Google’s “million’s of search results” are not being served

Re:Google’s “million’s of search results” are not being served by SR2Z on Monday October 03, 2022 @12:33PM (#33069845)

This reads more like a sign saying "over x customers served" on a fast food restaurant. It doesn't really matter, nobody will ever care about the accuracy of the information, but it's a pride thing and makes a point about the establishment.

Obviously there aren't millions of meaningful hits on most terms, but you don't need to go to page 10001 for that. You can get to page 3 and know it for sure.

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Re:Google’s “million’s of search results” are not being served by taeric on Monday October 03, 2022 @01:19PM (#33070627)

I'd argue that, to a layman, if it is obvious that there aren't that many meaningful hits, then there weren't that many hits. :(

This does call back to the odd false confidence that our industry bakes into the interview process. "Design a realtime chat program that can notify any number of followers that you posted and let them respond with sub millisecond latency."

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Re:Google’s “million’s of search results” are not being served by pitched on Monday October 03, 2022 @01:30PM (#33070797)

I can’t push a single key in less than 20ms latency. Those poor interviewees are building Twitter but for bots. Unfortunately, that is probably a relevant skill…

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