Maybe I’m stupid but it’s not clear what specifically to try…
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HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I can give a fun example for both ddg and Google:
Earlier today I was writing an exam paper for my students, and one of the topics is “basic” normal distribution. So, I thought to myself, why not make it I testing, give them a real world normal model.
Try it yourselves - the number of bot reposts is frightening.
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Bayz0r@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What am I supposed to be looking for that I can’t find on Google? I have no idea what basic normal distribution is but it seems google is providing plenty of useful results about it.
HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It gives normal distribution questions, but not actual use cases (I was looking for a normal model based on actual data rather than just made up values).
You’re looking for normal distributions in chemistry, biology and real estate.
ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Honest question: what you’ve described is very disturbing (having to wade through lots of bot reposts), but why would this be Google’s fault (or DuckDuckGo’s or Bing’s or StartPage"s or Kagi’s)?
HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 5 months ago
On the contrary, that is their function, one they used to be good at.
Fal@yiffit.net 6 months ago
Who cares whose fault it is?
Bayz0r@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Finding out the cause of something is typically a good pathway to fixing the problem.