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That seems both really cool and absolutely terrifying. Automatically find references when writing a tutorial? Hell yes! Automatically find references to support
by Gracana 10y ago
That seems both really cool and absolutely terrifying. Automatically find references when writing a tutorial? Hell yes! Automatically find references to support an argument you've decided to make? Hmm... maybe not a win for journalism.
[edit] Actually, I guess the way you described it, it could go the other way. You start writing some argument, and google shows you some stats that show you're wrong, or something. That would be neat.
- spyspy 10y agoPeople will find the sources to support their argument regardless.
- millettjon 10y agoWhat are the privacy implications of this? Is there a duck duck go version?
- fny 10y agoYou press the hot key, and a Google search is run.[0] So nothing too frightening. DDG compatibility should be easy. Just swap the endpoint (https://duckduckgo.com/ac/?callback=autocompleteCallback&q=YOUR_QUERY_HERE https://duckduckgo.com/ac/?callback=autocompleteCallback&q=Y...) and parse the JSON. [0]: https://github.com/nathancahill/anycomplete/blob/master/anycomplete.lua#L6 https://github.com/nathancahill/anycomplete/blob/master/anyc...
- nathancahill 10y agoThanks. Updated the Readme with that information: https://github.com/nathancahill/anycomplete/blob/master/README.md#privacy https://github.com/nathancahill/anycomplete/blob/master/READ...