@spoltier @Google @simon @1br0wn @woody I disagree (and I do have some expertise in this area.)
1) of course, I did start with double quotes [edit: whoops, no I didn't! But 2 & 3 still hold]
2) look at the sentences it claims to have found in the "snippet"
3) look at the actual text.

The preview text on the page of the google search is a full-on hallucination – a reconstruction of the source material along the lines of the prompt.

**Simon** @spoltier@qoto.org · Dec 23, 2024, 17:18

**Simon** @spoltier@qoto.org · Dec 23, 2024, 17:18

Dec 23, 2024, 17:18

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@j2bryson @Google @simon @1br0wn @woody sorry for missing that! Never seen that before, that is crazy and sinister, I would always expect the link preview to match some actual snippet in the source page...

**Simon** · Dec 23, 2024, 09:34

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**EDRi** @edri@eupolicy.social · Dec 23, 2024, 09:34

Dec 23, 2024, 09:34

EDRi @edri@eupolicy.social

Would you upload your biometric data to a central database to save border agents time during travel security checks?

The European Commission is asking for feedback on a proposal to digitalise passports - but we raise several big concerns.

https://edri.org/our-work/pre-travel-controls-digitalising-travel-documents/

#EUTravelApp

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**Simon** @spoltier@qoto.org · Dec 23, 2024, 16:42

**Simon** @spoltier@qoto.org · Dec 23, 2024, 16:42

Dec 23, 2024, 16:42

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@PonderStibbons that book (the middle one) looks interesting, can you recommend it?

**Simon** · Dec 23, 2024, 12:27

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**PonderStibbons** @PonderStibbons@mas.to · Dec 23, 2024, 12:27

Dec 23, 2024, 12:27

PonderStibbons @PonderStibbons@mas.to

A copy of "Surrounded by Idiots" by Thomas Erikson on bookshelf facing front. On each side is a copy of "Elon Musk" by Walter Isaacson.

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**Simon** · Apr 13, 2020, 15:32

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**Draemmli** @draemmli@chaos.social · Apr 13, 2020, 15:32

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@lynnesbian Oh hey! I'm the person who originally submitted this to reddit.

As far as I know, this rule is no longer in place. It still shows up in some recent-ish documents (like [1]), but a train driver I know showed me a screenshot of a document explicitly stating that this paragraph was made obsolete.

It also doesn't show up in the current R 300.5 anymore. [2]

[1]: https://www.bav.admin.ch/bav/de/home/rechtliches/rechtsgrundlagen-vorschriften/fdv.html

[2]: https://www.bav.admin.ch/bav/de/home/rechtliches/rechtsgrundlagen-vorschriften/fdv.html

**Simon** · Apr 10, 2020, 05:38

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**Lynnesbian** @lynnesbian@fedi.lynnesbian.space · Apr 10, 2020, 05:38

Apr 10, 2020, 05:38

Lynnesbian @lynnesbian@fedi.lynnesbian.space

in switzerland you aren't allowed to have a train with exactly 256 axles because of an integer overflow in the axle counting machine

i wish i could fix my software bugs by making it illegal to cause them

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**Simon** @spoltier@qoto.org · Dec 23, 2024, 13:28

**Simon** @spoltier@qoto.org · Dec 23, 2024, 13:28

Dec 23, 2024, 13:28

Simon @spoltier@qoto.org

@j2bryson @Google @simon @1br0wn @woody This isn't like GenAi where content is generated. Google hasn't been exactly matching by default for a long time now. Including quotes around a sentence usually helps, for me this basically just finds the original video on YT and Instagram: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Time%20isn%27t%20just%20the%20measure%20of%20moments%20passing%20by%20%2D%20it%27s%20the%20canvas%20where%20we%20paint%20our%20identity%22&sei=d2RpZ7r7B_i0i-gP6L2QoAM

A general purpose search engine is not trying to "attribute" things, in most cases it is helpful for it to return e.g. paraphrases or answers to questions etc.