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AdamSC1

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About AdamSC1

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    Comment #28666493

    >If it would be carbon negative show me where it removed CO2 from the air and how it is stored now "forever". If you read the article you'll note that they are specifically doing t…

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    Comment #28666488

    Seems you didn't read the article, as they expressly aren't planting trees nor is the offsetting what makes them carbon negative. The offsetting is one thing but they are also fund…

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    Comment #28666476

    The offset credits are gold standard credits that have to remove the carbon with in a set timeframe of their existence, be audited, and have a positive human impact. For each credi…

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    Comment #25782136

    If users are using the DuckDuckGo mobile app or extension its baked in tracker blocker does block a lot of analytics tools so there is likely a large level of under reporting espec…

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    Comment #25782110

    When you come across these, be sure to use the "Send Feedback" button in the bottom right. User feedback is an important part of improving in a non-tracking environment.

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    Comment #25782088

    As the person who just read through feedback today, I can assure you that each piece of feedback sent is received, read and logged by real humans who care and more importantly deep…

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    Comment #25261406

    FWIW - it isn't entirely wrong, the wiki says: "Ringworm is a disease caused by infection of the skin by fungus, appearing as scaly, ring-shaped patches." then it goes on to descri…

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    Comment #23457605

    Hey folks - we're back in business. Clearly Dax the Duck had a case of the Mondays!

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    Comment #22728834

    This seems like poor reporting. Even droplet based spread (which is not airborne) can transfer over distances on to surfaces. This is why there is advisory for a 6+ ft physical dis…

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    Comment #22684359

    Gitcoin does this. It's a tool where users post bounties for features. Usually the owner of an open source project would set up a bounty and say "$xxx to fix this" and open source …

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    Comment #22504638

    Do you have the UK toggle turned on? Improving local results internationally is a major priority for the team currently - if you find queries where this isn't working well, hitting…

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    Comment #22504625

    'Fish Tacos [X]' where X is the name of the city - or turning on your region toggle is usually enough to solve that problem.

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    Comment #22127634

    Brit from Ontario here and have to agree. The problem is roundabouts were never on the Canadian drivers test until a few years ago and no one knows the rules. Plus, the Canadian de…

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    Comment #22033968

    Or, simply not try and skirt EU anti-trust regulation by a pay-to-play bidding system. DuckDuckGo tweet thread + link to research on choice screens: https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/…

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    Comment #22033952

    Thanks for the feedback - I've made sure this is logged internally. It looks like it may have been an edge case around capitalization where "meteo roma" was working and "meteo Roma…

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    Comment #22033931

    You can use duck.com

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    Comment #22033869

    Hi blululu, You'll notice when you search for an item like "Airpods" the shopping instant answer appears including products from Amazon. The top right of that placement ( https://i…

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    Comment #22033637

    There won't have been any major change in the past few months that would have negatively impacted your search results. If you have any specific examples you can always reach out vi…

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    Comment #21654579

    If you find issues with localized search be sure to report them with examples of what sites would give better results locally!

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    Comment #21654574

    Not sure when you last tried the app but it does indeed support tabs!

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    Comment #21653798

    >Each of them have to show bing ads, forward the users' IPs as per Bing's terms of service (to fight ad fraud etc) The ToS you are referring to is for companies without custom deal…

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    Comment #21552804

    You should re-read some of the answers above. First off, it doesn't allow homeschooling to do anything different than it already does. Second, you cannot penalize nor reward a stud…

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    Comment #21545483

    The First Amendment is far too frequently invoked when it isn't relevant. The First Amendment says that "Congress will make no law respecting the establishment of religion, prohibi…

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    Comment #21545335

    It specifically says that a student cannot be penalized OR rewarded for the religious portion of the answer and it must be marked on academic merit and substance. That does not mea…