Search Engine Update: Perplexity AI

See my former entries Entry 1 and here Entry 2.

Perplexity.ai is the first of its kind LLM-powered answer engine that has established itself as the most accurate and useful research assistant for conversations and questions that require answers to be backed by facts and references.

You should all try perplexity.ai

It looks like this:

Maybe watch how they built it:

In this presentation, Aravind Srinivas, the founder and CEO, will go through the engineering challenges involved in getting there within the time and resource constraints and the opportunities that lie ahead in rethinking the most important software category of asking questions about anything and everything.

Chrome Extension/Plugin

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/perplexity-ai-search/bnaffjbjpgiagpondjlnneblepbdchol

Update 13.11.2024

The german meta searchengine metaGER is also struggling to keep up with the innovationspeed in search engine-land. Here is a podcast depicting the current state.

Interesting Links from the Podcast:

Unsere News https://www.golem.de/news/nach-kuendigung-durch-yahoo-suchmaschine-metager-nur-noch-kostenpflichtig-nutzbar-2409-188886.html

Browser und Suchmaschine Brave https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(Browser)

Suma e.V.https://suma-ev.de/

Open Search Foundation Projekt Open Websearch EU https://openwebsearch.eu/

Blogposts

The SUMA-EV taking care of metaGER is a non-profit organization based in Hannover, Germany that advocates for free access to digital knowledge and operates the MetaGer search engine. Here are some key points about SUMA-EV:

Mission and Goals

SUMA-EV aims to ensure that digital knowledge remains freely accessible without control by governments or corporations [1][2]. Their core beliefs include:

  • Protecting privacy and opposing user profiling
  • Promoting transparency and open-source software
  • Maintaining diversity in the search engine market to prevent monopolies

History and Organization

  • Founded on July 5, 2004 in Hannover[2]
  • Originally named „Gemeinnütziger Verein zur Förderung der Suchmaschinen-Technologie und des freien Wissenszugangs, SuMa-eV“
  • Renamed to „SUMA-EV – Verein für freien Wissenszugang“ in 2009
  • Current executive board members include Dominik Hebeler, Phil Höfer, Carsten Riel, and Manuela Branz[2][4]

Key Activities

  • Operates the MetaGer search engine in cooperation with Leibniz University Hannover[3][4]
  • Organizes annual conferences on search technology and internet-related social issues[2]
  • Offers Linux migration consulting services
  • Provides stipends to students working on search technology research[2]
  • Funding

    SUMA-EV is funded through:

    • Membership fees
    • Donations
    • Affiliate shopping programs
    • Advertising links[2]

    The organization continues to operate on a volunteer basis and welcomes donations, new members, and token purchases to support its mission of providing free access to digital knowledge[5].

    Citations:

    1. https://suma-ev.de
    2. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suma_e._V.
    3. https://www.religionen-entdecken.de/inhalt/der-suma-ev-verein-fuer-freien-wissenszugang
    4. https://metager.de/impressum
    5. https://wiki.aki-stuttgart.de/mediawiki/index.php/SUMA-EV
    6. https://openwebsearch.eu/partners/suma-ev/
    7. https://de.linkedin.com/company/suma-ev—verein-fuer-freien-wissenszugang

    Why do I blog this? I am blown away by how much better search results are compared to Google and Qwant.

    Screensaver on the Mac

    TL;DR

    Download a bunch of them here.

    Especially if you see legacyScreenSaver-x86_64.appex and or legacyScreenSaver.appex consuming all you CPU cycles.

    Why do I blog this? Because Apple apparently just dropped a „patch“ on something that does not work and now occupies my computational resources.

    Chris Gammell: The HELLO WORLD of PCB design – Getting to Blinky 5.0

    I just would like to recommend a nice series of YT tutorials on electronics PCB design and working with the proper tools to make it happen offered by Chris Gammell.

    From the YT channel description

    Contextual Electronics is an online electronics apprenticeship program. Follow along with our instructors and see how you can pair theoretical and practical electronics knowledge. Members of the course learn how to apply electronics design techniques to build custom electronic hardware.

    The YouTube channel is a small portion of the overall content available on our main site (https://contextualelectronics.com). The videos here are offered for free to the community. There are paid segments that dive in depth on many other topics. This channel will also include podcast, KiCad tutorials, and public talks (as part of programs like KiCon).

    This course and channel is run by Chris Gammell, host of The Contextual Electronics Podcast and co-host of The Amp Hour Podcast.

    Getting to Blinky 5.0

    First episode has the „Hello World of designing a PCB“.

    In this introduction to Getting to Blinky 5.0, we go over where to download the software, some of he learning objectives of this video course and how to load up the program once installed.

    This is another incarnation of the Getting To Blinky Series, updated for KiCad 5.0. KiCad currently is on version 5.1.4 at the time these videos are being released, but the majority of UI is similar between 5.0 and 5.1.

    Download KiCad here: http://kicad.org/
    Discuss KiCad here: https://forum.kicad.info/
    Contextual Electronics is located here: https://contextualelectronics.com/
    Discuss Contextual Electronics here: https://forum.contextualelectronics.com/

    The chapters are short and concise but still easy to follow.

    Watch the whole series here:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy2022BX6EspFAKBCgRuEuzapuz_4aJCn

    Why do I blog this? I have learned a lot in a short time in this helpful series. It is an awesome educational marvel of the web for learning PCB design.