I just use DDG, and I was told in a different post that it fetches results through Bing.
Much like what you said, Google is better than other engines with regional results being a non-US person.
I see, but how is this different in a phone app? Wouldn’t the request still be made to a backend?
Uhh… not clear on what you’re claiming here… you can validate the traffic is going to the expected instance using a web app, without requiring any special software by running Developer tools and heading to the network tab.
Keeping the discussion of running Windows applications through Wine/Proton aside; there are a lot of little things which happen to annoy me while I am using my PopOS install for example the most recent one is my headphones don’t play any sound from the left year, it works properly on my other devices…
I’m willing to make it work, but most general users wouldn’t be. This statement continues to be true even after the huge amounts of progress Linux community has made to make a better experience.
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I am not sure whether DDG or SearX results are optimised by someone, but it is different from what I would see on Google for a given topic.
Looks like someone has come from r/puns
Unless the book is being bought directly from the writer, isn’t it really the publisher who is gaining the rewards? My understanding is that the writer is paid a lumpsum for rights of a book by a publisher.
If the entire motto is “benefit of others”, the writer themselves can publish it for the public to read openly, or make it a collaborative project where their and other people’s contributions are added together.
It’s not black and white, both sides of a piracy debate (much like anything else) have their arguments, and could have had reached a better medium.
Probably because of MS’s stranglehold on so many customers with their O365 and standalone Office suite ?
Over here we consider Broadcom is where things go to die a slow death. There should be some form of rule if a company is not actively working on their products / retiring them then they need to make it freely accessible to the public.
Probably as a result of this: https://youtu.be/B5d_MPw1nQs ?
Regarding the undemocratic part, let’s not forget it was a part of the Axis. Ideologies of leadership don’t change so easily…
Now I am thinking about how insane it would be for MP gamers when someone puts the game on hold for an indiscriminate amount of time.
Somewhat long form of “I use arch, BTW”
I just switched to Linux with PopOS about a month ago. My aging HDD is about to die because of bad sectors, and I was able to get myself a great deal on a 1 TB Crucial P3. Got it and decided to install Linux instead of cloning my HDD.
There are minor pains of using Linux over Windows and trying to run Windows programs on it, but it is so much better now compared to even just a year or so ago.
My company is going to probably take forever to update our systems.
I like the phrase “Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely”.
KOSA is not the only thing one should be worried about, illiterates from UK are bringing in an Online Safety Bill which needs all services with encryption to provide a backdoor for the UK government under the reasoning of “monitoring for CSAM content”.
This doesn’t just impact UK citizens, but will do for the world.
If I recall correctly, Australia did something similar.
Interesting to see how the 5-eyes try to push similar dumb ideas together.