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[–] 36 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I have a great rule to promote self reliance. I'll gladly help you, but if the answer is in the first 20 results on Google, it costs you 50 euro.

I only had one relative get angry, asking how he was supposed to know if it was. I told him to check, and he angrily said "well then I might as well do it myself".

Exactly.

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  • [–] 28 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    Those first 20 results in 2025:

    • 1-4: AI slop
    • 5: Reddit thread (no comments)
    • 6: Reddit thread (comment including the solution has been deleted)
    • 7-9: AI slop
    • 10: Microsoft support forum (two pages of generic advice from support workers located in India who get paid a starvation wage)
    • 11-12: stack exchange (both with poorly written questions followed by angry comments)
    • 13: quora (nonsense mixed with stuff that somehow actually makes things worse???)
    • 14: Wikipedia
    • 15-17: AI slop
    • 18: Reddit thread (only one comment "nvm figured it out")
    • 19: Arch Linux forum (links to Arch Wiki)
    • 20: the actual solut... no wait, it's also AI slop
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