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Re: A Google Suggest Venn Diagram Generator

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Great project idea, but I can't get it to actually work. I'm encountering a similar error to Toucan with respect to the spacing. If I enter a query "MIT is", Google is returning results that include "is" as part of a larger word. Ex: "MIT Israel divestment". I'd like to query "MIT is " -- including the space -- but it looks like your query strips it out. I think this fix would return much better results. Also, it loo…

It's very simple, you're using it wrong. http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#20=&star...

I can obviously get it to work with most queries. I was just pointing out that it does seem to strip out letters or return a poor result if the query is part of a larger word.

Yes, I'm using "X is"; I used "MIT is" in my comment for greater clarity.

Re: A Google Suggest Venn Diagram Generator

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BEST Hacker News hack in ages: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=How+do...

http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=How+do... http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+ar... http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+ar...

Here's another religious one:

http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is...

Re: A Google Suggest Venn Diagram Generator

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post #76

Don't think this one has been posted... I found it quite humorous: Why are American {men|women|children} so... : http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+ar...

Wow, I don't think anything else that's been posted in this thread gives such stark results as that. It seems almost like you broke it.
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