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z80x86 | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web?

Here’s an example on Google search:

‘site:4chan.org wuhan’ returns no results ‘site:4chan.org wuhan institute of virology’ returns 1,710 results

z80x86 | 4 years ago | on: Former Ubiquiti employee charged with stealing data and extorting company

Brian Krebs’ article interviewing the whistleblower took this to DEFCON 1 for Ubiquiti. It’s really crazy how Mr. Sharp was able to trick all of his victims.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/03/whistleblower-ubiquiti-b...

z80x86 | 4 years ago | on: Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early Covid-19

> A cheap antidepressant reduced the need for hospitalization among high-risk adults with COVID-19 in a study hunting for existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat coronavirus.

You’re right to be suspicious; data dredging 101.

z80x86 | 4 years ago | on: Please log in with router's password

When you include omitted results, you’ll get the entire set of ~7000. The each result is nearly identical, so Google will initially filter them out.