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    - generic: An independent experiment
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    - link "Our approach":
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    - link "Field notes":
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      - /url: /portfolio/
    - link "Media experiment":
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    - generic: Field notes
  - paragraph: 02 / FIELD NOTES
  - heading "Not polished away. Written down." [level=1]:
    - text: Not polished away.
    - emphasis: Written down.
  - paragraph: Observations, corrections and open questions from our experiment. Mario brings experience and judgement; Aik helps with writing and development.
  - figure "Mario writes and reviews.":
    - img "Mario concentrating at a blue iMac, both hands on the keyboard."
    - generic: Mario writes and reviews.
  - figure "Aik organises and develops.":
    - img "Aik sorts tangled HTML and CSS fragments on a floating screen."
    - generic: Aik organises and develops.
  - paragraph: AI-generated illustrations developed together; they do not depict actual events.
  - region "All field notes":
    - paragraph: 44 NOTES · NEWEST FIRST
    - paragraph: Expand a title for a short summary. “Read more” opens the full note and its evidence.
    - 'generic "044 2026-10-29 DuckDuckGo, Startpage and Swisscows: search observations since launch. +"':
      - generic: "044"
      - time: 2026-10-29
      - generic: "DuckDuckGo, Startpage and Swisscows: search observations since launch."
      - text: +
    - generic "043 2026-10-27 Four pages visible on Bing. Three more than on 24 October. +":
      - generic: "043"
      - time: 2026-10-27
      - generic: Four pages visible on Bing. Three more than on 24 October.
      - text: +
    - generic "042 2026-10-27 The film appears on Brave. Its AI still combines two states. +":
      - generic: "042"
      - time: 2026-10-27
      - generic: The film appears on Brave. Its AI still combines two states.
      - text: +
    - 'generic "041 2026-10-27 Swisscows: at least 36 URLs visible, including Blue Screen. +"':
      - generic: "041"
      - time: 2026-10-27
      - generic: "Swisscows: at least 36 URLs visible, including Blue Screen."
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    - 'generic "040 2026-10-25 Blue Screen: one lamp, 21 photographs and ten confirmed submissions. +"':
      - generic: "040"
      - time: 2026-10-25
      - generic: "Blue Screen: one lamp, 21 photographs and ten confirmed submissions."
      - text: +
    - generic "039 2026-10-25 39 of 43 URLs found on Brave. The AI is more current — and still contradictory. +":
      - generic: "039"
      - time: 2026-10-25
      - generic: 39 of 43 URLs found on Brave. The AI is more current — and still contradictory.
      - text: +
    - generic "038 2026-10-24 One hundred URLs submitted to Bing. One visible result as a baseline. +":
      - generic: "038"
      - time: 2026-10-24
      - generic: One hundred URLs submitted to Bing. One visible result as a baseline.
      - text: +
    - generic "037 2026-10-23 Forty English URLs submitted to Brave. +":
      - generic: "037"
      - time: 2026-10-23
      - generic: Forty English URLs submitted to Brave.
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    - generic "036 2026-10-23 Twelve pages found on Brave. What that number establishes. +":
      - generic: "036"
      - time: 2026-10-23
      - generic: Twelve pages found on Brave. What that number establishes.
      - text: +
    - generic "035 2026-10-22 Six URLs submitted to Brave. Indexing remains unconfirmed. +":
      - generic: "035"
      - time: 2026-10-22
      - generic: Six URLs submitted to Brave. Indexing remains unconfirmed.
      - text: +
    - generic "034 2026-10-22 Google finds newer notes. Brave still confirms only 025. +":
      - generic: "034"
      - time: 2026-10-22
      - generic: Google finds newer notes. Brave still confirms only 025.
      - text: +
    - generic "033 2026-10-17 Three captures. One archived state. +":
      - generic: "033"
      - time: 2026-10-17
      - generic: Three captures. One archived state.
      - text: +
    - generic "032 2026-10-16 Brave explains our freshness gap — using an older state of the site. +":
      - generic: "032"
      - time: 2026-10-16
      - generic: Brave explains our freshness gap — using an older state of the site.
      - text: +
    - generic "031 2026-10-16 What we now distinguish more clearly. +":
      - generic: "031"
      - time: 2026-10-16
      - generic: What we now distinguish more clearly.
      - text: +
    - generic "030 2026-10-16 A recommendation is not yet a decision. +":
      - generic: "030"
      - time: 2026-10-16
      - generic: A recommendation is not yet a decision.
      - text: +
    - 'generic "029 2026-10-15 Same question, different conditions: two ChatGPT answers +"':
      - generic: "029"
      - time: 2026-10-15
      - generic: "Same question, different conditions: two ChatGPT answers"
      - text: +
    - generic "028 2026-10-15 Am I satisfied with the AI’s first answer? +":
      - generic: "028"
      - time: 2026-10-15
      - generic: Am I satisfied with the AI’s first answer?
      - text: +
    - generic "027 2026-10-15 One day or five? Google shows two time labels. +":
      - generic: "027"
      - time: 2026-10-15
      - generic: One day or five? Google shows two time labels.
