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octygen 75 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Google changes its search box

Why replace something deterministic with something non-deterministic? I can no longer tell someone "just google it" because I don't actually know what will come up...

HDBaseT 75 days ago [–]

Google Search hasn't been deterministic in well over a decade.

Two devices searching something will never bring up the exact same results, in the exact same order.

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