Ironically due to slop I feel like we are regressing as a civilization

2020, want to know how to use Redix for Redis connections in Elixir? Google it and the results were most likely high quality, written by senior engineers who knew what they were doing

Today google that, and it will be endless amounts of slop

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bakugo 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Redix for Redis connections in Elixir

I googled this exact sentence, and the third result was a link to the blog this post is about.

Grim.

	▲	progbits 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm guessing there is a bit of a feedback loop now since people try this, search for the slopsite and click it, boosting it higher. For me it was top result (in incognito, not personalized). Two things you can do: - Navigate back and open another link. This signal is used to downrank for given query (google assumes the site did no provide satisfying answer) - Explicitly provide result feedback. Unfortunately there isn't a category for "this is slop" but "inaccurate" works.

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elcapitan 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

For some searches I've started to limit the date range to pre 2023. That drastically improves search results (DDG, but I imagine Google as well). As long as you're looking for more long term information/posts ofc.

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johnbarron 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>> Ironically due to slop I feel like we are regressing as a civilization

Well after 50 years we cant reproduce what Apollo did, and I would doubt current students of the same age would handle a 1912 Eight Grade Examination: https://www.bullittcountyhistory.com/bchistory/schoolexam191...

	▲	post-it 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Survivor bias. - Apollo had a significantly higher accepted risk. Apollo 1 or 13 would be untenable today. - The percent of 13-year olds that made it into and through eight grade was significantly smaller in 1912. Your average poor farming kid did not go to eighth grade.