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pewpewlasergun comments on One Year of Goodsearching - Less Wrong Discussion

13 Post author: katydee 21 October 2014 01:09AM

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Comment author: pewpewlasergun 21 October 2014 05:38:15AM 2 points [-]

Do you have an example of a valuable search you made recently that you wouldn't have made last year? I'm having trouble telling whether I use search engines an optimal amount.

Comment author: katydee 21 October 2014 08:30:16AM 5 points [-]

The example that springs to mind most readily is that a few days ago, someone asked me if we had a video cable I hadn't heard of in the office. I didn't recognize the name but knew I'd recognize it by sight, so I searched for the name of the cable online, found a picture of it, and directed the person to the right location.