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How LLMs Actually Generate Text
They are just gigantic probability calculators. Everyone who thinks LLMs are sentient should be forced to watch this.
Ondrej identifies Permanent Underclass as those denied Frontier Tech
A permanent thwartation. A permanent handicap, disadvantage, restraint. “This is the second warning from the Universe in the last two weeks that [humanity must] not rely on closed-source AI and that open-source AI is the answer. …most people do not realize this because they are not capable of long-term thinking.” Severe betrayals by Big Tech … Read more
Has godaddy.com always been this bad?
godaddy.com has become Ridiculous and Irrelevant …perhaps it Always Was? Today’s transcript of incompetence. Incredible Horrendous. You at 8:41, Jun 22: Customer reports Akamai Access Denied when accessing http://www.godaddy.com/ from static public IP REDACTED. Error page is https://errors.edgesuite.net/18.dcab3717 with reference IDs 18.dcab3717 and 18.dcab3717, and requests CDN/WAF review for a possible IP block or reputation … Read more
Color Printers Tracking You
That explains why you can’t print a black and white document when you are out of yellow ink. I actually won a case against the government that sent me papers dated of a certain due date and they blamed the long delay before I received it on the post being congested and slow. But I … Read more
ProjIntel – A Third Leg of AI LLM CLI Harness
query — is there an additional kind of memory that could be added to be highly impactful at increasing speed and reducing llm hits? Related to “Known project map + command index + current operational facts.” Why it would help A lot of LLM/tool time is spent repeatedly answering: “Here is the known project map. … Read more
Duplicating CloudFlare’s MARKDOWN FOR AGENTS
An useful feature is Markdown for Agents. It makes an existing website “AI-friendly” by serving a Markdown representation of normal HTML pages to agents, crawlers, and LLM-based tools. What Cloudflare’s Feature Technically Does 1. Content Negotiation Trigger An agent or crawler sends a request like this: json{ … } json{“@context”:”https://schema.org”,”@type”:”Article”}“` llms.txt Support Add: /llms.txt/llms-full.txt /llms.txt … Read more
Formula for Tuning Content for AI – Be The Answer Not The Morass – Part 2 of 2
Part 1 – https://wp.brenden.com/tuning-for-ai-be-the-answer-not-the-morass/ How to best present the information for humans and SEO, and also for AI and agents? Best approach: publish two versions of the same answer. Do not make users read raw .md by default. Use it as the clean machine-readable companion. ——— Recommended setup For each answer, create URLs like this: … Read more
On the Shoulders of Grants – Bezos, Gise, Atomica and the DARPA
The empire was not random happenstance. — detail jeff bezos grandfather at atomic energy in gov, early on, history Biographical Overview of Lawrence Preston Gise Lawrence Preston Gise, the maternal grandfather of Jeffrey Preston Bezos, maintained a significant career within the United States federal government, specifically focusing on defense research administration and atomic energy operations. … Read more
Musk StarLink Requires Passport
Another surprise / no-surprise. Yes — this appears to be a real and relatively new policy change by Starlink, especially affecting users who operate outside their “home country” registration region. What is happening: Starlink has added a “travel registration” / identity verification requirement for international roaming users. Multiple users report receiving warnings requiring: Failure to … Read more