Re:The Case Against Google
by avinium on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @09:59AM
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DDG results are great, but it still pains me that it's (relatively) slow compared to Google + Chrome, which is as close to instantaneous as far as I perceive.
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Re:The Case Against Google
by IntronExon on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @10:04AM
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On Firefox and Safari they seem the same to me, and either way I’d rather wait a few extra ms to get results that aren’t a bunch of SEO spam and ads.
Re:The Case Against Google
by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @11:50AM
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> DDG results are great
No, it's still far inferior to Google search.
Try "D without garbage collection" in both, and get back to me.
Re:The Case Against Google
by IntronExon on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @12:29PM
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First result in DDG is from stack overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13574552/d-programming-w...
Google: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13574552/d-programming-w...
Same exact thing, so what is your point exactly?
Re:The Case Against Google
by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @12:47PM
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Cherry-picking, then. Real cute.
Of the top 10 Google results, 9 specifically relate to the D programming language.
Of the top 10 DuckDuckGo results, the number is 3.
Re:The Case Against Google
by IntronExon on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @12:59PM
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Using the top result of a search engine with a string you provided is cherry picking?
Yeah... good to see you’re not reaching or anything.
Re:The Case Against Google
by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @01:23PM
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You're suggesting that nothing matters but the top result?
Don't be silly.
Re:The Case Against Google
by IntronExon on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @01:37PM
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I’m suggesting that if the top result works it doesn’t matter. More, I’m suggesting that the next time you want to suggest a challenge you should run it yourself, first.
You can also try https://www.startpage.com/ (or !s in DDG)
Googley, but without the personal dossier.
Re:The Case Against Google
by MaxBarraclough on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @04:07PM
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I'm seeing different ordering of results from Google. I used a fresh Private Browsing session, so no cookies.
Second result from Google: https://dlang.org/blog/2017/06/16/life-in-the-fast-lane/ (on StartPage this is the third result)
Second result from StartPage: https://dlang.org/spec/garbage.html (on Google this is the third result)