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ZaLiTHkA / README.md
Created December 2, 2025 06:14
how to avoid AI summaries in address bar Google search for Chrome browsers
  1. copy the initial Google search URL, which contains the following as of writing this:
{google:baseURL}search?q=%s&udm=14&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:language}{google:prefetchSource}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}{google:contextualSearchVersion}ie={inputEncoding}
  1. add the udm query param key with a value of 14, explicitly selecting the "Web" category, now hidden under the "More" menu in Google's WEB SEARCH.

the final custom search URL:

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ZaLiTHkA / jb_wrapper_fix.sh
Last active April 22, 2026 16:33
this file should be "sourced" into your current environment through something like `~/.bashrc` or `~/.zshrc`. then this Bash function must be run manually whenever JetBrains Toolbox updates an IDE.
# helper function to patch some long standing issues with JetBrains Toolbox launch scripts
function jb_wrapper_fix {
if [[ ! "${PATH//:/ }" =~ "$JB_TOOLBOX_SCRIPTS" ]]; then
echo "NOTE: JetBrains Toolbox scripts folder is not currently in PATH.."
fi
for file in "$JB_TOOLBOX_SCRIPTS/"*; do
filename=$(basename "$file")
echo "processing $filename.."