Post AUBPiWTudWVU5Wz1Ie by aonrud@mastodon.online
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(DIR) Post #AU9J1fXewses0jsAkK by Eamon1916@mastodon.ie
2023-03-30T17:08:30Z
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I love the internet. Wife broke one of her favorite bowls. I search for it online. It's from a seasonal collection that was put out 9 years ago.Found someone selling the bowl and bought it.
(DIR) Post #AU9J1gAIdDZBwZx1yS by fosserytech@mstdn.social
2023-03-30T18:11:22Z
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@Eamon1916 internet was a good thing before big tech companies ruined it
(DIR) Post #AU9JlhbDdDIniFUJWq by 60pencilgirl@mstdn.ca
2023-03-30T18:19:40Z
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@fosserytech @Eamon1916 ☝ THIS, RIGHT HERE!! 👆It's so convoluted now. Doing a simple search gets garbage results. Results secretly paid for by some big business.
(DIR) Post #AU9OsJoOyDeLjed1P6 by Mike_Ryan_Ret@mstdn.ca
2023-03-30T18:53:17Z
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@60pencilgirl @fosserytech @Eamon1916 You guys just need a little insight on how to search. 🙂First, stop using Google and Chrome, start using DuckDuckGo and Firefox. When you search, use specific keywords instead of broad terms. Use quotes for exact phrases. If you want to exclude certain words from your search, use the minus sign before the word. If you want to search for multiple keywords at once, use the OR operator between them.Doing this will make your searches much better.
(DIR) Post #AU9VztECOMDfHaFgzg by nekothegamer@mstdn.social
2023-03-30T20:32:42Z
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@Mike_Ryan_Ret @60pencilgirl @fosserytech @Eamon1916 just use startpage god fucking damnit
(DIR) Post #AU9VztlAPmagvpg1Ng by fosserytech@mstdn.social
2023-03-30T20:36:43Z
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@nekothegamer @Mike_Ryan_Ret @60pencilgirl @Eamon1916 or search.disroot.org
(DIR) Post #AUBPiWTudWVU5Wz1Ie by aonrud@mastodon.online
2023-03-31T18:18:58Z
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@nekothegamer @Mike_Ryan_Ret @60pencilgirl @fosserytech @Eamon1916 Startpage uses Google's results, doesn't it? It seems to make weird assumptions as well. For example, I was looking up a historical event I knew the date for recently, so included, e.g. 5th April 1966. Words highlighted in bold included various other months, like it just decided *any* month would do; and it even highlighted other years.Though admittedly DDG can be weak too
(DIR) Post #AUBPiXQl6jZv22W11U by fosserytech@mstdn.social
2023-03-31T18:35:45Z
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@aonrud @nekothegamer @Mike_Ryan_Ret @60pencilgirl @Eamon1916 I use search.disroot.org and sometimes Metager. I usually look for programming related stuff and some random things and I always find what I need. Didn't try them with historical events though
(DIR) Post #AUBQVpXUZKmnNtAXnU by aonrud@mastodon.online
2023-03-31T18:44:40Z
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@fosserytech @nekothegamer @Mike_Ryan_Ret @60pencilgirl @Eamon1916 I haven't tried that; I'll give it a go. It's not so much dates as assuming what you mean. Matching e.g. 'feline' for 'cat' might be useful, but 'October' for 'April' is useless. I find google results have got far too presumptuous that way.