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Adding onto this (I don't work for DDG), seriously check out the zeroclickinfo project[0] if you're looking to do some open-source over the coming holidays. I wrote a SoundCloud instant answer[1] and it was my first contribution to open-source (a little less than a year ago).
That one pull request led to many others that have opened a lot of doors for me. It's a super approachable codebase and I had a lot of fun with it.
[0]: https://github.com/duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-spice
[1]: https://duckduckgo.com/goodies#Music/soundcloud_ray_bradbury
That one pull request led to many others that have opened a lot of doors for me. It's a super approachable codebase and I had a lot of fun with it.
[0]: https://github.com/duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-spice
[1]: https://duckduckgo.com/goodies#Music/soundcloud_ray_bradbury
/sarcastic-mode: and for what reason? For the 3 people that still use QR? :P
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yeah arguably that particular example wasn't very useful, but there are dozens which really rock: https://duckduckgo.com/goodies
I was wondering this myself.
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Since a mention in HN a couple weeks ago I've been using the DDG extension for Firefox, and love it: even if you're not using DDG as a search engine, it adds very cool insights to Google result pages.
I'm finding a lot of my information without even needing to visit a page. A bit like Google's info-boxes, I can get quick answers to a lot of things without hassle.
The one area it could be a bit better is for some things that are slightly esoteric or articles that are very new. I just search with "!g" added to the query and get those via redirect (of course, that does negate privacy a bit since results are from Google).
The one area it could be a bit better is for some things that are slightly esoteric or articles that are very new. I just search with "!g" added to the query and get those via redirect (of course, that does negate privacy a bit since results are from Google).
You can always use "!s" to fetch the results through startpage.com, which anonymizes your Google query.
Is there a difference between using Startpage through DDG, and just using Startpage?
No - DDG simply redirects your query to Startpage. For me, it's just a convenient way to reach out to Google when DDG doesn't cut it.
Offtopic: Is there any way to read QR codes via JavaScript? Something like ZBar?
There's one for HTML5 https://github.com/LazarSoft/jsqrcode . I haven't really tried it though.
Looks nice! Thanks, will try that one. :) Btw, found a JS barcode reader today. Didn't try it: https://github.com/EddieLa/BarcodeReader
Are there different sizes available or just 100x100?
looks like the size depends on the length of your input -- capped at some max value
If anyone's interested in suggesting or creating an instant answer, check out: http://duckduckhack.com/
Also--to see most of the current IAs, look here: https://duckduckgo.com/goodies