I'd pay for a search engine where I get to customize this kind of stuff.

This is exactly what we do at Kagi Search.

I will move to a part-time job and start a physics degree. There are many crazy things coming up in science, and I want to be a part of it.

That's so cool! What crazy things are you excited about? I majored in Physics but have moved so far away from it, I don't know anything about what's happening in the field now.

The amount of time it takes to learn all that is like 15 minutes. And it's one-time investment.

It's not the size, it's how you use it.

Tell that to the iphone mini...

Reminds me of that early Facebook game where you could "buy" your friends, and every time someone buys them, they become more expensive.

(with extra steps)

Or centuries. Back in late 17th century, people thought the Ottoman Empire will fall apart any moment now, but the "falling apart" took like 200+ years.

You monster.

When Niels Bohr was on a visit to Princeton, he wanted young Feynman's personal input, because he knew Feynman would tell the truth rather than be intimidated into agreeing with every word.

It's one particular search engine partnership cough cough.

Primarily, but there are others. Yandex and Baidu in 2020 and presumably still: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/15/21370020/mozilla-google-f.... Others in the past, not sure if any are still active: https://www.cnet.com/news/firefox-and-bing-together-at-last/. They're currently trialling Bing too: https://www.ghacks.net/2021/09/17/firefox-experiment-is-test...

Unlike the concrete-and-glass boxes, it makes you feel things, which is already a plus in my book.