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The unofficial Google shell

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Re: The unofficial Google shell

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Post by MikeCampo »

phrotoma wrote: post #46
apgwoz wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's really hard to use the site with that mindset when 15/30 of the submissions on the front page are resubmissions. I'm not sure if that ratio has ever happened, but it certainly feels like it quite often. Other articles that make it feel that way that I wish I could just eliminate all together--anything talking about Node.js, productivity related (how I fooled myself into working), "how can I learn to program." Th…

HN knows what I've clicked when logged in, seems like the sort of thing that could be used to hide resubmissions if desired ...

That's a good idea. It could be an option in your account preferences.

Re: The unofficial Google shell

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Post by zheng »

apgwoz wrote: post #22
zheng wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's how I see reposts. I agree that people shouldn't just repost things because they were popular at one point, and they want the karma. However, realize that for people who weren't around when that was posted (over a year ago), this is pretty cool. There is also no way I would have ever thought "Hey, I wonder if there is a shell-esque interface to google? Oh, I bet HN will have a link about it! Let me go search!"…

I disagree. I want to see new stuff. There's plenty of worthy stuff that in /new that does't see the homepage because shit like this reappears every 6 months/1 year/whatever. edit: emphasized what kind of stuff in /new

I think "shit like this" is fairly subjective, so you can see the rest of the thread for that part. I agree with MikeCampo, this was certainly not old to me, and I truthfully enjoyed it and would have never even found it without the repost.

Re: The unofficial Google shell

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Post by dhruvbird »

I've made something like this for DuckDuckGo, but haven't released it since I want tab-completion (uses a static list for now). Will release as an official UI once DDG gets search suggestions.

http://dhruvbird.com/tty.html

Edit: There is no GA tracking on this page even though I use to for my site (other pages) - to keep with the general privacy experience of DDG

Re: The unofficial Google shell

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Post by bigiain »

growt wrote: post #32

Hi, I made this some years ago. In fact it was the reason to sign up as a hacker news user :) I didn't had the time to update it, so some things are broken (login, auto complete). And the open source project never caught traction.

Yeah, I notice

su -;rm -rf /

doesn't delete all the data from Google's datacenters...

(It was worth a try, right?)

Re: The unofficial Google shell

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Post by growt »

bigiain wrote: post #54
growt wrote: post #32

Hi, I made this some years ago. In fact it was the reason to sign up as a hacker news user :) I didn't had the time to update it, so some things are broken (login, auto complete). And the open source project never caught traction.

Yeah, I notice su -;rm -rf / doesn't delete all the data from Google's datacenters... (It was worth a try, right?)

I fixed this after the first time ;)
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