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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 21, 2022 14:19:40 GMT -5
I can not fathom using the internet without an ad-blocker Another tool I use, dosn't do the job 100% of the time, is this site to bypass pay-walls 12 Ft. Ladder |
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Post by impulse on Jun 21, 2022 15:15:04 GMT -5
Yeah, sorry not sorry. You guys had your chance to do ads in a reasonable manner, but the gross intrusiveness and lack of quality control (some are straight malware) means you lost your chance. I ad block wherever I can now, except here.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 21, 2022 15:34:29 GMT -5
Is it just me, or did the usefulness of internet search results peak years ago? For just moderately-difficult questions (and sometimes simple ones), it can easily take half an hour to find a useful answer, if you're lucky. The search engine (I've tried a bunch) returns lots of irrelevant garbage, and then the linked-to web pages, even if they have the answer somewhere, hide the information somewhere and their own internal site searches are horribly lacking. I seem to remember a time when I didn't always end up trembling in rage and cursing the stupidity of humanity when trying to get an answer to something from the internet. Not that I don't have other reasons to curse the stupidity of humanity, but I wasn't expecting to add "internet searching" to the list. Does anyone still sell encyclopedias? I used to watch the PBS Kids Game Show "Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?" and often the grand prize was a slew of Encyclopedia Britannica books, which I always thought was a horrid idea for a reward. But I'm sure in the pre-wide spread internet days it was an important luxury. My grandparents had a couple of World Book Encyclopedias Year Books that I thought were neat because they had a month by month listing of things that happened during the previous year along with descriptions of rice harvesting
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2022 16:04:30 GMT -5
Happy Summer Solstice to all those in the Northern Hemisphere. Happy (Winter?) Solstice to those in the Southern.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 21, 2022 17:07:03 GMT -5
More proof that I can never be a contestant on The Price Is Right
Saw a Mr. Softee Ice Cream Truck today and checked out the prices
A plain vanilla ice cream cone - $4
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2022 5:45:48 GMT -5
Is it just me, or did the usefulness of internet search results peak years ago? For just moderately-difficult questions (and sometimes simple ones), it can easily take half an hour to find a useful answer, if you're lucky. The search engine (I've tried a bunch) returns lots of irrelevant garbage, and then the linked-to web pages, even if they have the answer somewhere, hide the information somewhere and their own internal site searches are horribly lacking. I seem to remember a time when I didn't always end up trembling in rage and cursing the stupidity of humanity when trying to get an answer to something from the internet. Not that I don't have other reasons to curse the stupidity of humanity, but I wasn't expecting to add "internet searching" to the list. Does anyone still sell encyclopedias? A further thought: I wanted to Google to see whether England football team players get paid to play for their country. A friend told me they don’t get paid to represent their country. So I went to look for such info. One search engine was crap. Thankfully, DuckDuckGo had the answer. Maybe DuckDuckGo is less concerned about sponsored links/ads - and more with search results. |
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 22, 2022 7:42:56 GMT -5
Is it just me, or did the usefulness of internet search results peak years ago? For just moderately-difficult questions (and sometimes simple ones), it can easily take half an hour to find a useful answer, if you're lucky. The search engine (I've tried a bunch) returns lots of irrelevant garbage, and then the linked-to web pages, even if they have the answer somewhere, hide the information somewhere and their own internal site searches are horribly lacking. I seem to remember a time when I didn't always end up trembling in rage and cursing the stupidity of humanity when trying to get an answer to something from the internet. Not that I don't have other reasons to curse the stupidity of humanity, but I wasn't expecting to add "internet searching" to the list. Does anyone still sell encyclopedias? A further thought: I wanted to Google to see whether England football team players get paid to play for their country. A friend told me they don’t get paid to represent their country. So I went to look for such info. One search engine was crap. Thankfully, DuckDuckGo had the answer. Maybe DuckDuckGo is less concerned about sponsored links/ads - and more with search results. DuckDuckGo has been my go-to search engine for about 3 years now... I find that they don't "steer" me with quite as much commercialized bent as does Google and Bing.
Not perfect by any stretch, but at least I don't have to use Google nearly as often as before.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2022 7:47:02 GMT -5
I have set DuckDuckGo as my default. Now I’ll see if I get relevant results rather than the usual ad-driven crap from the others.
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Post by Confessor on Jun 22, 2022 12:41:06 GMT -5
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 22, 2022 12:52:54 GMT -5
I see you guys like to live dangerously, I see people like that dancing in the British countryside and I'd be running the other direction as I'd know that lurking just around the corner would inevitably be this:  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 22, 2022 12:56:52 GMT -5
I pretty much only know about Morris Dancing from humorous fiction. Mostly Robert Rankin and Terry Pratchett. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 22, 2022 13:16:07 GMT -5
Had anyone mentioned "Morris dancing" before I read your post, this is probably the image that would have come to mind :
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2022 13:41:44 GMT -5
Going to be away for a bit, "guitar hero" life beckons again. Talk to folks down the road!
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 22, 2022 17:24:38 GMT -5
Just want to reiterate that, contrary to popular belief, Morris dancing was NOT invented by Morris Albert...
However, this has nothing to do with the creepy, mysterious floating baby head at the beginning of this video (upper right corner of the screen, about 6 seconds in)...and now you know.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2022 12:33:04 GMT -5
Paramount+ has launched in the UK. I am tempted. But how many services can one afford?
Is Paramount+ late to the party, given the dominance of Netflix, Prime and Disney+? Now, I am the guy with the lame analogies, so here’s another one: if three well-established greengrocers in an area had customer loyalty, and did a good job, could a new greengrocer attract customers effectively?
For me, the selling point of a streaming service has to be a good mix of retro and modern stuff, with a commitment to new programming. Paramount+ ticks those boxes, but if I subscribe, one of the other services is gonna have to go.
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