Mildly Interesting

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This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?

Just post some stuff and don't spam.

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If you look up the definition of 'bully', Duckduckgo gives you results from a 19th century dictionary (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think there are browser extensions that offer pretty much the same functionality but it is something.

I actually found that for me anonymous search result Just kinda suck. When i type [fastfoodbrand] i want the delivery closest to me, not in California or wherever. When i look for a purchase i want web stores that actually deliver where i live.

As a privacy enthusiast i hate that thats my truth, but the truth it is. But with the downfall of reddit, worsening all Results, most trusted sites being bookmarked and the rise of chatgpt* being just as good if not better then google+reddit. i do find i am way less incline to search the internet at all.

*Be as critical ofIt as much as your supposed to be online with strangers anyway. Its a tool and only as smart as you are able to prompt It.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah, I reckon there's a good number of extensions for it too, probably something I should check out as well in the future.

And yeah, it's definitely a tradeoff of sorts. Denying a browser or search engine access to all personal information, including GPS, might lead to irrelevant results, so I imagine it's a matter of giving as little information as possible for the maximum relevance in results. GPS is one of those compromises I'll make as well, though only at the zip code level most of the time, since most apps/sites don't need to know my precise location.

While I do try and stick to my trusted sites as much as possible, the things I often want to find online are beyond the scope of the sites I have bookmarked. Though bookmarking more sites that I trust and opting to use them over a regular search seems like a good habit to get into