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> At some number of pages they drew a line and decided that the value of these pages isn't worth the cost (and DoS vulnerability) to serve them. They have lite
by groffee 4y ago
> At some number of pages they drew a line and decided that the value of these pages isn't worth the cost (and DoS vulnerability) to serve them.
They have literally one job.
- kevincox 4y agoTo serve you the 5 millionth search result for "funny"? Unless you are going to directly pay for that server cost it just doesn't make sense, and it is such a rare use case that it doesn't even make sense for them to give you that option. They have to cut you off somewhere. When is the last time you legitimately wanted the 401th page of the search results? It will be more efficent for both you and Google if you instead refine your search query than paging through the results forever.
- robertlagrant 4y agoPro tip. Never reply to someone who uses "literally" incorrectly.
- iso1631 4y agoA definition of literally is literally one that is "not literally true", thus using literally in this case is literally correct https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally
- robertlagrant 4y ago> is literally one that Does this literally mean not literally?
- iso1631 4y agoIt is literally clear as literal mud