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schestowitzRichard Stallman wrote on 01/05/2022 02:54:May 02 00:56
schestowitz> How much whispering do you hear?May 02 00:56
schestowitzI know I'm not the only one contacted in person.May 02 00:56
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schestowitzx https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10772223/Weve-not-seen-WORST-Covid-warns-Microsoft-billionaire-Bill-Gates.htmlMay 02 08:59
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.dailymail.co.uk | 'We've not seen the WORST of Covid' warns Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates | Daily Mail OnlineMay 02 08:59
schestowitz# bill sez; they must feel confident that andrew has taken one for the teamMay 02 08:59
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schestowitz-TRhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31237822May 02 21:30
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.ycombinator.com | Why People Should Never Ever Use DuckDuckGo (2020) | Hacker NewsMay 02 21:30
schestowitz-TR"May 02 21:30
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schestowitz-TRckozlowski 2 hours ago | next [–]May 02 21:30
schestowitz-TRThe "Harmful Partnerships" section is a list of issues the author has with third-parties, not DDG. Guilt by association. I don't believe I could follow that logic in anything but very egregious cases as doing so would quickly eliminate my use of, well, anything. (The whole approach seems faulty to me in any case as it ignores context in those issues, and compartmentalization that occurs in those companies.)May 02 21:30
schestowitz-TRThe rest seem to be lacking context. The Censorship accusation takes me to a link that has an update from 6 years ago indicating that their crime is something inherited from an upstream search provider and not intentional. The other accusations are in some cases just that, "accused", or lacking context and necessary details to establish motive. Saying "read: bribe" to a contribution makes me feel the author has an axe to grind when it's May 02 21:30
schestowitz-TRfollow by assumptions to people's motives and interests.May 02 21:30
schestowitz-TROverall, this reads like a stretch. It looks damning at a glance, but falls apart once you start looking at the details. Happy to read criticism of DDG if it exists, but I feel like this was an invented laundry list. Show me one really good reason why I shouldn't use DDG, instead of 100 questionable ones.May 02 21:30
schestowitz-TRBut I didn't know what searx was before now, so that's cool at least.May 02 21:30
schestowitz-TR(Disclosure: I work for AWS, which is mentioned in the article. Views are my own, etc.)May 02 21:30
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schestowitz-TRdylan-m 2 hours ago | parent | next [–]May 02 21:30
schestowitz-TR> The "Harmful Partnerships" section is a list of issues the author has with third-parties, not DDG. Guilt by association.May 02 21:31
schestowitz-TRThat is literally Roy Schestowitz's entire thing, and it has been … since 2006, apparently. He's the idiot who harassed numerous free software developers for working on the Mono project (Ximian, then Novell, then Xamarin's alternative implementation of .NET; Xamarin was since acquired by Microsoft, fulfilling Roy's darkest prophecies, and nothing bad happened). His rabid blathering chased away contributors who were improving the Linux May 02 21:31
schestowitz-TRdesktop and invited hostile, ugly people in their place.May 02 21:31
schestowitz-TRHe has not contributed anything remotely positive to the community for the entire history of his website. He is not a person who deserves an audience.May 02 21:31
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schestowitz-TRyokoprime 3 hours ago | prev | next [–]May 02 21:31
schestowitz-TRNot sure if this is meant to be taken seriously, but many of the observations outlined is both described and addressed here https://duckduckgo.com/privacyMay 02 21:31
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-DuckDuckGo PrivacyMay 02 21:31
schestowitz-TRAlso, it seems the author lists his concerns and opinions without offering a solution. Does he think Google or Bing are better alternatives?May 02 21:31
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schestowitz-TRxaxaxb 2 hours ago | prev | next [–]May 02 21:31
schestowitz-TRMaking a new account here and this is your first post (you might in HN with another account). Plus this same article has been circulating a lot for a while from different usernames. What is the idea here, huh? Seems to me like y'all or just you, are just trying to defame DDG. If you don't use DDG, there are two meta paths that I know of: searx and metager. Metager is something I will never use ever again. searx is ok but the meta part is May 02 21:31
schestowitz-TRalmost of no use: results are mostly google's or bing's, not some other-worldly search results. Plus, you don't get the features of DDG.May 02 21:31
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schestowitz-TRjoshstr 2 hours ago | parent | next [–]May 02 21:31
schestowitz-TRThank you for your comments. I use DDG every day as my primary search engine on all devices. I saw the article on LinkedIn, found it to be interesting, and wondered if it had been posted to HN. I did a search for the URL and title on HN and there were no results.May 02 21:31
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schestowitz-TRxaxaxb 19 minutes ago | root | parent | next [–]May 02 21:31
schestowitz-TRThis was here some two weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31054646May 02 21:31
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.ycombinator.com | DuckDuckGo's Privacy Abuses | Hacker NewsMay 02 21:31
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schestowitz-TRMordisquitos 3 hours ago | prev | next [–]May 02 21:31
schestowitz-TRReasons why I will continue to use DuckDuckGo:May 02 21:31
schestowitz-TR- Google is even worseMay 02 21:31
schestowitz-TR- BangsMay 02 21:31
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schestowitz-TRjuice_bus 2 hours ago | parent | next [–]May 02 21:31
schestowitz-TRIt is really unfortunate that I use DDG simply because it is the least worst of the bunch, not because its terribly good.May 02 21:31
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schestowitz-TRAeronwen 2 hours ago | root | parent | next [–]May 02 21:31
schestowitz-TRI'd feel worse about it, but I've been using Firefox for the same reason for ages.May 02 21:31
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schestowitz-TRkeyboard shortcutsMay 02 21:31
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schestowitz-TRcuddlybacon 2 hours ago | prev | next [–]May 02 21:32
schestowitz-TRWhat is the alternative people should be using then?May 02 21:32
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schestowitz-TRakvadrako 2 hours ago | parent | next [–]May 02 21:32
schestowitz-TRI've been using https://kagi.com/ for a few months. It's pretty good and solves the you're the product problem.May 02 21:32
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Kagi SearchMay 02 21:32
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schestowitz-TRgiords 22 minutes ago | root | parent | next [–]May 02 21:32
schestowitz-TRAre results good?May 02 21:32
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schestowitz-TRBancakes 2 hours ago | root | parent | prev | next [–]May 02 21:32
schestowitz-TRSearx beats everything on a technical level.May 02 21:32
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schestowitz-TRkrater23 2 hours ago | prev | next [–]May 02 21:32
schestowitz-TRReads like: They talk to nazis, so they need to be nazis.May 02 21:32
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schestowitzhttps://www.fosslife.org/overcome-common-agile-pitfallsMay 02 23:50
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.fosslife.org | Overcome Common Agile PitfallsMay 02 23:50
schestowitz"May 02 23:50
schestowitzAn Agile approach can help organizations quickly respond to changing customer needs as well as drive innovation, says Daniel Saroff. “Agile does this by empowering team autonomy and self-determination, establishing a tight alignment between development and clients or users, and implementing short, targeted, rapid development cycles,” he says.May 02 23:50
schestowitzMany teams, however, struggle to fully reap the benefits of Agile development. This article offers tips for dealing with common problems.May 02 23:50
schestowitzRead more at the Enterprisers Project.May 02 23:50
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