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Just switch to duckduckgo already. You don't need either of the mentioned search engines. I switched completely a couple of weeks ago and I haven't had a proble

by 59nadir 13y ago

Just switch to duckduckgo already. You don't need either of the mentioned search engines. I switched completely a couple of weeks ago and I haven't had a problem searching for _anything_. I have a hard time seeing what people think Google does so magically that they see duckduckgo (or any alternative, really) failing at. You either get what you search for or you don't. On top of that you can get to a result more easily by using !bang stuff on duckduckgo.

LoganCale 13y ago
I've tried repeatedly. For technical searches, I often cannot find what I'm looking for and have to return to Google.
- 59nadir 13y ago
  Fair enough. About 3/4 of my searches are purely technical searches done when I'm programming (in what I'd say is a fringe language (Racket)) so I guess I'm just getting lucky with documentation and whatnot. The very few times I have to depart from ddg I'll just use the bang search and go "!g whatever" and be done with it, honestly. Most of the time, for reference checks I'll just go "!racket library/function" and get what I need instantly. (This works for a surprising amount of internal site searches, which I think is really impressive.)
afsina 13y ago
Can we drop this DuckDuckGo advertisement posts already? People who follows HN knows what DuckDuckGo is thanks to endless streaming of posts. We get it, a Bing facade with a promise of Privacy.
- 59nadir 13y ago
  I don't follow HN enough to recognize "an endless streaming of [duckduckgo] posts". Regardless, as a user I will happily inform people about what I see as an alternative to Google. I'd do the same for xmonad (or tiling window managers in general) in a conversation that related to that. Because good software deserves mention. If you don't want to see discussions about search engines then maybe, just maybe, you shouldn't view the comments for links that pertain to that certain topic. It seems fairly idiotic of you to even begin complaining about this, honestly.

by 59nadir 13y ago

LoganCale 13y ago

I've tried repeatedly. For technical searches, I often cannot find what I'm looking for and have to return to Google.

59nadir 13y ago
Fair enough. About 3/4 of my searches are purely technical searches done when I'm programming (in what I'd say is a fringe language (Racket)) so I guess I'm just getting lucky with documentation and whatnot. The very few times I have to depart from ddg I'll just use the bang search and go "!g whatever" and be done with it, honestly. Most of the time, for reference checks I'll just go "!racket library/function" and get what I need instantly. (This works for a surprising amount of internal site searches, which I think is really impressive.)

afsina 13y ago

Can we drop this DuckDuckGo advertisement posts already? People who follows HN knows what DuckDuckGo is thanks to endless streaming of posts. We get it, a Bing facade with a promise of Privacy.

59nadir 13y ago
I don't follow HN enough to recognize "an endless streaming of [duckduckgo] posts". Regardless, as a user I will happily inform people about what I see as an alternative to Google. I'd do the same for xmonad (or tiling window managers in general) in a conversation that related to that. Because good software deserves mention. If you don't want to see discussions about search engines then maybe, just maybe, you shouldn't view the comments for links that pertain to that certain topic. It seems fairly idiotic of you to even begin complaining about this, honestly.