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It isn't nitpicking at all, I had the same question and glad you uncovered this answer. I think site:*.edu is just one tool in your search toolbox that you shou
by jeremyjh 4y ago
It isn't nitpicking at all, I had the same question and glad you uncovered this answer. I think site:*.edu is just one tool in your search toolbox that you should know about, but I wouldn't expect it to work for every topic. Still, I had never thought of it so I'm glad I read this article.
- chii 4y agoi would often use `site:news.ycombinator.com` to search a topic to see if it has been talked about, and what comments that topic has. It's good, but not really _that_ often useful.
- jeremyjh 4y agoYes I use that and site:reddit.com as well.
- april_22 4y agoConsider using alternative SE's like you.com or neeva, they give you the ability to rank sources and e.g. set Reddit as a preferred site so you don't have to type site:reddit.com every single time. Works great and saves time.
- thefourthchime 4y agoYep, those are my two modifiers i often use -- that and since:2021
- avh02 4y agoThis has recently been my desperation move when e.g similar bugs to what I'm facing were solved a decade ago (but were irrelevant) were coming out as top results rather than bugs for a recent version
- richardsocher 4y agoWe also have recent github issues as an app within you.com to solve for that. (you.com founder here)
- fomine3 4y agoI want a comprehensive list of useful forums for every genre. site:news.ycombinator.com reddit.com lwn.net servethehome.com head-fi.org doom9.org ....
- unabridged 4y agoHacker News has a really good dedicated search engine: https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/