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Comment by silisili | Hacker News Reader

I tend to agree for a lot of queries.

For example, I just got curious and asked Google how many oranges in a cup of juice. The main result is a conversion of a cup to cubic inches, for no reason. Scrolling down a bit, the first usable answer was a quora blurb.

ChatGPT told me it depends on the size and type of orange, but generally 2 to 4.

Guess which one I'll use next time?

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You are using Google incorrectly. You need to add "reddit" at the end of all your queries.

You're not wrong. If Reddit built a useable search, my Google use would drop by 2/3.

reddit search cant even find my own post when Im logged in :)

when i couldn't find any good search result. i append reddit at the end. and voila i got some good results. even if they are not exact, they tell me what to look for.

I just asked Google assistant this: "How many oranges are in a cup of juice?". It responded with: "Two to three oranges", and then followed up with more information why and a link to the source where it derived the information (https://www.webstaurantstore.com/blog/2760/juice-in-citrus-f...).

I'm not sure why you didn't get this, but it seems better than ChatGPT.

I should have said queried Google, perhaps. I typed in exactly 'how many oranges in a cup of juice', without the quotes.

Interestingly, if I add 'are' as in 'how many oranges are in a cup of juice', it doesn't do that weird cu in conversion and gives a reasonable answer.

That seems like an odd parsing choice for lack of a, in this case, fluff word, as the former is how I would ask the question... though maybe I'm the odd one.

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