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As google developed over the years, advertising slowly crept into the results page. It was tolerable, because the ads wrapped the data, I could still find what I was searching for... this morning, i'm doing some research, and I have page after page of ads with no end. I went to duckduckgo and boom - found the information I needed. It was not a complex query.
Is it me? Maybe cookies or something?
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: Is it me? Maybe cookies or something?
It's not you. Companies will continue to push more and more as we continue to dip into this recession that the TV lies about.
As a side note, if people haven't figured out the establishment does not care about them or their finances... then they're not paying much attention.
Jeremy Falcon
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And Bing has a habit of repeating the same item in a query ... as if there was no (extra) material but it has a "page quota".
I think I said I was "impressed" a few months ago ... I take it back. Ai's appeal in inversely proportional to one's curiosity.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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You must remember that Google is not a search engine. It's an information forager whose byproduct is to show you web search results. As long as you look at them in that order, you shan't be surprised by anything that happens as a result of using their service.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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This is truth. I admit it, I'm an old fart. I thought the best thing since sliced bread was Altavista. Just pure data search. Along came google with their do no evil bs.
I'm fine with some ads, but this is just stupid. Bing now gives me better results, and just saying that made me shudder.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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One hundred, or no piles, arranged for the dead (10)
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Nice! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Deputising for OG
Oi @Richard-MacCutchan where's the CCC 
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Thanks! (Busy morning)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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MidJourney images: [^].
The MidJourney prompt was: "photo-realistic large Ottoman ring with a star sapphire."
Compare with Dall-E image in previous thread.
Where's my credit card  ... whoops, don't have one now.
cheers, bill
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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As we both know - in this world, you get what you pay for: Pay peanuts and get monkeys with crayons.
Pay $8 pcm and get an artist with a computer.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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i lose track of how many scars i have, what quantities of tears and sweat and blood, how much money and love lost, from using reductionist generalities 
perhaps i am hoping an an angel will appear ? perhaps MidJourney will realize the immense power of CP MVP influencers ?
a fairer test: would a subscription to OpenAI give higher quality images ?
cheers, bill
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Wordle 739 2/6
🟨🟩🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
lucky first word!
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Wordle 739 4/6
🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Wordle 739 4/6*
🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
That last letter took a lot of head scratching!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Wordle 739 5/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Last letter was not easy.
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🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
If I'd followed my gut instinct I'd have got it in two
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 28-Jun-23 3:35am.
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Wordle 739 5/6
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Which wordle site/app is being used for these daily versions?
Thanks
#WordleNoob
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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It's the New York Times' site... Wordle - The New York Times
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Thank you
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Wordle 739 5/6
⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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