This would still show up even if it was set to hide though right? This is an image result on a third party site. Imo its worse because theres no disclosure that its even AI
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I run Firefox on Linux Mint with uBlockOrigin and uMatrix addons (with modified settings) so I can't speak to the universality of my results, but it seems like DDG is pretty loose with how it categorizes and displays info.
With AI images set to hide on first search for "morse code chart" I get the following: Hide
Toggling the AI image setting to show instantly changes the results and displays these: Show (instant)
Without additional changes, just clicking the search button again slightly changes the results: show (re-search)
Toggling the AI image setting back to hide again instantly changes the results to: Hide (instant)
Re-running the search as is returns the same results as #1.
I've also previously had horrible luck getting the date filters to work when trying to use a bookmarklet style shortcut to add the dates as parameters in the address bar (they're just completely ignored when a search is run that way for me), and as of ~2 days ago the date range just didn't seem to work at all. I was trying to find a human authored post/article about the difference between opossums and possums and using a date range of 1950--2015 was still ONLY returning results post-2023 and they were all wordy slop.
It is a symptom of how slop is overwhelming actual results, because regular sites that use AI to 'save costs' will just perpetuate the slop and when 99% of results are slop then it doesn't matter what your settings are.
In my experience (currently my only mobile browser) it will remember last setting, prefer no ai if unknown userbase preference and if there’s a known userbase preference it will do either yours or userbase depending on settings and version. Search assist (ai search summary) is on by default but will not force a generated answer. All of these settings have been easy and intuitive for me to toggle, though it is chromium based. I have seen better filtering and results on some searches on ddg than google, but that bar is so low bing can sometimes clear it.
This is different from the International Morse Code which the rest of the world uses. I actually didn't even know about the American version up to now.
Americans don’t even use it any more; it came before there was an international version so it’s kind of silly to treat it like some weird ‘america different’ thing.
Russia still uses their version, especially in the navy.
Looks like the only error is 7 missing a couple of dashes.
Otherwise, the chart lines up with Wikipedia.
Edit: I guess there's also a typesetting error with the length L and T. This was either manually typeset or is slop given the random size changes of the dots.
I don't see an ad in there but even so, why quibble on a dead man's behalf that the communication method is called Vail's cipher and not Morse code. It's like taking up arms whenever a guillotine is mentioned.
Well perhaps you're right, though if I search for green apples and the first few results are from applecatelogue, I might not think that an ad so much as a search result.
I see your point though, multiple of the same domain can seem questionable.
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DABDA@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 155 pts · 175d
Most important error is that you have AI results set to show instead of hide.
Nindelofocho@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 175d
This would still show up even if it was set to hide though right? This is an image result on a third party site. Imo its worse because theres no disclosure that its even AI
DABDA@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 175d
DDG's description of that feature:
I run Firefox on Linux Mint with uBlockOrigin and uMatrix addons (with modified settings) so I can't speak to the universality of my results, but it seems like DDG is pretty loose with how it categorizes and displays info.
With AI images set to hide on first search for "morse code chart" I get the following: Hide
Toggling the AI image setting to show instantly changes the results and displays these: Show (instant)
Without additional changes, just clicking the search button again slightly changes the results: show (re-search)
Toggling the AI image setting back to hide again instantly changes the results to: Hide (instant)
Re-running the search as is returns the same results as #1.
I've also previously had horrible luck getting the date filters to work when trying to use a bookmarklet style shortcut to add the dates as parameters in the address bar (they're just completely ignored when a search is run that way for me), and as of ~2 days ago the date range just didn't seem to work at all. I was trying to find a human authored post/article about the difference between opossums and possums and using a date range of 1950--2015 was still ONLY returning results post-2023 and they were all wordy slop.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 175d
huh? these are image results on duckduckgo, why wouldn't the duckduckgo "hide ai images" option work?
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip · 8 pts · 175d
How does duckduckgo flawlessly know what images are ai and not?
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 175d
Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 175d
They use an AI for that of course!
