Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was...
by ChristianGeek on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @04:26AM
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I just did a Google search on “c++ map” and didn’t see the behavior you describe.
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Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was...
by krono on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @04:37AM
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What if I told you Google search results are partially based on behaviour data, meaning the results you get for a search potentially differ from mine
It doesn't happen to me so it doesn't exist does not apply in this case
Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was...
by Zelmor on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @06:45AM
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Use duck duck go, my lad.
Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was...
by krono on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @09:18AM
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Thanks for reminding me! Just set it up as the default search provider in my browser.
Google search doesn't really work for power users anymore and I don't see that changing for the better anytime soon.
Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was...
by andrepd on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @11:58AM
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Alternatively, if you can't do without the google search algorithm, use startpage. Doesn't track and bubble you, anonymises the queries.
Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was...
by dhimes on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @07:23AM
(#18228365)
Indeed. Every single result in the first "page" was about c++ maps.
Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was...
by mortehu on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @12:18PM
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Google fixed this specific case and a few others last year: https://blog.google/products/search/improvements-searching-s...
Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was...
by Liru on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @11:27AM
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"Slightly exaggerated example since I can't remember any concrete ones off the top of my head"
Re:Ask HN: What discontinued company/product do you wish was...
by TomMarius on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @06:06AM
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I can confirm what they say is true, but probably not with this specific sentence. It's also really not useful while searching for phone numbers (which it changes completely without a second thought).