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Hyperlynx
Sep 13, 2015

muscles like this! posted:

https://twitter.com/dvassallo/status/1779753281960722706?t=3s-o9pyPQZaw6uYpBLFsEQ&s=19
An extremely dumb take. For those who haven't heard of the product it is basically a phone, with no screen, a terrible battery and extremely poor performance. Also it takes awful pictures and only 15 seconds of video.

"Reviewers are doctors"? Got it.

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canyoneer
Sep 13, 2005


I only have canyoneyes for you

Hyperlynx posted:

"Reviewers are doctors"? Got it.

they're a bunch of hippocrats!

Dr. Lunchables
Dec 27, 2012

IRL DEBUFFED KOBOLD



I think the “do no harm” thing is some loser libertarian thing too.

ZixTheYeti
Jul 12, 2005

Hellarious!

Milo and POTUS posted:

Don't bother, you can wait a few years here and perish brutally from the comfort of your own home

Uber Eats It.

Griddle of Love
May 14, 2020


Dr. Lunchables posted:

I think the “do no harm” thing is some loser libertarian thing too.

Reminds me of Google conspicuously changing their motto to no longer be "do no evil"

BallerBallerDillz
Jun 11, 2009

Cock, Rules, Everything, Around, Me
Scratchmo
https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1780268054393299414

grittyreboot
Oct 2, 2012

https://twitter.com/beetlemoses/status/1780337407277039757?t=_M4UPJDpZhApb6c1ZC7giA&s=19

Hyperlynx
Sep 13, 2015

Griddle of Love posted:

Reminds me of Google conspicuously changing their motto to no longer be "do no evil"

It was "don't be evil". I remember really liking that motto, and them as a company :(

Jezza of OZPOS
Mar 21, 2018


GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺

Hyperlynx posted:

It was "don't be evil". I remember really liking that motto, and them as a company :(

Everyone did, it's pretty ironic that a lot of their current social capital as a company stems from the fact that they used to be the only search engine worth a poo poo during the first serious monetization of the internet

OPAONI
Jul 23, 2021
Probation
Can't post for 49 minutes!

Jezza of OZPOS posted:

Everyone did, it's pretty ironic that a lot of their current social capital as a company stems from the fact that they used to be the only search engine worth a poo poo during the first serious monetization of the internet

The fact that their search engine is now total garbage is stunning to me. This used to be their whole business.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

OPAONI posted:

The fact that their search engine is now total garbage is stunning to me. This used to be their whole business.

There's no sensible definition of "search engine" which includes Google as it is.

Tree Bucket
Apr 1, 2016

R.I.P.idura leucophrys

3D Megadoodoo posted:

There's no sensible definition of "search engine" which includes Google as it is.

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3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Tree Bucket posted:

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Well sure but I understand the advertising as it's how they make money in addition to selling all users' data. I was talking more about two facts:
a) There are things I know are on the Internet and that I've previously found using Google, but can't find with Google anymore (maybe on page 234938498 of the results, dunno).
2) It's simply not possible to exclude things from results. I tried to search for a thing about Baldur's Gate and there is literally no way to make Google exclude results containing Baldur's Gate 3. (Thankfully I remembered GameFAQs exists.)

Tiggum
Oct 24, 2007

Your life and your quest end here.


3D Megadoodoo posted:

2) It's simply not possible to exclude things from results. I tried to search for a thing about Baldur's Gate and there is literally no way to make Google exclude results containing Baldur's Gate 3. (Thankfully I remembered GameFAQs exists.)
It also treats quotation marks as suggestions now. Like you'd prefer the term in quotes to appear, but you're not that fussed. Just if it's convenient. Actually don't even worry, near enough's good enough.

Unkempt
May 24, 2003

...perfect spiral, scientists are still figuring it out...

Dick Trauma posted:

Wait... what happened in August 2001? :ohdear:

That's the beauty of it - nothing happened at all.

3D Megadoodoo
Nov 25, 2010

Tiggum posted:

It also treats quotation marks as suggestions now. Like you'd prefer the term in quotes to appear, but you're not that fussed. Just if it's convenient. Actually don't even worry, near enough's good enough.

Oh yeah that too.

This thread inspired me to switch my Chome :chome: default search engine to DuckDuckGo and... it just worked. I could exclude Baldur's Gate 3 just fine (although Baldur's Gate III still appeared in several hits, so it's not smart as it should be but still worked).

Tree Bucket
Apr 1, 2016

R.I.P.idura leucophrys

3D Megadoodoo posted:

2) It's simply not possible to exclude things from results. I tried to search for a thing about Baldur's Gate and there is literally no way to make Google exclude results containing Baldur's Gate 3. (Thankfully I remembered GameFAQs exists.)

Yeah, this is terrible. It's incredible that google has gotten so bad, so quickly.

Biplane
Jul 18, 2005

It was made bad, on purpose, to juice ad numbers. It didn't just happen on its own.

Yngwie Mangosteen
Aug 23, 2007
DuckDuckGo is better than Google is but not quite as good as Google was. The enshittification of the internet and all other things sucks rear end.

