Mastodawn

In case people are suffering from search engines giving them crap results, just thought I would remind/introduce you to Boolean searching. I have used it since the 90s (was taught at high school) and always use it.

Free lesson 1
+ and - symbols
Any word you type in a search bar is looked for. The fewer words you use, the better. Adding these symbols force the results to only show pages with/without those terms.

E.g. tutorial switch +2026
Should bring up any site with either first 2 words but they must include 2026

E.g. longlasting lipstick -revlon
Should bring up any site with the first 2 words but nothing featuring revlon

More help here https://aofirs.org/articles/guide-to-boolean-search

#boolean #BooleanSearching #ReduceSlop #WebSearch #FreeHelp #PSA

Hacker News Mar 10

How many options fit into a boolean?

https://herecomesthemoon.net/2025/11/how-many-options-fit-into-a-boolean/

#HackerNews #options #boolean #tech #discussion #programming #insights

How many options fit into a boolean?

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Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️Feb 28

@caten @wikipedia

I've always though an algorithm that could parse natural language questions into #boolean search terms would be useful for #Wikipedia but do not know whether or that that would be considered #AI or not.

Christoff, the human Feb 24

One of the best things about the #guitar is that it is very #boolean.
1) You either can do something or you can't.
2) You can only do it if you #practice it.
3) There are no shortcuts.

As someone that hates areas of gray, it is pretty awesome. Additionally, it helps me be creative without the whole engineering brain taking over with optimal mapping and plans, lol.

Just practice the things I can't do until I can, then repeat. Every guitarist has to do the same thing. No way around it.

Stephen Blum Feb 23

Why use integers when true and false already say it clearly?

#programming #boolean #debugging

Mazhuka 3D Feb 18

🇪🇸: El modelado con booleanas consiste en tomar dos mallas poligonales y aplicarles una de tres operaciones booleanas disponibles: diferencia, intersección, unión.

https://youtu.be/EUEx1S2lop8?si=jXl6Vmep-6biKjWg

#modelado3d
#topologia
#topology
#tutorial
#aprender
#objetos3d
#modelo3d
#mazhuka
#israelcantillo
#highpoly
#boolean