Google was fine as it was before, now it does shit like this. I hate how AI is shoved down our throats. And the results on google nowadays feel so much worse and generic than a few years ago. That isn't just a feeling I have, right?

[–] Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 91 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Add obscenities to your search for the most optimized results. It drops the AI component and seems to provide the more direct results we used to get.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 38 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I just get X-rated results.

[–] Brandonazz@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Say -fuck with a hyphen at the beginning so that it doesnt search for it.

[–] Bubs12@lemm.ee 28 points 1 day ago

-fuck, that’s good.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It appears you were looking for Lara Croft in the nude. I think I've found what you're looking for...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=NuFK6cLDzT4

Edit: I can provide a build script for that.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Debian Linux Script...

TR1X-Debian-3.sh


#!/bin/bash

if [ -f ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/TR1X.sh ]; then

    # Simply run the game startup script and exit...
    pushd ./
        cd ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian
        ./TR1X.sh
    popd
    exit

else

    # Create temporary download folder
    if [ ! -d /tmp/TR1X-download ]; then
        mkdir /tmp/TR1X-download
    fi

    # Download and extract game engine tarball
    pushd ./
        cd /tmp/TR1X-download
        if [ ! -f TR1X-3.0.2-Debian.tar.gz ]; then
            wget http://web.archive.org/web/20231122035737if_/https://files.catbox.moe/lc2sqz.gz
            mv lc2sqz.gz TR1X-3.0.2-Debian.tar.gz
        fi
        if [ ! -d ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian ]; then
            mkdir ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian
        fi
        pushd ./
            cd ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian
            if [ ! -f TR1X ]; then
                tar -xvf /tmp/TR1X-download/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian.tar.gz
            fi
        popd
    popd

    # Nude Raider Title Screen
    if [ ! -f /tmp/TR1X-download/titleh.png ]; then
        pushd ./
            cd /tmp/TR1X-download
            wget https://tinyurl.com/nr1xtitle
            mv nr1xtitle titleh.png
            rm ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/data/titleh.png
            cp titleh.png ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/data/titleh.png
        popd
    fi

    pushd ./
        cd /tmp/TR1X-download
        if [ -f /tmp/TR1X-download/titleh.png ]; then
            if [ ! -f /tmp/TR1X-download/tombraid.rar ]; then
                wget https://tinyurl.com/nuderaid
                mv nuderaid tombraid.rar
            fi
        else
            if [ ! -f /tmp/TR1X-download/tombraid.rar ]; then
                wget https://tinyurl.com/wombraid
                mv wombraid tombraid.rar
            fi
        fi

        type -P unrar > /dev/null && echo || sudo apt-get install unrar
        unrar x /tmp/TR1X-download/tombraid.rar /tmp/TR1X-download

        if [ -f /tmp/TR1X-download/titleh.png ]; then
            7z x /tmp/TR1X-download/nuderaid.iso
        else
            7z x /tmp/TR1X-download/tombraid.iso
        fi

        cp /tmp/TR1X-download/Data/*.* ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/data
        mkdir ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/fmv
        cp /tmp/TR1X-download/Fmv/*.* ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/fmv

        if [ ! -f /tmp/TR1X-download/music.zip ]; then
            wget https://tinyurl.com/tr1xmusic
            mv tr1xmusic music.zip
        fi
        if [ ! -d ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/music ]; then
            mkdir ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/music
            unzip /tmp/TR1X-download/music.zip -d ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian
        fi

    popd

    # Modern TR1X doesn't recognize the original PCX images
    rm ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/data/*.pcx

    # Clean temporary files
    if [ -d /tmp/TR1X-download ]; then
        rm -r /tmp/TR1X-download
    fi

    # Generate startup script...
    if [ ! -f ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/TR1X.sh ]; then
        rm ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/TR1X.sh
        echo "#!/bin/bash" > ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/TR1X.sh
        echo "./TR1X" >> ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/TR1X.sh
        chmod 755 ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/TR1X.sh
    fi

    # Initialize the game...
#    if [ -f ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian/TR1X.sh ]; then
#        pushd ./
#            cd ~/Desktop/TR1X-3.0.2-Debian
#            ./TR1X.sh
#        popd
#    fi

fi

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I... Really am over paid for what I do if you can just whip out a script like that

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

I get bored sometimes.

Hope the script didn't give you any trouble.

If you comment out the title screen download section, it'll install regular Tomb Raider instead.

[–] iamkindasomeone@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Add ..in my ass to your last search query.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They’re an ad company that just happens to offer search as a way to show ads.

Their ideal scenario is one where you search forever and never find what you were looking for.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They’re walking the fine line between being shitty enough that you have to refine your search multiple times (thus allowing them to show you more ads), but not being SO shitty that you give up and never come back.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This has been effectively proven by email chains made public through court proceedings. Former head of search left sometime around 2015 because the ad team was being allowed to make search worse to pump their numbers.

New head of search was the guy who ran Yahoo's search department while they got eaten alive by Google, and he had been working Google's Ad division after he left Yahoo.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

Huh. Interesting! Thanks!

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Really? Felt like Google jumped the shark quite awhile before this even started.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 14 points 1 day ago

It been a downhill slope that just keeps getting steeper. They're basically falling off a cliff right now, and their parachute is improving AI.

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not just you. I feel like search modifiers like "NOT" or "OR" haven't been working for a good long while either.

[–] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

They stopped supporting booleans in 2013. This is the list of currently supported search modifiers.

[–] officermike@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

While it's nice to finally have closure on this, it's also depressing that they removed that.

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 1 points 22 hours ago

One of the reason why I advice people to switch to Ecosia or DuckDuckGo

[–] jasep@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Append ?udm=14 to your Google search results

https://youtu.be/qGlNb2ZPZdc

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not opening that Rick Astley link, thank you.

[–] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No it's a real link

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Mmmm that's what Rick would say

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I'd rather use anything else