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    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 2 16:59:14 2022
    Quora and Pinterest.
    Pinterest has to be the worst image website imaginable for myriad reasons, It's probably owned by Google (Alphabet) or one of the other megacompanies.
    Quora is a pain, never ask it a question unless you want it "following you" around the net.

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  • From sobriquet@21:1/5 to RichA on Tue Aug 2 18:31:53 2022
    On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 1:59:17 AM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    Quora and Pinterest.
    Pinterest has to be the worst image website imaginable for myriad reasons, It's probably owned by Google (Alphabet) or one of the other megacompanies.
    Quora is a pain, never ask it a question unless you want it "following you" around the net.

    Pinterest isn't so bad. Ok, the way the website is set up is kind of retarded, but
    not as retarded as websites like facebook.
    It can be useful to find images for inspiration, although it's often a hassle to
    subsequently track down good quality versions of an image, but most methods to find
    images suffer from pros and cons.
    Like if you search images with google or bing you often end up with garbage quality
    riddled with watermarks.

    If only there was an AI-enhanced website that would reliably track down the best
    quality version of images in a convenient fashion by scraping the web for gems as well
    as offering an overview of visually similar or related images.

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to RichA on Wed Aug 3 14:44:45 2022
    On 3/08/2022 11:59 am, RichA wrote:
    Quora and Pinterest.

    Quora is a pain, never ask it a question unless you want it "following you" around the net.



    .. and sending you emails asking you to answer inane questions.

    geoff

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to geoff on Wed Aug 3 01:38:15 2022
    On Tuesday, 2 August 2022 at 22:44:55 UTC-4, geoff wrote:
    On 3/08/2022 11:59 am, RichA wrote:
    Quora and Pinterest.
    Quora is a pain, never ask it a question unless you want it "following you" around the net.

    .. and sending you emails asking you to answer inane questions.

    geoff

    I SO miss the days of going to Google, clicking on an image of interest and immediately getting a high-rez shot of something. Now, it's low rez CRAP and you have to be dragged to someone's website to see them.

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to RichA on Wed Aug 3 10:03:10 2022
    On 03/08/2022 09:38, RichA wrote:
    On Tuesday, 2 August 2022 at 22:44:55 UTC-4, geoff wrote:
    On 3/08/2022 11:59 am, RichA wrote:
    Quora and Pinterest.
    Quora is a pain, never ask it a question unless you want it "following you" around the net.

    .. and sending you emails asking you to answer inane questions.

    geoff

    I SO miss the days of going to Google, clicking on an image of interest and immediately getting a high-rez shot of something. Now, it's low rez CRAP and you have to be dragged to someone's website to see them.

    I've found that using Wikipedia brings good results.

    Here's an example:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:London_Bridge_from_St_Olaf_Stairs.jpg

    Try viewing the various sizes.

    Pick another subject? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Amegilla_cingulata_on_long_tube_of_Acanthus_ilicifolius_flower.jpg

    I hope that helps! :-)

    --
    Kind regards,
    David

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  • From nospam@21:1/5 to RichA on Wed Aug 3 05:57:40 2022
    In article <[email protected]>,
    RichA <[email protected]> wrote:

    I SO miss the days of going to Google, clicking on an image of interest and immediately getting a high-rez shot of something. Now, it's low rez CRAP and you have to be dragged to someone's website to see them.

    user error

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to nospam on Thu Aug 4 17:17:49 2022
    On Wednesday, 3 August 2022 at 05:57:42 UTC-4, nospam wrote:
    In article <[email protected]>,
    RichA <[email protected]> wrote:

    I SO miss the days of going to Google, clicking on an image of interest and immediately getting a high-rez shot of something. Now, it's low rez CRAP and
    you have to be dragged to someone's website to see them.
    user error

    Prove it.

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