GargleBlaster@feddit.org · 7 pts · 175d
Unfortunately it still shows, even when hiding AI. And I'm searching over the noai DDG Version
snooggums@piefed.world · 5 pts · 175d
It is a symptom of how slop is overwhelming actual results, because regular sites that use AI to 'save costs' will just perpetuate the slop and when 99% of results are slop then it doesn't matter what your settings are.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 174d
When the AI bubble collapses there's gonna be a big market for companies that can extract data that hasn't been polluted by AI
lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 175d
What's the default?
DABDA@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 175d
I don't know offhand but I strongly suspect everything related to AI is defaulted to on/show.
Camille_Jamal@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 175d
In my experience (currently my only mobile browser) it will remember last setting, prefer no ai if unknown userbase preference and if there’s a known userbase preference it will do either yours or userbase depending on settings and version. Search assist (ai search summary) is on by default but will not force a generated answer. All of these settings have been easy and intuitive for me to toggle, though it is chromium based. I have seen better filtering and results on some searches on ddg than google, but that bar is so low bing can sometimes clear it.
lemmie689@lemmy.sdf.org · 70 pts · 175d
I'm sending out an S5S
TheMadCodger@piefed.social · 30 pts · 175d
Message in a bottle
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 175d
just a castaway, an island lost at sea, oh
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 175d
Just a lonely day, no one here but me, oh
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip · 59 pts · 175d
Click the ... then "Flag AI Image".
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 175d
noai.duckduckgo.com
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 175d
Yep, or if you have cookies enabled for duckduckgo.com just disable it in the settings.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 18 pts · 175d
pressing that button feels so good
teft@piefed.social · 25 pts · 175d
Ah yes, the classic SOS … .. …
CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 175d
0 is an extra long T
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 175d
I thought it was an L
edit: I know i and 7 look similar, but 7 is right justified, so it's okay.
Camille_Jamal@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 175d
Turn off ai mode and report ai images when you see them can help
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 175d
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 175d
Freedom Code!
KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 175d
...because inventor Samuel Morse was american? Or is this a whoosh moment... I feel like I'm missing something...
mech@feddit.org · 10 pts · 175d
This is different from the International Morse Code which the rest of the world uses. I actually didn't even know about the American version up to now.
angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com · 11 pts · 175d
It's not in modern use, it's an artifact from before there was an international standard.
ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 175d
Now do the imperial system.
NiHaDuncan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 175d
Americans don’t even use it any more; it came before there was an international version so it’s kind of silly to treat it like some weird ‘america different’ thing.
Russia still uses their version, especially in the navy.
angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 175d
kinsnik@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 175d
Great, i always struggled playing YYZ, but the new version of ".... .... ...." makes it so much more manageable
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 175d
The new version would be: ".. .... .... ..... ."
Which is a pretty tough rhythm if you treat each space as an eighth note rest and each dot as an eighth note
mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 175d
Is this loss?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 175d
Pretty sure that’s a full on genocide if it is.
gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 175d
dawg
davidgro@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 175d
At least 6 makes sense
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 175d
how do you send a capital dot?
hayvan@piefed.world · 8 pts · 175d
By pressing harder.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 175d
found em all
vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 175d
Holy slop
TuEstUnePommeDeTerre@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 175d
Looks like the only error is 7 missing a couple of dashes. Otherwise, the chart lines up with Wikipedia.
Edit: I guess there's also a typesetting error with the length L and T. This was either manually typeset or is slop given the random size changes of the dots.
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca · 6 pts · 175d
As a non-American, I should be unsurprised I'm more familiar with International Morse Code.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 175d
Problems in this image
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 175d
I learned the Vail/Morse thing from a Jon Bois video. His videos have taught me a lot of things, some useful, most trivial, but all stuff.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 175d
I learned it on QI
JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 175d
I don't see an ad in there but even so, why quibble on a dead man's behalf that the communication method is called Vail's cipher and not Morse code. It's like taking up arms whenever a guillotine is mentioned.
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 175d
Every result is for the same scammy looking site.
JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 175d
Well perhaps you're right, though if I search for green apples and the first few results are from applecatelogue, I might not think that an ad so much as a search result.
I see your point though, multiple of the same domain can seem questionable.
Ghostie@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 174d
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 174d
My top result: