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jimjamuser 09-30-2023 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by roadrnnr (Post 2261495)
And Herein lies the problem when half the population believes Main Stream media is credible and Fall for all the Propaganda.
Nice BLUE car!

jimjamuser 09-30-2023 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by jimbomaybe (Post 2261508)
I am corrected AI it is
Thank you. Now I know that my life has not been wasted.

Sandy and Ed 09-30-2023 09:48 AM
I switched to BING
 
I too don’t like the search results I get from Google. Always seems to put me in a marketplace. Maybe I have my browser set up wrong. All I know is that BING gives me the results I want. Different strokes…….. works for me

jimjamuser 09-30-2023 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2261519)
I don't get ads from anyone on google search, UNLESS I click the "shopping" category. When I do that, it's because I'm actively seeking ads.

If I type in "florida long-neck turtle" I don't get ads for TMNT toys. I get links to Wikipedia, various agriculture and animal websites, some links to pest control websites, and an option to see thousands of images of florida long-neck turtles.
Oh, watching those long-necked turtles is about as relaxing as watching grasshoppers fly around a milo field. Decipher that one for an ADDITIONAL 10 bonus shopping points!

OrangeBlossomBaby 09-30-2023 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Sandy and Ed (Post 2261525)
I too don’t like the search results I get from Google. Always seems to put me in a marketplace. Maybe I have my browser set up wrong. All I know is that BING gives me the results I want. Different strokes…….. works for me
Yes, you've set your default to the wrong thing. Either that or you're using google to search for products that are commonly sold, more than they're discussed. Google will return the "most likely" results based on what other people use that phrase for, and what you have used it for in the past, and what you USUALLY use google for (the default).

So for example:

If your last year was 80% looking up things you wanted to buy from Walmart - then the next time you type in "kitchen table" you are likely to find ads for kitchen tables - with Walmart somewhere at the top of the list, including some "sponsored" options.

If your last year was 80% looking up woodworking crafts and places to buy wood stains and brushes, then the next time you type in "kitchen table" you are likely to find instructional resources for crafting kitchen tables, including stores like Michaels and Lowes as resources to buy raw materials from.

If you last year was 80% looking up "politics involving the Brazilian rain forests" then your next "kitchen table" result might very well be some political stories about how the Brazilian rain forest is being decimated by people who want to make kitchen tables with exotic materials.

ChezD 09-30-2023 10:29 AM
Ahhh
 
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2261355)
My source is the Google source code; the parts that are open source, for my own perusal, and a friend who works for Google for the rest. Unless you've read it or know someone personally who actually works with it, you'll know only what your selection of search results will tell you.

Much of the Google source code is open source. Some is proprietary.
Soooo, now I understand why you have a “researched” opinion about every single thing on this site. ..

Marine1974 09-30-2023 11:04 AM
Of course they do . 6 companies control 90 % of our media and they definitely have an agenda. But that said who owns the website you posted ? Please let us know .

PugMom 09-30-2023 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Smalley (Post 2261347)
The search engine duckduckgo is a terrific alternative to Google. Duckduckgo does not retain your searches and does not data-mine your information. The searches are clean. Much better than Google. I've used it for many years.
dittos here. i like it 👍

jimjamuser 09-30-2023 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2261536)
Yes, you've set your default to the wrong thing. Either that or you're using google to search for products that are commonly sold, more than they're discussed. Google will return the "most likely" results based on what other people use that phrase for, and what you have used it for in the past, and what you USUALLY use google for (the default).

So for example:

If your last year was 80% looking up things you wanted to buy from Walmart - then the next time you type in "kitchen table" you are likely to find ads for kitchen tables - with Walmart somewhere at the top of the list, including some "sponsored" options.

If your last year was 80% looking up woodworking crafts and places to buy wood stains and brushes, then the next time you type in "kitchen table" you are likely to find instructional resources for crafting kitchen tables, including stores like Michaels and Lowes as resources to buy raw materials from.

If you last year was 80% looking up "politics involving the Brazilian rain forests" then your next "kitchen table" result might very well be some political stories about how the Brazilian rain forest is being decimated by people who want to make kitchen tables with exotic materials.
that was a very educational post.

JMintzer 09-30-2023 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2261467)
I hear that Elon Musk has lost control over Twitter AKA- - - X (now there IS an imaginative name). Bet he would like to sell it.
Care to back up that nonsense?

JMintzer 09-30-2023 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by kansasr (Post 2261480)
Thank you. Glad some people on here appreciate humor and don't take everything like the world is ending.
Unfortunately, the person you quoted isn't one of them...

JMintzer 09-30-2023 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2261489)
So are many of the ideas and concepts.
So true... Do I detect some self awareness?

JMintzer 09-30-2023 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2261493)
True that MOST people have closed minds about many or most subjects, but that's not everyone. Some people do NOT fall into 2 major groups of thought and they are capable of changing their minds after researching a subject. In other words, all opinions are NOT fixed in STONE.
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jimbomaybe 09-30-2023 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2261524)
Thank you. Now I know that my life has not been wasted.
You have joined a very large club

JMintzer 09-30-2023 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2261505)
If the tax tables were more progressive like in the 1950s we would have no need to break up big corporations or wealthy individuals. Taxes would have done that automatically, but the super-rich weaseled their way into the Federal government and changed the tax tables to favor the rich in about 2000 and around 2010. And now the US is racing toward a Dictatorship of the rich with no middle class.
The rich paid less taxes in the 50's than they do today. I've shown you this, time and time again (via data from the IRS), yet you keep repeating the same nonsense over and over again...


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