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Kagi and Wolfram

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Re: Kagi and Wolfram

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Post by mmcclure »

xaro wrote: post #41
dewbrite wrote: post #28

> To ensure result quality, we automatically downrank pages with advertising and tracking, which are often associated with low-quality or machine-generated content. That is one of the most compelling things I've ever heard about a search engine. How well does kagi work for niche "reddit queries" like "best waterproof midi synthesizers reddit"?

I configured Reddit as a "Lense" (similar to what Kagi uses for things like searching across Forums, or news). With that, now I have a simple toggle at the top of Kagi which allows me to immediately turn a search into a Reddit search.

It took me way too long to start using Lenses. I've been a Kagi user for a while now, but lenses never really seemed that useful. The unlock for me is that I'm often looking for 3D models, so I added one for all the usual 3D model suspects (Thangs, Printables, etc).

Re: Kagi and Wolfram

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Post by dickfickling »

Thoreandan wrote: post #105

So.... this is about a pay-subscription search engine called 'Kagi' out of Palo Alto, founded 2018. Made me think and have to do some digging for the 'Kagi' out of Berkeley founded in the 90s where you could register your shareware purchases in the days before PayPal. Which seems to have been largely scrubbed from history outside of some WayBack snapshots. https://www.macrumors.com/2016/08/01/kagi-shuts-down/ https:/…

The two are unrelated, but they do reference the shareware platform in their FAQ.

https://help.kagi.com/kagi/faq/faq.html#are-you-affiliated-w...

Re: Kagi and Wolfram

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Post by the__alchemist »

Hey! This is off-topic, but I'm not sure where else to post it.

Does Kagi hang indefinitely for text searches for y'all? I experience this behavior about 1/4 searches. No error; just no page load. I am about to cancel my sub and switch back to Google.

Re: Kagi and Wolfram

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Post by freedomben »

andrewstuart2 wrote: post #81
Terretta wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It has "lenses" that you can tailor yourself. Just pay and try it. Cancel if it's not your goto in a month.

They have a free trial as well. I didn't even finish half my 100 free search queries before I decided to pay.

In my case 100 was not enough. I almost didn't sign up for Kagi because I hadn't yet felt the value and configuring a browser to use Kagi as the default search engine isn't a zero effort task.

It probably took me about 200 to 300 searches before I was firmly decided that paying for Kagi is worth it. If I hadn't been freshly mad about Google's declining search quality, and displeased with DDG for something they had recently done (can't remember at this point), after the trial I probably wouldn't have paid and just would have gone back to DDG.

Re: Kagi and Wolfram

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Post by freedomben »

the__alchemist wrote: post #123

Hey! This is off-topic, but I'm not sure where else to post it. Does Kagi hang indefinitely for text searches for y'all? I experience this behavior about 1/4 searches. No error; just no page load. I am about to cancel my sub and switch back to Google.

This does happen to me sometimes! Not 1/4 though, more like a few times a day. At first I thought it was my internet connection but it happens often enough and is usually reproducible for about 15 to 20 seconds, so does seem to have something to do with the query.

Re: Kagi and Wolfram

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Post by PcChip »

the__alchemist wrote: post #123

Hey! This is off-topic, but I'm not sure where else to post it. Does Kagi hang indefinitely for text searches for y'all? I experience this behavior about 1/4 searches. No error; just no page load. I am about to cancel my sub and switch back to Google.

Works perfectly for me on various browsers and operating systems, and for my friends as well.

Hopefully the kagi team will see this though and chime in, or you should report the bug

Re: Kagi and Wolfram

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Post by freedomben »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #34

I pay for Kagi’s duo plan, $14/month or $151.20/year [1], a discount which implies a 10% cost of capital. At that discount rate, a lifetime membership at $1,680 would be rational for Kagi ($600 individual). And at that price, I’d pay! Hell, do $3k flat (5% cost of capital; ~$1k individual) and throw in an annual in-person event and I’d call it a great deal. For Kagi, moreover, it would be permanent capital. (I would…

I don't think this would ultimately be healthy for Kagi. The continuing pressure to maintain the value of the subscription since people can cancel at anytime IMHO drives their success.

Re: Kagi and Wolfram

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Post by freediver »

the__alchemist wrote: post #123

Hey! This is off-topic, but I'm not sure where else to post it. Does Kagi hang indefinitely for text searches for y'all? I experience this behavior about 1/4 searches. No error; just no page load. I am about to cancel my sub and switch back to Google.

That sounds like a good bug report for https://kagifeedback.org

Make sure to include example searches when this happens.

Re: Kagi and Wolfram

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Post by viraptor »

wielebny wrote: post #17

Pity it can't subtract time. > 16:28 - 14:50 = 22 hours and 22 minutes although, Google never could not too.

This is the amount of time between 16:28 today and 14:50 tomorrow. You got a correct answer. Just not the answer you were thinking of.

Re: Kagi and Wolfram

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Post by kevincox »

paradox460 wrote: post #42
cngn wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are built-in bangs for reddit, and users can prioritize reddit.com as a domain if they'd like.

Not only that, but you can make it rewrite all reddit links to use old.reddit.com

You can also change your Reddit settings to use the old UI for www.reddit.com.
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