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Re:Google in shock as Samsung considers moving to Bing as de... by CRConrad on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @05:46AM (#35611874)
> In the past, I would have used Google to find some resources on it, probably find that the relevant standard is called 802.1x, used Google to find the relevant Wikipedia article, skimmed that, etc.

And apparently you didn't quite notice the particular inefficiency there...

> But instead of doing that, I just asked ChatGPT the specific questions I needed the answer to.

Yeah, sure, if you want to vet hallucinations in stead of just getting the facts.

Just go directly to Wikipedia instead.

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Re:Google in shock as Samsung considers moving to Bing as de... by mort96 on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @12:09PM (#35615903)
But that's the thing. I can't ask Wikipedia targeted questions. I have to read through the whole article or try to skim to the right points, if the article even covers the exact question I have.
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Re:Google in shock as Samsung considers moving to Bing as de... by CRConrad on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @01:02AM (#35624425)
A) Wikipedia articles have chapters with headings.

B) Your browser (most probably) has a search function.

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