      - text: +
    - generic "026 2026-10-15 Our criticism of Brave becomes an image result +":
      - generic: "026"
      - time: 2026-10-15
      - generic: Our criticism of Brave becomes an image result
      - text: +
    - 'generic "025 2026-10-14 Found on Brave: our pages, our images and a summary of our experiment +"':
      - generic: "025"
      - time: 2026-10-14
      - generic: "Found on Brave: our pages, our images and a summary of our experiment"
      - text: +
    - generic "024 2026-10-13 Found on Ecosia. Provided by Google. +":
      - generic: "024"
      - time: 2026-10-13
      - generic: Found on Ecosia. Provided by Google.
      - text: +
    - generic "023 2026-10-12 Which search is worth our time? +":
      - generic: "023"
      - time: 2026-10-12
      - generic: Which search is worth our time?
      - text: +
    - generic "022 2026-10-11 One image. A page of its own. +":
      - generic: "022"
      - time: 2026-10-11
      - generic: One image. A page of its own.
      - text: +
    - generic "021 2026-10-11 Our images are being found, too. +":
      - generic: "021"
      - time: 2026-10-11
      - generic: Our images are being found, too.
      - text: +
    - generic "020 2026-10-10 Published in the morning. Found the same day. +":
      - generic: "020"
      - time: 2026-10-10
      - generic: Published in the morning. Found the same day.
      - text: +
    - generic "019 2026-10-10 A compliment. And a new observation. +":
      - generic: "019"
      - time: 2026-10-10
      - generic: A compliment. And a new observation.
      - text: +
    - generic "018 2026-10-10 Two days later. Visible in four search services. +":
      - generic: "018"
      - time: 2026-10-10
      - generic: Two days later. Visible in four search services.
      - text: +
    - generic "017 2026-10-09 More events. More room for the notes. +":
      - generic: "017"
      - time: 2026-10-09
      - generic: More events. More room for the notes.
      - text: +
    - generic "016 2026-10-09 Seeing images. Understanding movement. +":
      - generic: "016"
      - time: 2026-10-09
      - generic: Seeing images. Understanding movement.
      - text: +
    - generic "015 2026-10-09 The AI also reads its own review. +":
      - generic: "015"
      - time: 2026-10-09
      - generic: The AI also reads its own review.
      - text: +
    - generic "014 2026-10-09 An AI review needs a cross-check too. +":
      - generic: "014"
      - time: 2026-10-09
      - generic: An AI review needs a cross-check too.
      - text: +
    - 'generic "013 2026-10-09 Claude in incognito mode: a view of the public version. +"':
      - generic: "013"
      - time: 2026-10-09
      - generic: "Claude in incognito mode: a view of the public version."
      - text: +
    - generic "012 2026-10-09 ChatGPT responds too. The test continues. +":
      - generic: "012"
      - time: 2026-10-09
      - generic: ChatGPT responds too. The test continues.
      - text: +
    - generic "011 2026-10-09 The AI mentions recent content. What does that prove? +":
      - generic: "011"
      - time: 2026-10-09
      - generic: The AI mentions recent content. What does that prove?
      - text: +
    - generic "010 2026-10-09 Three cookie checks, no findings. +":
      - generic: "010"
      - time: 2026-10-09
      - generic: Three cookie checks, no findings.
      - text: +
    - generic "009 2026-10-09 Already found. But why so quickly? +":
      - generic: "009"
      - time: 2026-10-09
      - generic: Already found. But why so quickly?
      - text: +
    - generic "008 2026-10-09 The search engines know. Now we observe. +":
      - generic: "008"
      - time: 2026-10-09
      - generic: The search engines know. Now we observe.
      - text: +
    - generic "007 2026-10-08 Letting the world know. +":
      - generic: "007"
      - time: 2026-10-08
      - generic: Letting the world know.
      - text: +
    - generic "006 2026-10-08 The portfolio becomes part of the experiment. +":
      - generic: "006"
      - time: 2026-10-08
      - generic: The portfolio becomes part of the experiment.
      - text: +
    - generic "005 2026-10-08 A first overview becomes visible. +":
      - generic: "005"
      - time: 2026-10-08
      - generic: A first overview becomes visible.
      - text: +
    - generic "004 2026-10-08 Privacy starts with the design. +":
      - generic: "004"
      - time: 2026-10-08
      - generic: Privacy starts with the design.
      - text: +
    - generic "003 2026-10-08 A confident answer. A missing menu option. +":
      - generic: "003"
      - time: 2026-10-08
      - generic: A confident answer. A missing menu option.
      - text: +
    - generic "002 2026-10-08 How do you check a language you don't speak? +":
      - generic: "002"
      - time: 2026-10-08
      - generic: How do you check a language you don't speak?
      - text: +
    - generic "001 2026-10-08 A seat at the meeting table. +":
      - generic: "001"
      - time: 2026-10-08
      - generic: A seat at the meeting table.
      - text: +
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    - generic: Mario & Aik.
    - generic: An independent experiment
  - paragraph:
    - text: An independent, non-commercial and open experiment.
    - text: Continuously developed by
    - link "Mario V.W.B.R. Obst":
      - /url: /#about
    - text: and
    - link "Aik":
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