Difference between revisions of "Bing"
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So I asked Google, and it turns out that Bing is great for Programming snippets. The Internet says its also used by people who want to find porn and pirated materials. | So I asked Google, and it turns out that Bing is great for Programming snippets. The Internet says its also used by people who want to find porn and pirated materials. | ||
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You need to check which region you're set to. | You need to check which region you're set to. | ||
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See also: [http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-accused-of-censoring-adult-content-in-some-arab-countries-486819.shtml Microsoft Accused of Censoring Adult Content in Some Arab Countries] and [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/07/how-microsoft-bing-censors-middle-east EFF on How Microsoft Bing Censors the Middle East] | See also: [http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-accused-of-censoring-adult-content-in-some-arab-countries-486819.shtml Microsoft Accused of Censoring Adult Content in Some Arab Countries] and [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/07/how-microsoft-bing-censors-middle-east EFF on How Microsoft Bing Censors the Middle East] | ||
| − | + | There's much more to be said about this ridiculous "default" setting but to be honest it takes very little effort to set yourself to another region. You just need to switch region to United Kingdom under Settings in order to get out of the Strict Safesearch so you can also see Hackerrank's helpful additions, which are EXECUTABLE! | |
Did you hear that? EXECUTABLE! | Did you hear that? EXECUTABLE! | ||
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So next time someone asks you who uses Bing? | So next time someone asks you who uses Bing? | ||
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Its PROGRAMMERS, PORN USERS & PIRATES! | Its PROGRAMMERS, PORN USERS & PIRATES! | ||
| + | Just set yourself to another country such as the UK, or basically one of the countries which AREN'T in the safesearch list. | ||
Revision as of 08:19, 5 December 2016
I know. You're thinking, who on earth uses Bing? Some who's accidentally bought a windows laptop for the first time and had to use Bing to find Google so they could reset their browser's default search to Google? Oh wait that was me five minutes ago.
So I asked Google, and it turns out that Bing is great for Programming snippets. The Internet says its also used by people who want to find porn and pirated materials.
Code Snippets on bing
You need to check which region you're set to. By default this windows laptop that was bought in Singapore was set to Singapore. But in Singapore, SafeSearch is turned on (zzz).
From Microsoft's official statement: "Bing offers SafeSearch settings, which allow most users to set the type of filtering of adult content that they would like applied to their search results. By default, in most markets all searches are set to moderate, which restricts visually explicit search results but does not restrict explicit text. Because of local customs or cultural norms, certain countries may impose legal restrictions on the display of adult content. As a result, what constitutes adult content might vary depending on the market.
Bing categorizes certain countries as strict markets. In these strict markets, we might restrict the display of adult content (as locally defined), and because of the local customs, norms, and laws, we might limit SafeSearch settings only to "strict." Set to "strict," SafeSearch filters the display of explicit search results in images, videos, and text. Markets that are limited to "strict" include:
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Korea
- Malaysia
- Middle East
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Turkey
See also: Microsoft Accused of Censoring Adult Content in Some Arab Countries and EFF on How Microsoft Bing Censors the Middle East
There's much more to be said about this ridiculous "default" setting but to be honest it takes very little effort to set yourself to another region. You just need to switch region to United Kingdom under Settings in order to get out of the Strict Safesearch so you can also see Hackerrank's helpful additions, which are EXECUTABLE!
Did you hear that? EXECUTABLE!
Oh is python not your thing? WELL JUST SEE IT IN ALL THESE LANGUAGES
For more information: https://techcrunch.com/2016/04/07/microsoft-and-hackerrank-bring-executable-code-snippets-to-bings-search-results-pages/
So next time someone asks you who uses Bing? Its PROGRAMMERS, PORN USERS & PIRATES! Just set yourself to another country such as the UK, or basically one of the countries which AREN'T in the safesearch list.
