Hey Grindy - thanks for that. It means a lot, especially coming from you.
Your writing is more than just good (it is good though, let's be clear,) but it's also useful in a way that I find extremely meaningful. I was thinking how to sum up your mix of tech, creativity, slow lifestyle writing and the best thing I've come up with so far is "Quietly Important."
These topics aren't these large scope things that a lot of writers cover off with platitudes and lots of evergreen nonsense about living a more meaningful life; your writing is the antithesis to that. Small and actionable things that make slow but long-lasting change in the way one thinks and acts.
Your "can your site fit on a floppy" article made me re-think my entire site design and ultimately made me into a better dev when I pushed myself to lower my site size as radically as possible without losing functionality. So, thank you, Grinds. Your work is quietly important, at least to me.
"Quietly important" has to be nicest genuine thing someone has said about my writing. Really appreciate that coming from you.
This sounds great, I’ve always wanted them to make something like a “worst portrait artist of the year” tv series…
growing up, all i wanted to do was go to the mall because it felt like a place of limitless possibilities. older now and all i want to do is recapture that same magic while everything rots away.
the Trafford Centre welcomes you to recapture that childhood magic (limitless possibilities sold separately). ps, I hope you're doing well, Mr V.
I love dead/dying malls. There is a eerie emptiness and quietness that makes it pleasant to walk through.
@murid same. It's incredible how long some hold on for after everyone has left.
Thanks! I have one that is pretty extensive so far, I will add anything from yours that I do not have as well as the TurnitinBot that @owlroost mentioned! Thanks all
Thanks for the recommendation, Owlroost. I’ll be sure to add that. @punk-tart, it should go in your site’ root directory (so, not in a “folder”, but the same place as you homepage - hope that makes sense). Cheers all.
Thanks for the clarification, added and good to go! Always appreciate dodging AI
looking forward to your new creative direction!!! well put about that distinct feeling during a transition
cheers guys. I feel like I've set unrealistic expectations by using the word "experimental."
i'm sure you already know! but i just wanted to leave the note! openai seems to be ignoring it for example: https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-anthropic-ai-ignore-rule-scraping-web-contect-robotstxt
Yeah it is very unfortunate that they will not follow it. I know this doesn't apply to neocities, but for people that host their own sites I recently heard cloudflare released a feature to block AI bots.
Absolutely, all the robots file does is state that you do not consent - whether companies listen to that (often, they don't) is another matter. I think it's worth doing, but I didn't mean to create a false sense of security.