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@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ lately that I'm used to it.
Honestly, I though the fish was cool.
-![puffy](/static/media/puffy.gif)
+![](/static/media/puffy.gif)
I don't know the artist of that one unfortunately, I just found it on a
forum.
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@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ I can easily review that lookup like so:
My boss might be happy that I'm keeping an eye on things, but
what's the historical picture? How do I know what's a red flag
-and what isn't? What I might do is combine all of the days reports
-into one each day, and then compare each today. But in the original
-report logic, this gets overwritten every 12 hours. You could just
-append forever, but then you're not looking at just twelve hours,
-unless you add a time constraint to your search. How do I get to
-a daily report without interrupting the reports already running?
+and what isn't?
+
+What I might do is combine all of the days' reports
+into one each day, and then compare each one to today's. But
+in the original report logic, this gets overwritten every
+12 hours. You could just append forever, but then you're not
+looking at just twelve hours, unless you add a time constraint
+to your search. How do I get to a daily report without interrupting
+the reports already running?
One way to do it is to create a second combined report unique to
that day, for example 'vpn_users-2022_11_17.csv'. The way you
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@@ -55,6 +55,25 @@ what services are available.
## How to use a web browser
+This is your main vehicle to the information super highway (remember
+when they used to call it that?)
+
+Almost everyone knows how to use a web browser to click links and get to
+where they need to go, but use only a fraction of the software's
+power. Web browsers at this point are as complicated as operating
+systems. Aside from basic HTML and javascript rendering, most web
+browsers are expected to provide:
+
+- A PDF reader
+- An image display
+- A history database with tunable settings
+- Support for hundreds of languages and emojis
+- A password manager
+- A video and audio player
+- A scripting language for extending functionality
+
+And that's only what I can think of...
+
## How to use a search engine
As for which search engine to use: you should use
@@ -70,6 +89,31 @@ another. These are all privacy nightmares,
arguably by design. Your best bet is just to
search often and as many platforms as you can.
+### Basic search syntax
+
+Searching for specific pieces of information is rather simple.
+
+"Who is the prime minister of England?"
+
+"When did World War 2 start?"
+
+"How many roads must a man walk down?"
+
+"Funky Kong talks you through your divorce"
+
+All of these queries entered as is will get you the result you're
+looking for. But how about something we can't boil down to a single
+question? Like how to do calculus? Or how to learn Python?
+
+You could try those phrases as a start. But you're not likely to get a
+specific answer out of this.
+
+...
+
+What if we wanted to bring up a funny cat meme we saw on a forum three
+weeks ago? Searching for "funny cat meme" is not going to get you very
+far.
+
## How to read and find scholarly articles
### How to use Wikipedia