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    I've often accused Google of being duplicitously stupid on here, for presumed nefarious purposes I can't quite work out.

    Now I'm just thinking it's fucking stupid.

    I've just noticed a wee thing at the bottom of my Google Search results that states my location, at least as best as Google can work it out.

    Now, bear in mind I've many times confirmed my login on this computer, at this address for the last at least two years continually now - London, England. I can understand perhaps a little confusion arising from broad-area IP geo-location, and have in the past seen my position as a satellite town about 15 miles away. Not great, but understandable.

    Now, for some reason, Google is confinced I am in fact in Pitlochry, a small town in the heart of Scotland I once ivisited when I was 9. It's 470-odd miles away.

    I have never expressed any interest in Pitlochry or much else of Scotland beyond the cities and the occasional family house via Google, so I've no idea what the stupid fucking thing's thinking.

    I really need to start using Bing. At least I expect fuck-all from Microsoft, so could rarely be disappointed... .

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    • Why does this bother you?face_melter
    • Why in turn does my irritation bother you? I've catalogued my ire with G here already - this is just the cherry that makes me wonder if it's simply crap.detritus
    • G touts itself as being some AI-driving wunderkind that can sort out our lives for us. If it can't work out wtf I am based on x years use, then it's just crap.detritus
    • Whenever location services are enabled it doesn’t seem to have any issues that I’ve seen. I imagine they can pinpoint most people yikes.monospaced
    • Detritus still thinks he's living in london with his make believe girlfriend, bless him. YOU'RE IN A HOME IN PITLOCHRY. YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR 2 YEARS, REMEMBER?set
    • I just learned golf apps can find your location accurately enough to tell you how many feet you are on the course from the hole. Kinda cool, kinda creepyformed
    • COOKIES!imbecile
    • Bing? DuckDuckGo.i_monk
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