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That seems both really cool and absolutely terrifying. Automatically find references when writing a tutorial? Hell yes! Automatically find references to support an argument you've decided to make? Hmm... maybe not a win for journalism.

[edit] Actually, I guess the way you described it, it could go the other way. You start writing some argument, and google shows you some stats that show you're wrong, or something. That would be neat.




People will find the sources to support their argument regardless.


What are the privacy implications of this? Is there a duck duck go version?


You press the hot key, and a Google search is run.[0] So nothing too frightening. DDG compatibility should be easy. Just swap the endpoint (https://duckduckgo.com/ac/?callback=autocompleteCallback&q=Y...) and parse the JSON.

[0]: https://github.com/nathancahill/anycomplete/blob/master/anyc...


Thanks. Updated the Readme with that information: https://github.com/nathancahill/anycomplete/blob/master/READ...




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