfter googling HM Revenue & Customs' contact number, BBC journalist Jared Evitts made a phone call which he later found out had cost him £119.
...
After some research, I found the answer. I had unknowingly phoned through a call connection service operated by a company called Bounce Tech Ltd, which has been approached for comment.

This meant I had got through to the organisation I wanted to reach, but was charged for the call at a premium rate.

It's been down for over a week. Domain and IP still there, just nothing listening on ports.

IIRC they were a bit of a thing shortly after Alltheweb and Google were fighting over who had the largest index, probably when they gained the most notoriety.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/25/23656336/microsoft-chatbot-rivals-stop-using-bing-search-index

QuoteMicrosoft has warned some Bing-powered search engines that it will revoke access to the company's search index if they continue to use it as the foundation for their AI tools, according to Bloomberg.

Original un-paywalled report from Bloomberg https://archive.is/msJxa

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt-down-openai-not-working-b2304210.html

QuoteChatGPT has stopped working, with users around the world complaining about issues with OpenAI.

Website health monitor Down Detector logged hundreds of reports from ChatGPT and GPT-4 users, who complained that OpenAI is down and the chatbot was not working.

https://www.macpierce.com/the-camera-shy-hoodie

QuoteThe Camera-Shy Hoodie is a DIY adversarial garment designed to give the user the option to anonymize themselves within the recording of a night vision security camera.

I can't help feel this might attract attention in some unintended ways... unless lots of people wear one.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F063_lsm

Queen's Gambit gave it a nice boost but it's heading upwards from there.

Raging as I was winning a game and it DC'ed and marked me as a loss (not quite winning but saved myself a bit)

ricardoscotia on there if anyone wants a game.

https://ericmitchell.ai/detectgpt/

Cat and mouse version n.0

author's twitter explanation https://twitter.com/_eric_mitchell_/status/1618820361419915264
deeper reading: https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.11305

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34525936

https://www.politico.eu/article/frances-mr-privacy-turns-cybersnooper/

A short video on the method of finding things out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6sbPCIEMyI

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62394463

I started this online game in my late teens. Guess I missed the boat with waking up, having a smoke, checking WmW, adsense earnings, link popularity... 

In jest, seems like a much more feasible lifestyle for those who can and want to.

https://newatlas.com/energy/blowhole-wave-energy-lcoe/

QuoteThe UniWave sea platform is an artificial blowhole that harvests energy from ocean waves. Independent analysts now predict it'll create some of the cheapest renewable energy on the market – and some of the most reliable and predictable, as well.

QuoteWSE's key innovation here is that one-way generation; other devices that harvest the same effect use bi-directional turbines, requiring the ability to reverse blade pitch or redirect the airflow. WSE says its design allows for far cheaper and simpler turbines, that should also last longer since they're not getting as much salt water splashed through them when a big wave hits. Indeed, all this device's moving parts are above the waterline, a fact that should help extend its service life as well as making it completely harmless to marine life.

A new one is out.

https://returntomonkeyisland.com/?abc
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32901158

Vaguely incriminating memories of X-Copy growing up in the late 80s and early 90s playing games on the Commodore Amiga

https://lwn.net/Articles/490517/

The Debian project is considering a proposal from the DuckDuckGo search engine to accept a percentage of the engine's advertising revenue that originates from web browsers on Debian machines.

https://www.cornwall-insight.com/price-cap-forecasts-for-january-rise-to-over-4200-as-wholesale-prices-surge-again-and-ofgem-revises-cap-methodology/

QuotePrice cap forecasts for January rise to over £4,200 as wholesale prices surge again and Ofgem revises cap methodology

As the chart shows, pretty much wholesale prices are responsible. In the UK, most fossil fuel used for electricity generation is via gas.

https://www.mojeek.com/focus/

Regular search, but include up to 25 domains/subdomains and optionally exclude up to 25 domains/subdomains. No sign up etc, cookie based.

https://tjukanovt.github.io/notable-people

A few surprises or exceptions for me but cool to see.