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What is the real value behind the real time search stuff? I never actulally saw anything important, just 100s of people saying the same thing with #bangs. I'm n
by justhw 15y ago
What is the real value behind the real time search stuff? I never actulally saw anything important, just 100s of people saying the same thing with #bangs. I'm not being ignorant. Englighten me. This is just a question.
- ender7 15y agoI've found it very useful for "breaking news" types of things where the news sites haven't quite gotten up to speed with what is happening, or when it's a niche enough event that it wouldn't get news coverage. Example: "x website is down"
- fauigerzigerk 15y agoI was thinking the same until very recently when I needed to know the tally of that greek austerity vote up to the second. I used Google realtime and it worked wonderfully. It's very annoying that it's gone now.
- hollerith 15y agoSomeone does not know what a hash bang is.
- derrida 15y ago<joke> Of course, a hash bang is a hash functor orgy. </joke> Yes, I think they meant #-tag Hash bang (#!) is used to specify to the operating system where to find the binary to execute a script.