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Re:The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet by wodenokoto on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @10:39AM (#43772749)
When searching for a dehumidifier, 80% of the results are humidifiers.

I’ve always thought it was NLP gone awry (stripping prefixes, searching in vector space instead of characters)

But maybe it’s just shitty on purpose to keep you around.

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Re:The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet by anthonyrstevens on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @12:30PM (#43773904)
This is not my experience. I just did a search for "dehumidifer" and ALL of the first 50 results are for dehumidifiers. The 51st result is for:

Vacplus Moisture Absorbers 6 Pack, 10.5 Oz Portable Humidity Absorber Boxes for Your Bathroom, Closet & Car, Dehumidifier with Fragrance

...which is related, no?

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Re:The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet by wodenokoto on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @11:49PM (#43779101)
You’re right. I guess it was nlp gone awry when I looked for one 2 years ago but now it’s fixed.

Only the sponsored results are not dehumidifiers when I just did a search.

Sorry for the noise.

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