Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it
by thepasswordis on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @10:32AM
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Why would a .edu help you learn to fix a tire? That seems like a YouTube question, not something a school would teach, and if they did, not something that would go online.
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Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it
by jefftk on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @10:35AM
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The article we're discussing is about limiting your search results to ".edu" domains to remove bloat, and gives an example of an https://www2.latech.edu/~bmagee/303win97/Group3/2245.html which does have this information on changing a tire.
Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it
by throwmamatrain on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @10:36AM
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I think the idea is that the SNR of .edu TLD is likely higher than all other TLDs. Probably true for now.
Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it
by chongli on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @10:47AM
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Too bad .edu seems to be restricted to US-based schools. There's plenty of great stuff hosted by universities in other countries but none of them are on the .edu TLD.
Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it
by dredmorbius on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @11:11AM
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There are other national domain schemes with educational subdomains. 'ac.uk' and 'edu.au' being two of which I'm aware.
A listing of top global educational institutions would only have a few thousand entries.
It's not without some irony that I note that the early, and much belated, Internet was largely edu domains, along with a handful of tech firms, government agencies, and military entities.