The Washington Post recently posted a story about sites that have been used to train ChatGPT and other AI language models for chatbots. Included in the post is the ability to look up your site to see if it’s been used. And I’m sorry to report, that Silicon Florist has. You’re welcome…?
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Heatwave high jinks: Hot enough to fry an egg… and bake a pie
You’ve heard it a million times. “It’s hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk.” But is it? Is it really? Well, long time Portland startup community member Troy Howard took the opportunity to find out during the spate of record setting heat at the beginning of the week. And he captured his experiment on Twitter. Which included an egg, water, and a pie.
Read MoreFriends with benefits: Omni’s new Portland GM has a Lightning McQueen replica he’s looking to put to good use
https://twitter.com/atonyc/status/1029171800943386626
Portland Kids Charities:
I want to use my replica Lightning McQueen to help run toy/clothes/blanket drives from @OmniPortland customers.
Let’s connect and deliver some smiles! pic.twitter.com/KMJ1Rz3R0z
— Bubs (Darius Monsef) (@bubs) August 13, 2018
Trouble tracking the Thom Yorke meme? No worries. Portland’s Get Down Thom has you covered.
Well just ask Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke whose somewhat spastic video for “Lotus Flower” has become the latest rage for humorous mashups.
If there is one thing the Internet has in bushels, it’s snark. Release something that is ripe for lampooning and rest assured, the folks on the Web will take full advantage of it. Don’t believe me? Well just ask Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke whose somewhat spastic video for “Lotus Flower” has become the latest rage for humorous mashups.
But how is one to track all of these parodies? Well, leave it to Portland ingenuity. Introducing Get Down Thom. Read More
Pixelfari: Your Safari Web browser never looked so wonderfully 8-bit chunky
Make an 8-bit version of the Safari Web browser, of course. Or at least that’s what Panic’s Neven Mrgan has done. And now, you can experience yourself. With Pixelfari.
Now the folks at Portland-based Panic are known as a pretty creative bunch, churning out awesome Mac software that both delights and amazes folks on a regular basis. But when you have the opportunity do all that good work during your day job, what’s one to do with free time?
Make an 8-bit version of the Safari Web browser, of course. Or at least that’s what Panic’s Neven Mrgan has done. With Pixelfari. Read More