●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, May 02, 2022 ●● ● May 02 [00:11] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:56] schestowitz Richard Stallman wrote on 01/05/2022 02:54: [00:56] schestowitz > How much whispering do you hear? [00:56] schestowitz I know I'm not the only one contacted in person. ● May 02 [01:30] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[07:05] *rianne (~rianne@s44cwn8sugddy.irc) has joined #techbytes [07:05] *rianne_ (~rianne@freenode-b0g.0m6.7132oi.IP) has joined #techbytes ● May 02 [08:00] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:00] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:01] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [08:05] *rianne (~rianne@s44cwn8sugddy.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:05] *rianne_ (~rianne@freenode-b0g.0m6.7132oi.IP) has joined #techbytes [08:06] *liberty_box (~liberty@s44cwn8sugddy.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:59] schestowitz x https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10772223/Weve-not-seen-WORST-Covid-warns-Microsoft-billionaire-Bill-Gates.html [08:59] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.dailymail.co.uk | 'We've not seen the WORST of Covid' warns Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates | Daily Mail Online [08:59] schestowitz # bill sez; they must feel confident that andrew has taken one for the team ● May 02 [09:55] *rianne has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[09:55] *rianne (~rianne@s44cwn8sugddy.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:55] *rianne_ (~rianne@freenode-b0g.0m6.7132oi.IP) has joined #techbytes ● May 02 [10:58] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) ● May 02 [12:35] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 02 [15:00] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 02 [16:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [16:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 02 [18:29] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● May 02 [19:10] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 02 [21:30] schestowitz-TR https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31237822 [21:30] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.ycombinator.com | Why People Should Never Ever Use DuckDuckGo (2020) | Hacker News [21:30] schestowitz-TR " [21:30] schestowitz-TR [21:30] schestowitz-TR ckozlowski 2 hours ago | next [] [21:30] schestowitz-TR The "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.) [21:30] schestowitz-TR The 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 [21:30] schestowitz-TR follow by assumptions to people's motives and interests. [21:30] schestowitz-TR Overall, 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. [21:30] schestowitz-TR But I didn't know what searx was before now, so that's cool at least. [21:30] schestowitz-TR (Disclosure: I work for AWS, which is mentioned in the article. Views are my own, etc.) [21:30] schestowitz-TR reply [21:30] schestowitz-TR [21:30] schestowitz-TR dylan-m 2 hours ago | parent | next [] [21:31] schestowitz-TR > The "Harmful Partnerships" section is a list of issues the author has with third-parties, not DDG. Guilt by association. [21:31] schestowitz-TR That 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 [21:31] schestowitz-TR desktop and invited hostile, ugly people in their place. [21:31] schestowitz-TR He 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. [21:31] schestowitz-TR reply [21:31] schestowitz-TR [21:31] schestowitz-TR yokoprime 3 hours ago | prev | next [] [21:31] schestowitz-TR Not sure if this is meant to be taken seriously, but many of the observations outlined is both described and addressed here https://duckduckgo.com/privacy [21:31] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-DuckDuckGo Privacy [21:31] schestowitz-TR Also, it seems the author lists his concerns and opinions without offering a solution. Does he think Google or Bing are better alternatives? [21:31] schestowitz-TR reply [21:31] schestowitz-TR [21:31] schestowitz-TR xaxaxb 2 hours ago | prev | next [] [21:31] schestowitz-TR Making 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 [21:31] schestowitz-TR almost 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. [21:31] schestowitz-TR reply [21:31] schestowitz-TR [21:31] schestowitz-TR joshstr 2 hours ago | parent | next [] [21:31] schestowitz-TR Thank 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. [21:31] schestowitz-TR reply [21:31] schestowitz-TR [21:31] schestowitz-TR xaxaxb 19 minutes ago | root | parent | next [] [21:31] schestowitz-TR This was here some two weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31054646 [21:31] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.ycombinator.com | DuckDuckGo's Privacy Abuses | Hacker News [21:31] schestowitz-TR reply [21:31] schestowitz-TR [21:31] schestowitz-TR Mordisquitos 3 hours ago | prev | next [] [21:31] schestowitz-TR Reasons why I will continue to use DuckDuckGo: [21:31] schestowitz-TR - Google is even worse [21:31] schestowitz-TR - Bangs [21:31] schestowitz-TR reply [21:31] schestowitz-TR [21:31] schestowitz-TR juice_bus 2 hours ago | parent | next [] [21:31] schestowitz-TR It is really unfortunate that I use DDG simply because it is the least worst of the bunch, not because its terribly good. [21:31] schestowitz-TR reply [21:31] schestowitz-TR [21:31] schestowitz-TR Aeronwen 2 hours ago | root | parent | next [] [21:31] schestowitz-TR I'd feel worse about it, but I've been using Firefox for the same reason for ages. [21:31] schestowitz-TR reply [21:31] schestowitz-TR [21:31] schestowitz-TR xaxaxb 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [] [21:31] schestowitz-TR keyboard shortcuts [21:32] schestowitz-TR reply [21:32] schestowitz-TR [21:32] schestowitz-TR cuddlybacon 2 hours ago | prev | next [] [21:32] schestowitz-TR What is the alternative people should be using then? [21:32] schestowitz-TR reply [21:32] schestowitz-TR [21:32] schestowitz-TR akvadrako 2 hours ago | parent | next [] [21:32] schestowitz-TR I've been using https://kagi.com/ for a few months. It's pretty good and solves the you're the product problem. [21:32] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Kagi Search [21:32] schestowitz-TR reply [21:32] schestowitz-TR [21:32] schestowitz-TR NabiDev 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [] [21:32] schestowitz-TR searx [21:32] schestowitz-TR reply [21:32] schestowitz-TR [21:32] schestowitz-TR giords 22 minutes ago | root | parent | next [] [21:32] schestowitz-TR Are results good? [21:32] schestowitz-TR reply [21:32] schestowitz-TR [21:32] schestowitz-TR Bancakes 2 hours ago | root | parent | prev | next [] [21:32] schestowitz-TR Searx beats everything on a technical level. [21:32] schestowitz-TR reply [21:32] schestowitz-TR [21:32] schestowitz-TR krater23 2 hours ago | prev | next [] [21:32] schestowitz-TR Reads like: They talk to nazis, so they need to be nazis. [21:32] schestowitz-TR reply [21:32] schestowitz-TR " ● May 02 [23:19] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:50] schestowitz https://www.fosslife.org/overcome-common-agile-pitfalls [23:50] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.fosslife.org | Overcome Common Agile Pitfalls [23:50] schestowitz " [23:50] schestowitz An 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. [23:50] schestowitz Many teams, however, struggle to fully reap the benefits of Agile development. This article offers tips for dealing with common problems. [23:50] schestowitz Read more at the Enterprisers Project. [23:50] schestowitz "