Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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People who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadays (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by wiz@lemm.ee to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know P2P had become a dead buzzword, but what if people dedicated a portion of their computers to assisting an open search engine.

I would wait 30s for accurate results. It could also piggyback on a search aggregator.

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There used to be an open source search aggregator, don't remember what it was called

[–] ArcticCircleSystem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it was YaCY, but apparently it's basically useless for everyday use. ~Cherri

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah that looks like it! Why do you say it is useless? I have cloud credits that I could theoretically burn hosting one of these

[–] ArcticCircleSystem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

IIRC its results just aren't that good? I haven't tried it, this is just what I've heard. Maybe it's gotten better? ~Cherri