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by radlad 991 days ago
> I mean, sure. But again: that's just my point restated. What is this doing that a standard search engine does not?

And again, it is quicker than clicking multiple links and can generalize / contextualize what it finds, mapping it to the answer you're looking for.

Have you tried asking one of these tools to write some simple scripts for you? It works decently, actually.

If you didn't already know how to program, this could save you a TON of time, even if it doesn't work perfectly on the first try.

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> If you didn't already know how to program, this could save you a TON of time, even if it doesn't work perfectly on the first try.

Nice thing is, if it doesn't work perfectly on the first try, you can describe the problem (or paste the whole output, errors included), and get back a fixed version that's likely to work this time around.