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Why weekends are under threat

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Re: Why weekends are under threat

#5

The week is not _completely_ a human invention, it is, conveniently, a period between two moon phases

Just under a period. 29 days for a moon loop. 29 / 4.0 is 7.25. Every 4 weeks you'd be out a full day. So yes, a week is a human invention.

Either all of my old mechanical clocks with moon dial are wrong, or it's 29.5 days.

Re: Why weekends are under threat

#8
> The data from Google search queries became a competitive advantage that allowed Google to continually improve its search algorithm and ad targeting.

This kind of refers to the past though. Anyone who is using Google search these days, curses how unbelievably useless it has become. This is how monopolies ruin the segment they dominate.

If there were real competition, Google would improve the search engine, or it would go extinct, and be replaced by something better.

The whole article is written really strangely. Was that written by AI? There seems to be some disconnect in the writing itself.

Re: Why weekends are under threat

#10

> The data from Google search queries became a competitive advantage that allowed Google to continually improve its search algorithm and ad targeting. This kind of refers to the past though. Anyone who is using Google search these days, curses how unbelievably useless it has become. This is how monopolies ruin the segment they dominate. If there were real competition, Google would improve the search engine, or it wou…

With even their lowest subscription, Kagi is a very nice substitute to the old Google.
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