[HN Gopher] Searx 1.0 Release
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       Searx 1.0 Release
        
       Author : lgats
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2021-03-28 06:46 UTC (16 hours ago)
        
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       | Seirdy wrote:
       | Given how frequently Searx instances get banned by the search
       | engines they use, it would be interesting to have a "meta-Searx"
       | client that tries different Searx instances for the selected
       | engines until none of the engines error out.
        
       | jdonaldson wrote:
       | I come away really disappointed with efforts for "meta search
       | engines". There's so much more that should be possible. There
       | should be a way to surface information regarding the results to
       | that they can be combined (e.g. provide raw tf/idf scores, or
       | expose the difference/bias between the results from different
       | engines). I don't just want an API over triggering queries, I
       | want an API that helps interpret/debias/rerank results.
        
       | fsflover wrote:
       | Alternative FLOSS P2P search engine is https://yacy.net.
        
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