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by solveforall 10y ago
Excellent feedback, thank you! I will work on this.
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by solveforall 10y ago
[Disclaimer: shameless plug, and also previously announced as a Show HN a while back] I would like to mention my search engine as another privacy-focused alternative: https://solveforall.com/ 1) Does not track user activity
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by solveforall 10y ago
As a San Diego resident for the last 12 years, I have to agree it is not a good place for a tech worker. Salaries are quite low compared to other areas, companies aren't very many or particular successful, and housing costs in the good
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by solveforall 10y ago
Whoa, that's the first job description that uses a 4-letter word that I've ever seen! Congrats on the chutzpah!
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by solveforall 11y ago
I have found San Diego challenging if you want to work for a big company with a good salary or get a contract at a reasonable rate. There are some startups in downtown SD though. Commuting is pretty tough without a car, unless you live near
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by solveforall 11y ago
Really helpful feedback, thanks! It is true that the focus is on niches, like programming, deals, and politics. I'll be working to incorporate your feedback. About the font, I think my taste in fonts is pretty much opposite of everyone
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by solveforall 11y ago
Ah, I get it now. Thanks for the explanation. This is the problem with the "deep web" not being indexable by crawlers. I've started looking at how to make this easier for users. Basically I'm got some ways to detect whic
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by solveforall 11y ago
To be fair, when I search I get a huge Knowledge Graph result on the right with a picture of the animal. Generally, I think that the number of people who want the Urban Dictionary result is higher than the number of people looking for the a
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by solveforall 11y ago
In terms of results from crawling, I would consider Bing a "serious" competitor, although still a distant second. They are well-funded, used in ~30% of searches in the US, and don't look like they're going away anytime s
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by solveforall 11y ago
Can you explain the image and what it's trying to show? That the number of text links should be more than the number of image links to well known sites? I'm asking because I do something similar on my site, solveforall.com, but to
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by solveforall 11y ago
Thanks for the feedback and the link! To answer your questions: 1) "I wonder what does it mean by "customizable"" You can add different plugins (that produce answers) and control when to activate them. You can also creat
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by solveforall 11y ago
Hi, I'm the developer of Solve for All. I'm hoping to get feedback on this project, which I promise to consider carefully. I'm also hoping to get in contact with anyone interested in working together, sponsoring the site (whi
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Show HN: Solve for All – customizable, private, hackable search engine(solveforall.com)
7 points by solveforall 11y ago|5 comments
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Google pulls the plug on Google Compare(marketwatch.com)
1 points by solveforall 11y ago|0 comments
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by solveforall 11y ago
I actually like their name when paired with the cat, which is a "hunter".
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by solveforall 11y ago
Now you can't submit something unless you're invited to the network and PH approves. Anybody want to help me out with an invitation?
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by solveforall 11y ago
I do. I don't like someone else deciding what sources I get my content from, but find it hard to remember to go to those sources directly.
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by solveforall 11y ago
Title is certainly weird -- his rant did not cause the user space to misbehave, the bad commit did. Seems like he is having a very bad day. Still, I'm glad I'm not skilled enough to even attempt to work on the Linux kernel. I feel
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by solveforall 11y ago
I had a hard time using this product. I was trying to use another developer's APIs but it didn't seem possible. The one positive thing about the announcement, from the FAQ: Will Palantir (or anyone else) have access to my personal
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by solveforall 11y ago
That looks great, I am going to look into this at some point. Thanks a lot for the link and all your hard work.
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by solveforall 11y ago
215 million facts, that's impressive! Anyway, congratulations on shipping. If you ever want to collaborate on search, please let me know.
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by solveforall 11y ago
Great work! The UI is a bit old school -- reminds me of Windows 3.1 crossed with some wireframe creation program, but it is not hard to use. But I especially like the timeline and encyclopedic information. Since I run a search engine myself
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by solveforall 11y ago
First they raised the prices by 100% ~ 500%, with very little notice, then surprise, surprised, everyone stopped using it (well I'm guessing here, but what else could have happened?). Then they backed off a bit and made it cheaper only
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Yahoo shuts down BOSS API(developer.yahoo.com)
2 points by solveforall 11y ago|1 comments
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by solveforall 11y ago
Thanks I updated my comment with the less than 2% part, makes it 50x harder to get close to the maximum safe dose!
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by solveforall 11y ago
Awful hit piece containing at least 2 exaggerations and lies: "Canola oil [aka rapeseed oil, present in many foods] is one of the worst fats one could put in their body because it contains erucic acid that damages the heart." Not
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by solveforall 11y ago
I stand corrected :)
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by solveforall 11y ago
No, the prof I was referring to was Chinese. It's pretty hard to identify that one prof who can't speak English and can't teach, when there are so many to choose from. That said, I've also had great profs at Berkeley as
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Appeals court hits largest public patent troll with $1.4M fee(arstechnica.com)
186 points by solveforall 11y ago|49 comments
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by solveforall 11y ago
If what he Dr. Coward says is true, and I have no reason to doubt him, this makes me sad as a Berkeley alum. I remember taking Math 53 with an awful professor who could barely speak English and refused to cover the material, asking us to ju

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