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  1. Tantek ()'s status on Sunday, 09-Aug-2026 16:05:00 EDT Tantek Tantek
    Update on Bing use-case: quickly view a Gregorian calendar month display with new features and without Copilot noise.

    In 2024, I wrote about a use-case for Bing where it vastly outshines all other search engines. https://tantek.com/2024/287/t3/bing-use-case-calendar-month

    Since then, Bing has added “Copilot” LLM generated results to the top of search results by default, and unfortunately they add zero value to calendar month searches and displays. Worse, Copilot’s “summary” can often be long enough to push the actual calendar month display “below the fold” as it were.

    Solution: add " -ai" to your query.

    E.g. assuming you’ve setup Firefox search shortcuts as I recommended (https://tantek.com/2024/287/t2/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox)

    Type this into your Firefox address bar:

    b 2026 sep -ai

    or directly go to https://bing.com/ and enter: 2026 sep -ai

    and press return. You should see a days and weeks grid display for September 2026, with the current day of the month (the 9th as I’m writing this) selected in the displayed month.


    Note the new calendar month display features since I last blogged this in 2024:
    * Day 252 — day of the year! September 9th of 2026 is the 252nd day of 2026.
    * Week 37 — Sept 9th is also on the 37th week of 2026
    * 31 days later — Sept 9th is 31 days from today (August 9th).
    * < [ Sep v ] > – little anglebracket arrows on either side of the month button/dropdown to one-click nav to the prev/next month
    * [ Start Day v ] — a new “Start Day” drop down button to change which day of the week to display as the start of the week

    Amazing that despite already being far better than any other search engine for year month queries, Bing has *improved* its calendar month display search results, while Duckduckgo, Google, Yahoo are just as useless (yes I checked) as they were two years ago (I also tried Ecosia and it was no better). I am hashtagging them all to see if anyone at those other search engines notices and gets around to implementing a similar calendar month display.

    #search #webSearch #SearchShortcut #Microsoft #Bing #MicrosoftBing #BingSearch #BingTip #searchTip #calendar #month
    #CoPilot #NoCoPilot #NoAI #NoGenAI #NoLLM #Firefox #DuckDuckGo #Google #GoogleSearch #Yahoo #YahooSearch #Ecosia.

    #Blaugust #Blaugust2026
    about 9 days ago from tantek.com permalink

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  2. Tantek ()'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 19:58:00 EDT Tantek Tantek
    Bing use-case! AKA One Weird Trick Time And Date Sites Hate

    In my prior post¹ I noted that I use 'b' as a Search Shortcut for #Bing. Here is why:

    * quickly view a Gregorian calendar month display, with readable days, days of the week, and weekends & holidays highlighted.

    E.g. I type this into my Firefox address bar:

    b dec 2024

    then press return and immediately see:


    Only Microsoft Bing search supports this.

    On other search engines (Duckduckgo, Google, Yahoo) all you get are links to random date time sites littered with ads, or blurry images of calendar months where the day numbers and holidays are too small to read.

    This is something I have informally complained about to friends for years, that if you use Google Search for unit conversions, simple arithmetic, and even names of holidays, you get a nice large font “featured snippet” display of exactly your answer. But not something as simple as a month and year or even month with the implication that you want to see the current or next instance of that month.

    How hard can that be to build? 12 names of months. 12 more 3-letter abbreviations. Multiplied by however number of languages supported. An intern could code that in under an hour. Someone has likely already written a regular expression for detecting this. (Aside: I tried year first, e.g. 2024 Dec, and hilariously enough that did not work to show the nice month display. So I suspect there is a minimal regular expression under the covers of this Bing feature.)

    From having tried search engines for years, I was pretty convinced no one supported this.

    Then on a whim I tried this in Bing recently (maybe I hadn’t before?) and to my pleasant surprise it worked.

    There you have it, a use-case for Bing that only works in Bing, and reason enough to add a 'b' Search Shortcut in Firefox for Bing.

    #search #webSearch #SearchShortcut #Microsoft #BingTip #searchTip #calendar #month

    ¹ https://tantek.com/2024/287/t2/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox
    Sunday, 13-Oct-2024 19:58:00 EDT from tantek.com permalink
  3. Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2020 10:37:13 EST Free Software Foundation Free Software Foundation
    Our petition calling for #Microsoft to #UpcycleWindows7 has whooshed past our goal of 7,777 signers and is still climbing! Can we get past 10,000 today? https://u.fsf.org/upcycle https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1763851
    Tuesday, 28-Jan-2020 10:37:13 EST from status.fsf.org permalink
  4. Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2020 16:33:13 EST Free Software Foundation Free Software Foundation
    Just Friday, we asked for 7,777 activists to stand with us in calling on #Microsoft to #UpcycleWindows7. With your help we've smashed through that goal. Sign today & stay tuned for updates on the campaign! https://u.fsf.org/upcycle https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1761444
    Monday, 27-Jan-2020 16:33:13 EST from status.fsf.org permalink
  5. Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Monday, 27-Jan-2020 10:39:22 EST Free Software Foundation Free Software Foundation
    In case you missed it: sign our new petition!!!! #Microsoft's support of Windows 7 is over - but its life doesn't have to end. Tell them to #UpcycleWindows7 by releasing it as free software. https://u.fsf.org/2-d https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1753128
    Monday, 27-Jan-2020 10:39:22 EST from status.fsf.org permalink
  6. Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2020 16:02:06 EST Free Software Foundation Free Software Foundation
    #Microsoft's support of Windows 7 is over - but its life doesn't have to end. Tell them to #UpcycleWindows7 by signing our petition to release it as free software. https://u.fsf.org/2-d https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1753128
    Friday, 24-Jan-2020 16:02:06 EST from status.fsf.org permalink
  7. Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 (nextcloud)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Nov-2018 05:26:22 EST Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 Nextcloud 📱☁️💻

