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Cake day: December 10th, 2023
  • PriorityMotif@lemmy.worldtoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•I used to avoid old web content because it might have become irrelevant. Nowadays I distrust most content created after 2022 because of AI infestation
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    16 days ago

    You could write a bash script to do it and perform searches from the terminal. It will open a new tab or window in your browser with the term you entered with the appropriate settings. Then set the bash script as an alias to make it easier to use. I found a similar script and modified it for ddg. doesn’t seem to work 100% though, per usual it works on my machine, as-is no warranty, you need to install jq first if you already haven’t.

    #!/bin/bash

# Check if a search term was provided
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 <search_term>"
    exit 1
fi

# URL encode the search term (handles spaces and special characters)
encoded_search=$(printf '%s' "$1" | jq -sRr @uri)

# Construct the DuckDuckGo search URL with a date filter for content before Jan 1, 2020
duckduckgo_url="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%24encoded_search&ia=web&t=h_&df=on&dfdate=before-2020-01-01"

# Open the URL in a new browser tab (works with most common browsers)
xdg-open "$duckduckgo_url" 2>/dev/null || open "$duckduckgo_url"
  • PriorityMotif@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is a niche, real-world problem in your job or hobby that could be solved with a custom Python/ML app?
    2·
    1 month ago

    I want to find the best price for things before I buy them but I might spend more if it is closer to my house. I might also look for an alternative to that item. Search engines don’t show all the retail stores in search. I created a custom bash script which would insert my search term into the URL of each store on my area and automatically open a new tab for each website with the search. I still have to manually go through and decide but it beats going to each individual website and searching manually. Basically I would like pcpartpicker but for everything. The one I haven’t figured out yet is car parts. They have made it difficult to easily search their websites other than rockauto.