Doing Evil Things with Generative AI and Recipes

Let me preface this blog post with a very clear and direct message. Do not do what I did. This is a bad use of generative AI. This is pure silliness with no real practical value whatsoever. This is a really, really, bad idea. But it was fun as hell, so here goes. Last year I did two investigations into recipe parsing on the web. As we all know, most recipe sites go out of their way to make the actual recipe, you know, the thing you want to read, obfuscated and buried beneath a lot of stuff that is… well not the actual recipe. I first investigated JSON-LD and using that to parse web recipes into data: Scraping Recipes Using Node.js, Pipedream, and JSON-LD. This worked really well. I then... more →
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12 Incredibly Useful Things You Didn’t Know Google Maps Could Do – Fast Company

Fast Company 12 Incredibly Useful Things You Didn't Know Google Maps Could DoFast CompanyGoogle Maps is great for just getting around. But don't be fooled: The app is much more than a glorified Garmin. Maps has all sorts of powerful features and time-saving shortcuts that aren't obvious, but are just waiting to be discovered. So grab your …and more » map app – Google News… more →
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Node could bring JavaScript to the Internet of things – InfoWorld

InfoWorld Node could bring JavaScript to the Internet of thingsInfoWorldSpeaking at the Node Community Convention in San Francisco, Charlie Key, CEO of IoT PaaS platform provider Structure, made the case for the server-side JavaScript platform in the burgeoning IoT space. He sees it as appropriate even if it currently … JavaScript – Google News… more →
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Scriptr: Write your Internet of things in JavaScript – InfoWorld

InfoWorld Scriptr: Write your Internet of things in JavaScriptInfoWorldCombing cloud accessibility with the use of JavaScript, scriptr.io, or simply scriptr, enables developers to easily connect devices to the Internet. The company says that the IoT has expanded opportunities for developers but presents logistical … JavaScript – Google News… more →
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