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Not only that, but Google tries to be too smart. Years ago, when I searched for "x y z", google would only return results for "x y z". Now it returns results wi
by orib 18y ago
Not only that, but Google tries to be too smart. Years ago, when I searched for "x y z", google would only return results for "x y z". Now it returns results with things resemblying x, y, and z, most of which are NOT what I was searching for.
I used to be able to craft a search query that would be able to cut out the fuzz from the search and give me the specific results I wanted, but now Google is working very hard to bring that same fuzz back in.
Sorry, until computers can read my mind, trying to make your program guess at what I meant to say means you've already lost.
I think that Guy L. Steele said it best, although he was talking about DWIM (Do What I Mean) in Lisp implementations:
So to this DWIM
Let's say farewell;
The crocks therein
Prove it can't win
And ring its knell:
(Google 'A Time for DWIM' to find the rest of it, although it's not quite as relevant to my point as this stanza. And look at the rest of GLS' poetry/songs too -- very amusing)