Warbird
May 23, 2012

America's Favorite Dumbass

https://x.com/gigaboots/status/1780387337433952764

Hell the gently caress yeah


canyoneer posted:

they're a bunch of hippocrats!

Common misconception, it’s hipaacrats.

Biplane
Jul 18, 2005

Warbird posted:

https://x.com/gigaboots/status/1780387337433952764

Hell the gently caress yeah

Common misconception, it’s hipaacrats.

It's actually hypocrats, because of the hypothermic needles they shoot you with:eng101:

Morpheus
Apr 18, 2008

My favourite little monsters

Biplane posted:

It's actually hypocrats, because of the hypothermic needles they shoot you with:eng101:

Those are the needles that do +5% frost damage

Yngwie Mangosteen
Aug 23, 2007
That's cool

SimonChris
Apr 24, 2008

The Baron's daughter is missing, and you are the man to find her. No problem. With your inexhaustible arsenal of hard-boiled similes, there is nothing you can't handle.
Grimey Drawer
https://bsky.app/profile/shoshana.bsky.social/post/3kqbqwerlt62a

Morpheus
Apr 18, 2008

My favourite little monsters

I hate that this is the most hi-res version of this image I can find.

greazeball
Feb 4, 2003



Jezza of OZPOS posted:

Everyone did, it's pretty ironic that a lot of their current social capital as a company stems from the fact that they used to be the only search engine worth a poo poo during the first serious monetization of the internet

Another ironic thing is how much of their early revenue came from porn ads. I know several people who worked at Google circa 2003-5 and a very large part of Adwords initial revenue came from selling porn keywords. These people worked with big enough customers that they could call in for phone support to brainstorm other terms they could use when their desired keywords got too expensive. There were special customer appreciation parties where these guys would get wined and dined by Google because they had paid thousands of euro to advertise on "big tits" or "hot teens". Rule 34 was very much in effect too, I learned about some wild stuff from them.

madmatt112
Jul 11, 2016

Is that a cat in your pants, or are you just a lonely excuse for an adult?

Unkempt posted:

That's the beauty of it - nothing happened at all.

Your AV is dope

madmatt112
Jul 11, 2016

Is that a cat in your pants, or are you just a lonely excuse for an adult?

Gotta get me one of those RC cars, that is tight as hell

Yngwie Mangosteen
Aug 23, 2007
Hell yeah

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1780508777248338016

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

3D Megadoodoo posted:

Oh yeah that too.

This thread inspired me to switch my Chome :chome: default search engine to DuckDuckGo and... it just worked. I could exclude Baldur's Gate 3 just fine (although Baldur's Gate III still appeared in several hits, so it's not smart as it should be but still worked).

I've actually gotten some use out of bing in recent months, so don't feel too bad.

wash bucket
Feb 21, 2006

Milo and POTUS posted:

I've actually gotten some use out of bing in recent months, so don't feel too bad.

I tried using it at work and I’d like it more if Copilot didn’t randomly steal focus at the top of the results and start rambling at me.

Warbird
May 23, 2012

America's Favorite Dumbass

Well this is good for the first two pages. The last two take that and throw it in the trash.

https://twitter.com/mick19988/status/1780622878666555410


Context: The folks what make the games and the lore and so on and so forth recently stated that ladies could (and retroactively always were) part of some super spechul military unit. The pagerbase and fans are taking that about as well as you’d figure.

Props to the artist, I guess, for a well excited bait and switch into being a chud.

Biplane
Jul 18, 2005

I can only cum to MALE hyper fascist space marines, god drat it :mad:

LASER BEAM DREAM
Nov 3, 2005

Oh, what? So now I suppose you're just going to sit there and pout?

Jesus, that’s an onion article from another universe.

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?
Why she have three eyes?

Perestroika
Apr 8, 2010

Warbird posted:

Well this is good for the first two pages. The last two take that and throw it in the trash.

https://twitter.com/mick19988/status/1780622878666555410


Context: The folks what make the games and the lore and so on and so forth recently stated that ladies could (and retroactively always were) part of some super spechul military unit. The pagerbase and fans are taking that about as well as you’d figure.

Props to the artist, I guess, for a well excited bait and switch into being a chud.

It's both hilarious and insane how many idiots are now regularly using terms like "gaslighting" and "historical revisionism" for a regular old retcon, something that happens in 40k on more or less a quarterly basis.

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!



Milo and POTUS posted:

Why she have three eyes?
The insinuation is that this is a ploy by the Chaos Gods, specifically the one associated with Change and mutation. (In 40k, everyone's bad, but the Imperium guys are opposed to the Chaos guys, except when they get corrupted and so forth.)

Warbird
May 23, 2012

America's Favorite Dumbass

It's the only constant in the universe. Retconning is the only true cannon.

Milo and POTUS posted:

Why she have three eyes?

Alien/Chaos God shenanigans/Women Are The Baddies

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Dick Trauma
Nov 30, 2007

God damn it, you've got to be kind.
https://twitter.com/PulpLibrarian/status/1780607072414863420

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