I unconsiously typed that description of a man, Google found him

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Hi HNers, I was thinking about an old article I've read on the financial crisis, and I started to type "the guy who made a killing from the financial crisis" and google find the exact person I was looking for. Not someone approcaching, needless to say bing wasn't even close. Enjoy!

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I doubt that you were unconscious. Are you sure you know what that means? Also, it's spelled "unconscious".

You are right that was not the correct term. I meant without even really trying to type. I was just thinking hard about how to remind his name, and my fingers happened to be on the keyboard. So it was a little surprise when I saw his name right in front of my eyes,, on the screen. I started to ask myself did I do. Can't wait for brain implants, seriously !

Yeah, Google is pretty good at that. I also use descriptions of movies in google to find the name of the movie, and it works pretty well.

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