how-to-use-the-internet

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Why?

Why would anyone want to use the Internet, really?

Unfortunately, almost none of us use the Internet for it's intended -purpose: finding infomation.

Writing to someone or posting a picture of your cat seems to be -second nature for most people, but converting a picture from a PDF or -looking up a study (or even a word!) you saw in an article is something -else entirely.

While that's in part the fault of our laziness, it's equally the -fault of what the Internet has become. For one, there's just so much -more stuff now; it's hard to know exactly where to start and -who to trust. And so much of that stuff is now garbage, either -in the way it's presented--with disruptive ads that don't close -correctly--or in the way it's written--vague, misleading, or straight -incorrect. But for seconds: no one really teaches you how to use this -thing do they? There are no courses on "How to use a search engine" or -"How to find good posts on a forum," yet these are the kinds of skills -you really need if you want to navigate the modern world without getting -constantly distracted, misled, or totally lost.

There are of course, countless guides on "netiquette" geared towards -every possible internet subculture you can find. While many of them have -influenced this document and give many helpful tips on writing good -informative posts, none of them really go over what I think is most -important: what to do with the information you're reading.

This will probably be an evolving document as new services and -websites become available (or go down), but much of this material in the -beginning should be pretty generally applicable no matter what services -are available.

How to use a web browser

How to use a search engine

As for which search engine to use: you should use all of them, until -you get the results you need. In my experience, none of the major search -engines are particularly good and I get inconsistent searches on all of -them depending on what I'm searching. There is much preaching these days -about privacy concerns, but to be honest I don't believe any service is -more "private" than another. These are all privacy nightmares, your best -bet is to just search often and as varied as you can.

How to read and find -scholarly articles

How to use Wikipedia

A common complaint lodged at me whenever I recommend Wikipedia is -that it's not a source of truth since they found X mistake somewhere, or -made Y edit when they were a teenager that's still there. No one has -ever (or should ever) claim Wikipedia is a source of truth on it's own. -But you can use it to find more sources and maybe get a little -closer.

How to find articles -with Google Scholar

Advanced Topics

How to use tor to browse -anonymously

Many in the advertising world will boast about using a VPN for -anonymity, or using a VPN in conjuction with Tor to "increase privacy." -This is simply a misunderstanding of terms. A VPN provides -privacy of the user's connection since it provides -encryption--only the VPN provider can "see" what is searched. The goal -of Tor is anonymity not privacy. Anonymity means "no one knows -who you are" not "no one knows what you're doing." Technically, traffic -is encrypted between nodes of the Tor service, so some level of privacy -is provided as well, but this is most effective when using hidden -services, not using Tor in general.

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