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AI amalgamates data to form answers – think ‘truthiness’ of wikipedia, but instead of being controlled by anonymous editors, the data hoard itself is (ideally) the controlling force. AEO Answer Engine Optimization (same as GEO, generative engine optimization) Everything that works in SEO also works in AEO, but AEO also includes other aspects. The LLM … Read more
Abstract This paper traces the historical trajectory of learning against learning, a phrase attributed to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in the early 16th century to describe the destabilizing effects of proliferating knowledge. Beginning with the printing press revolution, the analysis examines successive phases of information overload: the Enlightenment’s pamphlet culture, the Industrial Age’s mass media saturation, … Read more
Here’s Part VI — the final installment of the series. This one examines how learning against learning enters its ultimate phase with AI and generative technologies, producing not just overload but infinite, self-replicating chaos. Learning Against Learning, Part VI: AI and the Infinite Reproduction of Chaos Introduction Cardinal Wolsey’s phrase learning against learning was born … Read more
Tracing how Wolsey’s learning against learning principle reappeared in the Enlightenment, when encyclopedias, pamphlets, and revolutionary texts flooded Europe and again created order through chaos. Learning Against Learning, Part II: The Enlightenment and Controlled Knowledge Introduction If Cardinal Wolsey saw learning against learning emerge from the printing press in the 16th century, the 18th century … Read more
Clean Fast Basic Webfonts – Verdana, Roboto, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif Short version: there isn’t one “standard” browser font. Browsers map the generic families (serif, sans-serif, monospace) to OS-specific defaults. Typical defaults (factory settings) (Users and distro packages can change these, but that’s the common baseline.) Verdana vs generic sans-serif “Times sans” vs “just sans” Practical … Read more
Dependency Injection in Modern and Legacy PHP A decade or two on, Tom Butler’s (Tom B Zombie) DICE remains the smallest, quickest, easiest and arguably fastest amongst all small to mid to large projects — reportedly compilation of Symfony, PHP-DI or others finally bests DICE, but projects ‘huge enough’ to matter are uncommon. Here’s the … Read more
Lenny Interviews Nick Hurley VP of ChatGPT Right tech, right time. You won’t know what to polish until you ship. Over 700 million active weekly users (10% of humanity). Billions in income. First major podcast interview. https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/inside-chatgpt-nick-turley In ChatGPT, the “GPT” stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer. So “ChatGPT” basically means: a chat system built on … Read more
WordPress SEO Yoast RankMath SlimSEO 2025 Comparison of Slim SEO, Yoast SEO, and Rank Math — specifically for schema, automation, and overall SEO performance: 1. Schema Support Feature Slim SEO Yoast SEO Rank Math Built-in Schema Types ✅ Basic + clean JSON-LD ✅ Limited (unless Pro) ✅✅ Extensive (free + Pro) Custom Schema Editor ❌ … Read more
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DMARC DKIM SPF Email anti-spam slow-motion trainwreck Recently a client’s long-well-running, important email process was broken, halting reception by their sales team of emailed notifications regardings product inquiries on their website. This was all working well before ~January. Quick fix: website will now send emails marked as being “From:sales@YOUR.net” Longer explanation: Microsoft/Outlook and/or 2cows.com apparently … Read more