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Who is Tara Ploughman? The seriousness of DDG is to make damn sure that when someone types in the word 'dog' or some other simple search test, that pointed, re

by aantix 17y ago

Who is Tara Ploughman? The seriousness of DDG is to make damn sure that when someone types in the word 'dog' or some other simple search test, that pointed, relevant results are returned. And for that DDG seems to be getting better at each day. He's been very upfront about who he is (one man operation) with zero interests in storing personal tracking information (the antithesis of Google). He is serious.

jcl 17y ago
http://lmddgtfy.com/?q=Who+is+Tara+Ploughman&v= http://lmddgtfy.com/?q=Who+is+Tara+Ploughman&v=
- nanijoe 17y ago
  Funny, the top result is the above HN post
  - jcl 17y ago
    Really? For me, the top result is an HN post from a year ago that precisely answers the question: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=554889 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=554889
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philwelch 17y ago
Anagram of Tara Ploughman: "Not Paul Graham". Before the advent of Twitter, pg would attribute quotes to Tara Ploughman when he wanted to write one-sentence essays. (Since the advent of Twitter, he curiously has stopped writing one-sentence essays.)