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Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s

From	Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s
Date	2019-06-07 14:20 +0200
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On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 03:51:20PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> What their software *does* do, assuming that you
> allow their cookies and script, is try to learn your preferences so that
> it can take what it thinks are your interests into account when ordering
> search results.  This works pretty well for the average user who is
> really only interested in major league sports and celebrities.

In my experience, it works pretty well for technical users too, as it
learns that yes, I want the computer-techie version of this term, or
the medical-industry version, rather than the sports-and-celebs version.

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Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s Thorsten <deb_thor@posteo.de> - 2019-06-02 12:40 +0200
  Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s Thorsten <deb_thor@posteo.de> - 2019-06-06 13:00 +0200
    Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-06-06 13:20 +0200
      Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s Thorsten Nicklaus <nicklaus.th@posteo.de> - 2019-06-06 18:40 +0200
        Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-06-06 20:40 +0200
          Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-06-06 22:20 +0200
            Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-06-06 23:00 +0200
              Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-06-06 23:30 +0200
                Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2019-06-06 23:50 +0200
                Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2019-06-07 00:10 +0200
                Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-06-07 09:00 +0200
              Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> - 2019-06-07 08:30 +0200
              Re: Problem with Mate in Buster on T480s Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-06-07 14:20 +0200

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