    #Microsoft #Office leaked data from Dutch government workers to US servers , including the subject of emails and text that was translated, violating the #GDPR

    You should be #selfhosting. #nextcloud is the premier alternative to #office365 - find out why: https://nextcloud.com/files

    Wednesday, 14-Nov-2018 05:26:22 EST from mastodon.xyz permalink
  8. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Saturday, 04-Feb-2017 18:05:56 EST Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    • windows
    • ReactOS
    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    If #Microsoft !Windows continues to improve itself until it is entirely GNU+Linux compatible, then the !ReactOS folks could head them off at the pass and just merge in the Linux kernel now. #NotGonnaHappen #IHopeThatsNotGonnaHappen
    Saturday, 04-Feb-2017 18:05:56 EST from sn.jonkman.ca permalink
  9. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Nov-2016 19:04:02 EST Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    in reply to
    • Linux
    • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
    @psema4 That says more about the !Linux Foundation than it does about #Microsoft
    Wednesday, 16-Nov-2016 19:04:02 EST from sn.jonkman.ca permalink
  10. Julia Longtin (julialongtin)'s status on Monday, 01-Feb-2016 05:21:32 EST Julia Longtin Julia Longtin

    Microsoft is a serial tax evader -- something that Sanders is planning to tackle. How can #microsoft be trusted to run Iowa votes?

    Monday, 01-Feb-2016 05:21:32 EST from diasp.org permalink Repeated by mmn
  11. Julia Longtin (julialongtin)'s status on Monday, 01-Feb-2016 05:21:32 EST Julia Longtin Julia Longtin

    Microsoft is a serial tax evader -- something that Sanders is planning to tackle. How can #microsoft be trusted to run Iowa votes?

    Monday, 01-Feb-2016 05:21:32 EST from diasp.org permalink
  12. John Sullivan (johns)'s status on Sunday, 24-Jan-2016 16:04:06 EST John Sullivan John Sullivan
    If the #Patriots lose this game because of #Microsoft... @nearyd
    Sunday, 24-Jan-2016 16:04:06 EST from status.fsf.org permalink
  13. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Thursday, 17-Dec-2015 19:08:22 EST MMN-o ✅⃠ MMN-o ✅⃠
    A friend is using #Windows 10. It suddenly starts crashing within 15 minutes of booting. Frustration grows. I slide in, install #Ubuntu (dual boot) - clicket-i-click - the machine works fine. All desired software works perfectly. T…
    Thursday, 17-Dec-2015 19:08:22 EST from social.umeahackerspace.se permalink

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    1. mmn-20151218-ostatus-n26t.html
  14. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Dec-2015 06:14:33 EST MMN-o ✅⃠ MMN-o ✅⃠
    • Nidron
    @nidron Haha! Det är ju jättebra att hon har en Nokia-keps. Särskilt när temat är "har inget att sälja!". *förklarar hela situationen med #Microsoft och #Nokia så den roliga stämningen dör*
    Wednesday, 02-Dec-2015 06:14:33 EST from social.umeahackerspace.se permalink
  15. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Saturday, 19-Sep-2015 06:04:48 EDT MMN-o ✅⃠ MMN-o ✅⃠
    • pztrn
    Heh, last time I checked you _can't_ delete your #Skype account. #Microsoft's recommended method is to edit your profile to be unrecognizable and then send a message to them asking them to essentially change the password so you can…
    Saturday, 19-Sep-2015 06:04:48 EDT from social.umeahackerspace.se permalink

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    1. mmn-20150919-ostatus-8pb3.html
  16. Alexe Cristian Moldovan (crismblog)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jul-2015 02:33:32 EDT Alexe Cristian Moldovan Alexe Cristian Moldovan
    French Government IT directorate stands its ground : ODF supported, OOXML rejected

    https://quitter.ro/url/428

    #french #free #odf #ooxml #microsoft #office #fsf #gnu #gnulinux #linux
    Saturday, 11-Jul-2015 02:33:32 EDT from quitter.ro permalink Repeated by mmn
  17. Alexe Cristian Moldovan (crismblog)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jul-2015 02:33:32 EDT Alexe Cristian Moldovan Alexe Cristian Moldovan
    French Government IT directorate stands its ground : ODF supported, OOXML rejected

    https://quitter.ro/url/428

    #french #free #odf #ooxml #microsoft #office #fsf #gnu #gnulinux #linux
    Saturday, 11-Jul-2015 02:33:32 EDT from quitter.ro permalink
  18. marc0s (marc0s)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jun-2015 04:35:40 EDT marc0s marc0s

    Cansar de sentir publicitat encoberta de #microsoft en forma de notícia a #catradio

    Wednesday, 17-Jun-2015 04:35:40 EDT from status.tenak.net permalink
  19. MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Nov-2014 06:18:27 EST MMN-o ✅⃠ MMN-o ✅⃠
    • umehack
    Now that Stephen Elop has left #Nokia, their phone division has migrated to #Microsoft head…
    Tuesday, 18-Nov-2014 06:18:27 EST from social.umeahackerspace.se permalink

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    1. mmn-20141118T111916-pktpvc8.html
  20. erkan (erkan)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Jul-2014 09:53:13 EDT erkan erkan
    in reply to
    • Markov Dosto(y)evsky
    • cmhobbs
    " #Microsoft served a federal court order + #seized 22 of our most commonly used domains because they #c…
    Tuesday, 01-Jul-2014 09:53:13 EDT from fediverse.com permalink Repeated by eric

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    1. erkan-20140701T151846-bgtsdn8.html
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