▲ 386 ▼ "Kids Can't Use Computers" is now ten years old, and it's only gotten worse (www.coding2learn.org) submitted 3 years ago by koncertejo@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml 155 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 7 points 3 years ago (2 children) I use searx and DNS level adblocking. Online ads are almost a completely foreign concept for me as 99.9% of the time they just never even load. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 years ago (3 children) I remember when Google used to be perfectly functional as long as you knew the right search tools. Now it thinks it knows what I'm searching for better than I do, and that almost always means pointing me towards something someone paid for lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Alkider@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Is advanced searching any better? I wouldn't know now because searx but when I used it before it helped to keep the results focused. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago It's better, but sometimes google will decide you didn't really mean to type the string inside the quotation marks. Advanced search tools used to be rock solid! permalink fedilink source parent [–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 3 points 3 years ago Crazy to think about, but other than through searx i have not used google in about 4 years now. Like i have not loaded google.com in that amount of time permalink fedilink source parent [–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago God help you if whatever you're searching for has key words in any way related to a big news story. Even trying to restrict the date doesn't seem to help. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nodsocket@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Can you recommend me a searx instance that doesn't break every week? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 2 points 3 years ago I use xo.wtf most times. If it breaks i try searx.be and if neither one works then i will use duckduckgo permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 years ago (3 children) I remember when Google used to be perfectly functional as long as you knew the right search tools. Now it thinks it knows what I'm searching for better than I do, and that almost always means pointing me towards something someone paid for lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Alkider@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Is advanced searching any better? I wouldn't know now because searx but when I used it before it helped to keep the results focused. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago It's better, but sometimes google will decide you didn't really mean to type the string inside the quotation marks. Advanced search tools used to be rock solid! permalink fedilink source parent [–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 3 points 3 years ago Crazy to think about, but other than through searx i have not used google in about 4 years now. Like i have not loaded google.com in that amount of time permalink fedilink source parent [–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago God help you if whatever you're searching for has key words in any way related to a big news story. Even trying to restrict the date doesn't seem to help. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alkider@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Is advanced searching any better? I wouldn't know now because searx but when I used it before it helped to keep the results focused. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago It's better, but sometimes google will decide you didn't really mean to type the string inside the quotation marks. Advanced search tools used to be rock solid! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago It's better, but sometimes google will decide you didn't really mean to type the string inside the quotation marks. Advanced search tools used to be rock solid! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 3 points 3 years ago Crazy to think about, but other than through searx i have not used google in about 4 years now. Like i have not loaded google.com in that amount of time permalink fedilink source parent
[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago God help you if whatever you're searching for has key words in any way related to a big news story. Even trying to restrict the date doesn't seem to help. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nodsocket@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Can you recommend me a searx instance that doesn't break every week? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 2 points 3 years ago I use xo.wtf most times. If it breaks i try searx.be and if neither one works then i will use duckduckgo permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 2 points 3 years ago I use xo.wtf most times. If it breaks i try searx.be and if neither one works then i will use duckduckgo permalink fedilink source parent