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As noted in the article, apparently Google is presenting the top four search engines used in a given country Good. 4 is a good number. It's on the low end of t
by stcredzero 8y ago
As noted in the article, apparently Google is presenting the top four search engines used in a given country
Good. 4 is a good number. It's on the low end of the number range people think of as "enough choice."
- class4behavior 8y ago4 is the new 3
- all2 8y ago4 has been the 3 of China for 4000 years.
- TremendousJudge 8y agocare to explain?
- all2 8y agoUhh, I'll do my best. At its simplest, in the West we have a thing for threes. Three bits of God, three little pigs, three branches of government (in the USA at least), "things come in threes", three books/movies in a series (a trilogy), stories that have a "beginning/middle/end". Bottom line, the West tends toward organizing and thinking of things in threes. Some might even be superstitious about threes (perhaps a Pythagorean influence). In China the number 4 plays a similar role. I don't know much about 'numerology' in China, save to say that recently the number 4 (which apparently sounds like 'death' in Chinese) has been considered bad luck. Here's a better explanation than I could give: https://www.quora.com/In-Chinese-culture-why-is-the-number-4-considered-unlucky/answer/June-Yu-10 https://www.quora.com/In-Chinese-culture-why-is-the-number-4...
- amelius 8y agoReminds me of the song "Three is a magic number".
- blowski 8y agoDid the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy trilogy in four parts do well in China?
- OldFatCactus 8y agoIn China the number 8 means wealth or fortune. It's not a coincidence that Brooklyn Chinatown is on 8th Ave. Their 'numerology' is interesting
- stcredzero 8y agoMy company just skipped the number 13 in a software version number.
- FabHK 8y agoIn Hong Kong, "Chinese" buildings skip floor 4, 14, ..., while "Western" buildings skip floor 13. More recent culturally inclusive buildings skip floors 4, 13, 14, ... The most prestigious floors are 8 and 88. To add a complication, Chinese tends to use the US convention (with the ground floor being floor 1), while the English convention is the British one (with the ground floor being floor 0). By happy coincidence, then, the 13th floor is also 十四樓, ie the 14th floor, so you only need to skip one floor, rather than two. That explains why HK skyscrapers are so high.
- philliphaydon 8y ago8 sounds like
- greglindahl 8y ago4 seasons, the 4 corners of the world, the 4 cardinal directions, the 4 bodily humors (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humorism), you can find a ton of 4's in the West.
- failsafe 8y ago3 is important in decision making because it makes it easier to form a consensus. If I disagree with your idea, you have another entity to act as an arbiter.
- sneak 8y agoIt’s 3 more choices than most in the US get for broadband providers.
- fader111 8y agorebos.
- genericone 8y agoSimilarly, how many different options are available for similar classes of items found at Costco? Say, frozen chicken, napkins, instant noodles, paper cups, etc. In some cases there is only 1 option offered, sometimes 2, rarely are there ever more than 4 options offered at Costco for a single type of item. When you trust that you are being offered the best choice or a top choice, well, we know what happens at Costco. People buy pallets in that warehouse.
- kristallizer1 8y agoCostco doesn't have a near-monopoly on grocery shopping.
- stcredzero 8y agoSimilarly, how many different options are available for similar classes of items found at Costco? Effectively, Costco shoppers are people who already have chosen, "the cheapest fairly good quality option."
- paulddraper 8y agoYes, but (1) Costco has nowhere near a monopoly on grocery, clothing, and electronics and (2) not even Costco customers do 100% of their grocery, clothing, and electronics shopping at Costco. Costco is the "I'm feeling lucky" button.
- codazoda 8y agoIt was an odd thing to me but Chrome would not list DuckDuckGo until after you had visited DuckDuckGo.com manually. Once on DDG it became an option. That's been around for a while, as I've had DDG as my Chrome default for a couple years. I presume it's now an option even if you've never visited.
- brentadamson 8y agoI believe that's because of opensearch and not necessarily a Chrome thing.