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Why does every site's search now insist on giving me what I don't search for? (news.ycombinator.com)

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I want boolean algebra in my search syntax. Everything else feels like a toy

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 11 points 2 days ago

Boolean logic is the bare minimum IMO. Specially "not" - sometimes you know trashy results will feature a specific string, and you want to remove them.

And the system should be able to use the logic for whole expressions, not just individual words.