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Pity the competition. Has anyone tried these Ai powered searches? https://www.perplexity.ai/ https://you.com

I'm finding that whatever search is used, it's much the same results with same political leanings so in fact Ai search doesn't offer anything new in that event. I'm a sceptic.

MopMopon Ask HN: Science fiction movies that are appropriate for 12 year olds?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine_(1960_film)

The Time Machine starring Rod Taylor is a charming film from Nineteen Sixty based on the HG Wells book of the same name from 1895. Might not be a bad idea for your 12 year old to read the book too, only perhaps after watching the movie.

MopMopon DuckDuckGPT brings ChatGPT to search results

Installed all the addons and the script. Dialog box appeared in DDG , kept searching for results but did not return anything. Is there something amiss?

MopMopon Switzerland: snow flown in by helicopter in attempt to keep ski slopes open

It sounds more like a swiss town in crises. The local economy probably relies on visitors coming during the snow season to provide for the rest of the year. It is nothing to do with greed.

MopMopon Is forced treatment for the mentally ill ever humane?

"Her grip on reality in that state is rather poor - asserting that Bugs Bunny and the CIA are conspiring to create a brain controlled army of polar bears with space lasers would not be unusual."

The angry rants are a reaction to loss of bodily autonomy, spiritual wellbeing and mental liberation. If you are on these kind of antipsychotics for the most part of your adult life it's ordinary to not be in touch with your feelings or anyone elses and it's ok to be delusional cos if you don't ever know what it feels like to be mentally liberated then how else could you know how it feels to be free.

MopMopon ChatGPT: Can't calculate even basic math. Is it getting dumber?

Speedcrunch says the answer is 0.0200271516439577461. There's a difference of only 0.0000320002439577461 from Chat GPTs answer. Thats about 1/30000.

MopMopon Goodbye Spotify

Never needed a streaming service to listen to music. There is so much to listen to online or offline without having to jack up a playlist from a curated app.

MopMopon I connected Chat GPT like AI with search engine

What happens when these type of search engines start spitting back adverts?

MopMopon Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

'Black Friday' - Another consumer's day in the year when everything gets marked up so you can have your discount.

MopMopon Twitter Blue for $8/Month

Freedom of Speech is not free if you have to pay a monthly fee to express your opinion. We can already see them lining up to part with their salaries.

MopMopon Ask HN: How do we convince all hotels to just provide free WiFi, no passwords?

Private corporations get big tax breaks and government investment at your expense pals.

MopMopon Ask HN: How do we convince all hotels to just provide free WiFi, no passwords?

Governments and technology companies baulk on about providing wifi to undervalued communities across the world in the name of progress and development. Of course Wifi should be free because your taxes paid for the infrastructure, same goes for energy and water utilities, they should also be provided at no cost to ordinary users.

MopMopon The Young People Working for the Most Evil Companies

Energy is fundamental to civilisations and something which we cannot do without. You can put forward a million arguments as to why we don't need oil, coal or gas it's just for profit and so on and that is true but when you are freezing your nads off this winter in europe or anywhere else for that matter you will be grateful for the pouch of tobacco and lighter in your pocket to get you through the hardship.