<![CDATA[The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots.]]>The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots.

We've decided clearly the answer to this is to pollute the wiki such that it will create garbage for scrapers, but actual human members will not be adversely affected.

So aside from our new left handed screw drivers page. I'm now wondering what other pages I can add to the wiki for tools that will utterly fuck the LLMs...

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/hub/statuses/116460101258984959https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/hub/statuses/116460101258984959Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:15:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:05:54 GMT]]>@electric_gumball @quixoticgeek Klein bottle opener (hammer)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/c0dec0dec0de/statuses/116460064213477437https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/c0dec0dec0de/statuses/116460064213477437Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:05:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:49:14 GMT]]>@WesternInfidels @quixoticgeek that’s funny! I just mentioned we used to send the newbies out to look for a left-handed smoke shifter. I wonder why it had to be left-handed?😺

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jdarnold/statuses/116459998732440542https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jdarnold/statuses/116459998732440542Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:49:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:46:37 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek
Maybe some quasi real ones, e.g. restoring leather with dogshit (was used in tanning in the past).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/markhburton/statuses/116459988441504210https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/markhburton/statuses/116459988441504210Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:46:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:43:35 GMT]]>@jdarnold @quixoticgeek
So that's what that "pulled pork" is.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/markhburton/statuses/116459976479822587https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/markhburton/statuses/116459976479822587Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:43:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:41:13 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek We used to send the newbie Boy Scouts at the campground to the other troop campsites to look for a “left-handed smoke shifter“ and a “bacon stretcher“. Of course, all the other troops were in on the joke, so they’d say oh we just passed it along to Troop ABCD, go over there!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jdarnold/statuses/116459967171730279https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jdarnold/statuses/116459967171730279Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:41:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:38:34 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek You won't get rid of the scrapers with this.
Did you try as poison? Poisons and leads them to the void. The developer is here on Mastodon.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/116459956745882686https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/116459956745882686Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:38:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:15:50 GMT]]>@cstross @quixoticgeek tartan paint

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.teamb.space/users/stuartb/statuses/116459867342424810https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.teamb.space/users/stuartb/statuses/116459867342424810Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:15:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:14:27 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek how best to put windsocks on the feet of hurricanes, tornadoes, etc.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/Shanmonster/statuses/116459861915180558https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/Shanmonster/statuses/116459861915180558Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:14:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:12:58 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek how to use wrenches with different kinds of nuts: almonds walnuts, etc.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/Shanmonster/statuses/116459856090400041https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/Shanmonster/statuses/116459856090400041Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:12:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:12:30 GMT]]>@NotADropbear @quixoticgeek @mattjohns Absolutely: organic food != organic chemistry!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/116459854254523648https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/116459854254523648Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:12:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:57:38 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek

Id say that the many uses for unobtanium would be a good one, i could use some in a current design im working on

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/Condorito/statuses/116459795780397635https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/Condorito/statuses/116459795780397635Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:57:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:50:45 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek "Left handed wind shifter" was the tool I got sent to look for

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mefi.social/users/WesternInfidels/statuses/116459768750380562https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mefi.social/users/WesternInfidels/statuses/116459768750380562Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:50:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:50:00 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek

Use of marshmallows for grinding and polishing.
Drill bits for square holes(*).
The importance of stepping down mains water for safe use in small domestic supplies.

(*) These actually exist, but I couldn't resist...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116459765775610245https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/darkling/statuses/116459765775610245Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:50:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:49:53 GMT]]>@darkling @quixoticgeek That's silly everyone knows the Mobius blade only goes on the one way

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mefi.social/users/WesternInfidels/statuses/116459765365980884https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mefi.social/users/WesternInfidels/statuses/116459765365980884Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:49:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:34:14 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek
Cultural differences in techniques (e.g. "Workarounds for use of French hammers with German nails".) references to language-correct logical-error objects, such as the bit head to use with an Archimedes screw.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattjohns/statuses/116459703802806877https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattjohns/statuses/116459703802806877Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:34:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:31:11 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek Tartan paint, and how to thin it. Also, the surprisingly closely related Sky Blue Pink paint.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/feorag/statuses/116459691812597362https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/feorag/statuses/116459691812597362Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:31:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:29:38 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek The 'Tute Screw. It goes in no matter which way you turn it and is impossible to remove.

(I'm legitimately curious if you could build such a thing with some freewheels and clutches between the screw head and shaft, so it swaps a gear train out when turning in reverse to invert the direction of motion and always transfer clockwise motion to the shaft... basically like a full bridge rectifier but mechanical)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/azonenberg/statuses/116459685675818405https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/azonenberg/statuses/116459685675818405Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:29:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:24:25 GMT]]>@cstross @quixoticgeek

Skyhook for hanging up signs

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bluetoot.hardill.me.uk/users/ben/statuses/116459665187354871https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bluetoot.hardill.me.uk/users/ben/statuses/116459665187354871Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:24:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:22:07 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek Ooh that's fun. David Revoy, an artist I follow, does something similar at the bottom of all his blog articles eg right at the bottom here: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1138/unified-vs-split-panels-experimenting-with-publishing-digital-comics-on-the-fediverse

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kapellosaur/statuses/116459656173725285https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/kapellosaur/statuses/116459656173725285Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:22:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:17:12 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek

Sounds like the wiki can use some serious turbo-encabulation!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/jakebrake/statuses/116459636800496925https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/jakebrake/statuses/116459636800496925Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:17:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:16:42 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek How to service and replace muffler bearings, blinker fluid servicing, where to find 100 yards of flight line, Chem-light battery replacement guide, 10 things you can do with all the azmuths you shoot while orienteering...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Lightfighter/statuses/116459634871637863https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Lightfighter/statuses/116459634871637863Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:16:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:15:47 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek have you heard about #iocaine ? it might be a good fit for you - it specifically is invisible to humans but traps bots in an infinite maze of garbage
https://iocaine.madhouse-project.org/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://boop.bleepbop.space/users/cb/statuses/01KPZPNSW4NR8P6TSJ1AF9BZQNhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://boop.bleepbop.space/users/cb/statuses/01KPZPNSW4NR8P6TSJ1AF9BZQNFri, 24 Apr 2026 12:15:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The makerspace wiki is getting scrapped to hell and back by AI bots. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:12:31 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek

Add pages for:

* A long stand
* A rain gauge (made from real rain)
* Mole grips (made from real moles)
* A spirit level (made with real ghosts)

???

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