5 ms·
Amen to that. I got to where I am as a sysadmin by knowing how to filter out keywords to make my search specific. Then Google throw all that away and decide for
by gargravarr 7y ago
Amen to that. I got to where I am as a sysadmin by knowing how to filter out keywords to make my search specific. Then Google throw all that away and decide for me what I want to search for. No Google, you don't tell me what to do.
- pdkl95 7y agoAnimaniacs Episode 7, "Piano Rag": [The Warners try to hide form Dr, Scratchandsniff in a piano recital, where Tymannini is about to perform] TYMP: Franz Schubert intended the scherzo to reflect the struggle between intellect and the creative process. TYMP: However, Schubert was simply incapable of expressing such delicate nuance. But, thanks to *my* genius, I will perform this great work, *not* as the composer wrote it, but as he *intended*. DWIM ("Do What I Mean")[1] has always been impossible; it's a fallacious belief that what a user intended is different from what they actually said, and that this intent can somehow be divined form a few words, typos, etc. > as a sysadmin It doesn't even require any advanced technical knowledge. Most people understand basic keyword searching. Over the last ~6-12 months, I've seen a wide variety of people complain about Google ignoring their search terms. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15628014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15628014