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[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 8 points 1 year ago

I know P2P had become a dead buzzword, but what if people dedicated a portion of their computers to assisting an open search engine.

I would wait 30s for accurate results. It could also piggyback on a search aggregator.

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There used to be an open source search aggregator, don't remember what it was called

[-] ArcticCircleSystem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think it was YaCY, but apparently it's basically useless for everyday use. ~Cherri

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah that looks like it! Why do you say it is useless? I have cloud credits that I could theoretically burn hosting one of these

[-] ArcticCircleSystem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

IIRC its results just aren't that good? I haven't tried it, this is just what I've heard. Maybe it's gotten better? ~Cherri

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