Re: OT: How can anyone claim life wasn't better in the old days?

On a sunny day (Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:58:42 -0700) it happened john larkin
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On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 09:36:41 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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On a sunny day (Sun, 8 Sep 2024 13:23:40 -0400) it happened "Edward Rawde"
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"John Robertson" <jrr@flippers.com> wrote in message news:vbkjn9$1vjga$1@dont-email.me...

On 2024-09-08 1:26 a.m., Cursitor Doom wrote:

Print this out and leave it where the lady in your life will be sure to
notice it...
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https://disk.yandex.com/i/JL6k0QDq46aWVA

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More Russian nonsense...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandex

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I find that their search engine can be useful.
Google has been moving towards giving you only the results they want you to have for a long time.
Maybe Yandex has too.
With the two of them, and sometimes other search engines, you can sometimes get a more balanced picture.
Or not if you're influenced by nonsense.

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Yes, the same with google maps,
sometimes I switch to using bing.maps as google maps is useless
then I wish I still had paper maps...

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Google maps, and Earth, tend to randomly hide street names.

Indeed, even finding thingsin places I knew and lived can be a problem.

But Strreet View is most cool.
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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/80z30ukw82u0pjoevz247/GCT_SED.jpg?rlkey=ztj984yczpit49z5nufmwjutx&raw=1

That could well be in america with all those overhead lines, driving on the right, type of trees? hills,
Your home town? :-)
Cannot figure out the writing on the street :-)
Cracks in the road surface..
Is that reddish brick building on the left your company?
Restaurant on the right, Pedestrian crossing without lights..
Some human being too...
Likely earth..