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I wish that Duck Duck Go had more of these useful pop-ups. I replaced Google with Duck Duck Go as my default search engine in Chrome a few weeks ago, and the s

I wish that Duck Duck Go had more of these useful pop-ups. I replaced Google with Duck Duck Go as my default search engine in Chrome a few weeks ago, and the switch as a whole has been positive. The only things I miss about Google are the instant suggestions for movies, timers, etc. I still love Duck Duck Go, though (esp. the privacy benefits), and I'm sure that they'll broaden their offering of instant pop-up results as time goes on.

jonemo 13y ago
There's also https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ascii+table https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ascii+table which I use so frequently that I should really just print it out and tape it to the wall.
- myle 13y ago
  $ man ascii
  - unimpressive 13y ago
    $ man ascii | cat | lp -
    - _JamesA_ 13y ago
      We have a nominee for the useless use of cat award.
      - unimpressive 13y ago
        Realized after I posted. Too late to fix it. The only reason I made the mistake in the first place is that I wasn't sure if the pager would mess up text output. (What? You expect me to print three or so pages to test an assumption about how *nix utilities work?)
    - teddyh 13y ago
      man -t ascii | lp -
- stinos 13y ago
  seriously, just do it. Having it on your wall is faster than any search can get it to you.
yegg 13y ago
We'd love thousands and thousands of these. --Please post ideas at https://dukgo.com/ideas https://dukgo.com/ideas (we're about to migrate all the old ones from http://ideas.duckduckhack.com/ http://ideas.duckduckhack.com/). --If you want to hack on them check out http://dukgo.com/duckduckhack/ http://dukgo.com/duckduckhack/ (our whole instant answer platform is open source). --A bit out of date, but there a bunch listed at https://duckduckgo.com/goodies/ https://duckduckgo.com/goodies/
mathetic 13y ago
I made the switch about two months ago. IMO, Google still beats Duck Duck Go in terms of relevant results and I am curious whether Duck Duck Go can do anything about it as they are not gathering as much data as Google. I try to find my answer on Duck Duck Go first and if I cannot see anything useful within 30 seconds I end up adding !g at the end of the query which redirects to Google with the original search terms.

jonemo 13y ago

There's also https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ascii+table https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ascii+table which I use so frequently that I should really just print it out and tape it to the wall.

myle 13y ago
$ man ascii
- unimpressive 13y ago
  $ man ascii | cat | lp -
  - _JamesA_ 13y ago
    We have a nominee for the useless use of cat award.
    - unimpressive 13y ago
      Realized after I posted. Too late to fix it. The only reason I made the mistake in the first place is that I wasn't sure if the pager would mess up text output. (What? You expect me to print three or so pages to test an assumption about how *nix utilities work?)
  - teddyh 13y ago
    man -t ascii | lp -
stinos 13y ago
seriously, just do it. Having it on your wall is faster than any search can get it to you.

yegg 13y ago

We'd love thousands and thousands of these. --Please post ideas at https://dukgo.com/ideas https://dukgo.com/ideas (we're about to migrate all the old ones from http://ideas.duckduckhack.com/ http://ideas.duckduckhack.com/). --If you want to hack on them check out http://dukgo.com/duckduckhack/ http://dukgo.com/duckduckhack/ (our whole instant answer platform is open source). --A bit out of date, but there a bunch listed at https://duckduckgo.com/goodies/ https://duckduckgo.com/goodies/

mathetic 13y ago

I made the switch about two months ago. IMO, Google still beats Duck Duck Go in terms of relevant results and I am curious whether Duck Duck Go can do anything about it as they are not gathering as much data as Google. I try to find my answer on Duck Duck Go first and if I cannot see anything useful within 30 seconds I end up adding !g at the end of the query which redirects to Google with the original search terms.