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> get back some of that feeling? New Web site on the way: Free. No cookies, user IDs, logins, passwords, popups, overlays, or icons. Minimal JavaScript. A

> get back some of that feeling? New Web site on the way: Free. No cookies, user IDs, logins, passwords, popups, overlays, or icons. Minimal JavaScript. Ads only in standard sized rectangles. Privacy: Any two users giving the same inputs on the same day get the same results, i.e., no user tracking. Crucial core, some own original applied math (based on own applied math Ph.D.) users won't be aware of and smarter than AI so far. Intend that users "love" the site. Simple Web pages that work the same on smart phones, laptops, desktops, etc. Web site code in .NET running. Doing system management, e.g., to recover from a disaster, getting files from backups, wrestling with Windows 11 after a hard disk failed on a Windows 10 system, etc. Giving site a critical review and then an alpha test ASAP ....

lemonwaterlime 2y ago
You've been working on this for a while. Google founders' statements about the end states of any ad-driven search engine remain true. Have you addressed that fundamental foundational truth?
- graycat 2y ago
  Thanks for your interest! > for a while Yup, a disaster, etc. did get in the way. I DO have the Web site code in .NET running, and it does what it's supposed to do. But since I'm a sole, solo founder, with no bosses, BOD, or investors and since my expenses are tiny, no one else is concerned and I'm not very concerned. > end states of any ad-driven search engine I don't know what you are referring to. I'm guessing, maybe correctly, that I see a need that so far is poorly met. Maybe enough users will "love" the site. Common wisdom is (A) don't give up, (B) keep on chugging, and (C) use TIFO -- try it and find out, (D) if it doesn't work, make some changes.
  - lemonwaterlime 2y ago
    The seminal research paper that Google founders wrote is that ad-driven search always (an axiom) leads to focusing on the advertisers to the eventual detriment of the users of the search. That prophecy came true and new offerings such as Kagi charge users as an attempt to get to another outcome. So if you go ad-driven, yes it will be nice and minimal ads at first. And the search will be amazing. But then one day, it won't. And that's an axiom. Maybe that's the only way. People can get their value in the now from the search engine for 15 years or so. And then another graycat can make the thing to break the market at that point.
    - graycat 2y ago
      Thanks for the axiom! This is the first I've heard of the axiom, and just on the face and from experience on the Internet, etc., the axiom is plausable. Maybe the axiom applies to Google. E.g., Google is a public company and is supposed to do well for shareholder value, and that may give some chance for the axiom. For my work: I (1) believe the work does well on a need so far being poorly met or not met at all, (2) like Google and use it a lot, but it doesn't meet the need, (3) am not in competition with Google, (4) don't think the axiom applies significantly to the work.
      - lemonwaterlime 2y ago
        Glad to have made you aware. Best of luck! Will be waiting for the release.

lemonwaterlime 2y ago

You've been working on this for a while. Google founders' statements about the end states of any ad-driven search engine remain true. Have you addressed that fundamental foundational truth?

graycat 2y ago
Thanks for your interest! > for a while Yup, a disaster, etc. did get in the way. I DO have the Web site code in .NET running, and it does what it's supposed to do. But since I'm a sole, solo founder, with no bosses, BOD, or investors and since my expenses are tiny, no one else is concerned and I'm not very concerned. > end states of any ad-driven search engine I don't know what you are referring to. I'm guessing, maybe correctly, that I see a need that so far is poorly met. Maybe enough users will "love" the site. Common wisdom is (A) don't give up, (B) keep on chugging, and (C) use TIFO -- try it and find out, (D) if it doesn't work, make some changes.
- lemonwaterlime 2y ago
  The seminal research paper that Google founders wrote is that ad-driven search always (an axiom) leads to focusing on the advertisers to the eventual detriment of the users of the search. That prophecy came true and new offerings such as Kagi charge users as an attempt to get to another outcome. So if you go ad-driven, yes it will be nice and minimal ads at first. And the search will be amazing. But then one day, it won't. And that's an axiom. Maybe that's the only way. People can get their value in the now from the search engine for 15 years or so. And then another graycat can make the thing to break the market at that point.
  - graycat 2y ago
    Thanks for the axiom! This is the first I've heard of the axiom, and just on the face and from experience on the Internet, etc., the axiom is plausable. Maybe the axiom applies to Google. E.g., Google is a public company and is supposed to do well for shareholder value, and that may give some chance for the axiom. For my work: I (1) believe the work does well on a need so far being poorly met or not met at all, (2) like Google and use it a lot, but it doesn't meet the need, (3) am not in competition with Google, (4) don't think the axiom applies significantly to the work.
    - lemonwaterlime 2y ago
      Glad to have made you aware. Best of luck! Will be waiting for the release.