yandex.com I usually search for books, movies and mp3s. With Google is kinda hard (or impossible) to do the same.
That‘s Russian IIRC, is it safe to use?
No, they steal your toothbrush.
Ask HN: How do you find stuff on the internet now?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you find stuff on the internet now?
#152Torrent trackers (but not tpb usually). Just search some books on the topic you are interested in and that's it. For example, I used to have 2 medical problems which I have successfully solved using this method. One medical problem of mine I have solved completely and what about another I can prove you there is just no cure (despite of some doctors promise me that they can do it for $$$). That was a lot of reading bu…
Do you mean public or private trackers?
rutracker.org with my ability to read Russian as my mother language did as much for my education as rest of the Internets. But you may meet some English content there as well, or not language-depended content like music.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find stuff on the internet now?
#153Torrent trackers (but not tpb usually). Just search some books on the topic you are interested in and that's it. For example, I used to have 2 medical problems which I have successfully solved using this method. One medical problem of mine I have solved completely and what about another I can prove you there is just no cure (despite of some doctors promise me that they can do it for $$$). That was a lot of reading bu…
Maybe Facebook? I believe there are a ton of semiprivate support groups for different health conditions. But I guess one might need a starting point to be able to find a relevant one since they are specialized.
I am not among the "dumb fucks" to use this service.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find stuff on the internet now?
#154I’ve been using duck duck go for years and have been happy. I have not noticed any change in search results quality yet.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find stuff on the internet now?
#155Kagi. DDG/Bing are ridiculous with ignoring your search terms, even with quotes. I had enough. Google often has a whole page or almost a whole page of clever-widgets before any actual results, not to mention my ethical objections to their behavior and the SEO spam. Kagi works great, I like the fact that I'm paying for it and my interests are primary in the relationship.
Same! It's been great so far. I sure don't miss all the sponsored results at the top!
Re: Ask HN: How do you find stuff on the internet now?
#156I append the word "reddit" to most non-technical google searches. Platform has been around long enough that _someone_ on it has discussed the issue I'm looking for
That is sadly what I do now.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find stuff on the internet now?
#157Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is amusing I uninstalled the Reddit app because I use google as an entry-point so often and it’s really a pain universal links forced me to open the app for a worse experience. Stupid product strategy to ignore Google!
Universal links?
When clicking on a link in any browser, if the URL matches an app that you have installed - it will switch to the app rather than stay in the browser. So anything reddit.com will bring up the Reddit app.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find stuff on the internet now?
#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is amusing I uninstalled the Reddit app because I use google as an entry-point so often and it’s really a pain universal links forced me to open the app for a worse experience. Stupid product strategy to ignore Google!
Universal links?
Presumably the ability for an app to register itself as the handler for links matching a pattern. So, when you click a link to a reddit thread from a search result, it opens in the reddit app rather than the default browser.
Re: Ask HN: How do you find stuff on the internet now?
#159I append the word "reddit" to most non-technical google searches. Platform has been around long enough that _someone_ on it has discussed the issue I'm looking for
Metafilter is another possibility
Re: Ask HN: How do you find stuff on the internet now?
#160Someone should build a nerdsnipe engine. It posts your question on an appropriate forum, uses ChatGPT to formulate a bogus response, then sends you all the replies angrily correcting the first answer.
Then someone will build an anti-nerdsnipe engine using ChatGPT to angrily correct the incorrect ChatGPT answer.
It's going to be one hell of a future.