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Traffic / Re: Common Search: large-scale, nonprofit search engine
« on: August 08, 2016, 12:42:16 PM »
At least somebody is spidering the web besides Bing and Google. I guess we will wait and see.
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Web Development / Re: Washington Post to autogen Rio Olympics articles
« on: August 08, 2016, 01:17:13 AM »
Thanks for the tip, I will autoignore WashPost Olympic articles.
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Water Cooler / Re: New sighting: "duck-duck" as a verb
« on: August 04, 2016, 01:27:26 PM »
> Startpage
Basically it's un-personalized Google, which I like better anyway. This is what I use when I need to search Google. When I need backup for duck-ducking.
> Searx
Wow, great find! I never thought I'd see a meta-search engine that got me excited these days. I do like the way you can choose what engines you want to use (Heck even old Gigablast is there.) Thanks bill!
Basically it's un-personalized Google, which I like better anyway. This is what I use when I need to search Google. When I need backup for duck-ducking.
> Searx
Wow, great find! I never thought I'd see a meta-search engine that got me excited these days. I do like the way you can choose what engines you want to use (Heck even old Gigablast is there.) Thanks bill!
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Water Cooler / Yahoo Spam during death convulsions
« on: July 31, 2016, 06:45:57 PM »
Remember way back to the First Internet Bubble, when Internet companies started going down suddenly they ignored their own TOS and started email spamming their own users and some even sold off users emails to third parties despite their privacy policies? That became sort of a early warning sign to me that a company was getting desperate.
So now, suddenly, Yahoo is sending me emails out of the blue. I've never subscribed to any Yahoo marketing emails. Got one, unsubscribed promptly, now I get another. I've used Yahoo mail since at least 2000 and this is a first. Can't say I've ever read all the fine print in the latest TOS but I'm sure they have the right to do this, but it just seems odd.
Anyone else seeing this?
So now, suddenly, Yahoo is sending me emails out of the blue. I've never subscribed to any Yahoo marketing emails. Got one, unsubscribed promptly, now I get another. I've used Yahoo mail since at least 2000 and this is a first. Can't say I've ever read all the fine print in the latest TOS but I'm sure they have the right to do this, but it just seems odd.
Anyone else seeing this?
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Water Cooler / Re: New sighting: "duck-duck" as a verb
« on: July 31, 2016, 04:20:50 PM »
>tricks
These are good. Thanks.
These are good. Thanks.
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Water Cooler / Re: New sighting: "duck-duck" as a verb
« on: July 26, 2016, 09:38:18 PM »
> Worst
I thought the same thing, but I remembered it.
>Duck-Ducked
I'm gonnasteal borrow that! Thanks.
I thought the same thing, but I remembered it.
>Duck-Ducked
I'm gonna
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Traffic / Re: Verizon & Yahoo
« on: July 25, 2016, 06:08:51 PM »
Verizon could make all the Yahoo apps be the defaults, that would drive a lot of traffic. And like you say Yahoo search would be good too.
I don't expect Verizon to put any money into developing their own crawling search engine though.
I don't expect Verizon to put any money into developing their own crawling search engine though.
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Traffic / Re: Apple Lays Groundwork to Kill Online Ads
« on: July 25, 2016, 11:36:45 AM »
If it breaks Google's monopoly on search and ads then I'm for it. 
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Traffic / Re: Apple Lays Groundwork to Kill Online Ads
« on: July 24, 2016, 10:41:23 PM »
>scared or just worried?
I'd be just worried, but very worried. This is primarily about the mobile web, of which iOS has a huge market share. Google is vulnerable there. Death by a thousand cuts.
There is no great outside threat to Google on the desktop other than Google themselves.
I'd be just worried, but very worried. This is primarily about the mobile web, of which iOS has a huge market share. Google is vulnerable there. Death by a thousand cuts.
There is no great outside threat to Google on the desktop other than Google themselves.
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Traffic / Apple Lays Groundwork to Kill Online Ads
« on: July 24, 2016, 09:20:35 PM »
... as we know it. And as Google knows it.
Interesting, longish article on Techcrunch about Apple's long game moves against Google and their search advertising. May work, may not and Google won't be sitting still while it is happening.
https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/24/apple-lays-the-groundwork-to-kill-online-advertising/
Interesting, longish article on Techcrunch about Apple's long game moves against Google and their search advertising. May work, may not and Google won't be sitting still while it is happening.
https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/24/apple-lays-the-groundwork-to-kill-online-advertising/
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Economics & Investing / Re: Brexit
« on: June 26, 2016, 02:46:23 PM »
Random Brad Thoughts:
1. Will there be a run on French wine in the UK in the next 2 years?
2. How will Brexit effect my supply of Scotch whiskey here in the US and should I stockpile?
1. Will there be a run on French wine in the UK in the next 2 years?
2. How will Brexit effect my supply of Scotch whiskey here in the US and should I stockpile?
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Economics & Investing / Re: Britain, the 51st State?
« on: June 25, 2016, 12:03:42 AM »
>TTIP?
Hopefully not. I don't trust any of the big trade deals. I wish I knew how to stop TTIP but I think the fix is in.
Hopefully not. I don't trust any of the big trade deals. I wish I knew how to stop TTIP but I think the fix is in.
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Economics & Investing / Re: Britain, the 51st State?
« on: June 24, 2016, 11:25:28 AM »
Never happen.
However, if the EU treats the UK badly on trade I could see a free trade zone evolving between US, Canada and UK if the numbers work out. But just free trade, NOT political union.
However, if the EU treats the UK badly on trade I could see a free trade zone evolving between US, Canada and UK if the numbers work out. But just free trade, NOT political union.
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Economics & Investing / Re: Brexit
« on: June 24, 2016, 11:18:35 AM »
I never expected that to happen.