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Let's start using DuckDuckGo more often

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Re: Let's start using DuckDuckGo more often

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Post by stjohnswarts »

lkj wrote: post #56

- "python remove from list": Google has the Python docs on the first page. DDG does not. - "site:news.ycombinator.com rms_returns duckduckgo": At first the DDG results looked better but multiple results had no mention of "rms_returns" at all. - "archlinux dmesg audit": Both nice. - "lange nacht der museen berlin": Wow, unexpectedly relevant results on DDG, did they improve their local results? I think I should indeed…

lol well I just search and duckduckgo has almost nothing -but- python (the language) links about removing from a list. Are you sure you didn't make a typo? I suppose it is possible duckduckgo saw your search comment and "fixed" it, but I have my doubts. If you wanted site specific stuff add site:python.org

Re: Let's start using DuckDuckGo more often

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Post by stjohnswarts »

benbristow wrote: post #13

The thing with Google is that, like it or not, their analytics and their knowledge of you as an individual helps produce better search results for you. Google will always be the better search engine. That being said DuckDuckGo is definitely getting much better nowadays. Still end up going back to Google after a few days though.

Yeah I just tried it again recently and was pretty how much they have improved in the couple of years since I last gave it a shot

Re: Let's start using DuckDuckGo more often

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Post by stjohnswarts »

hi41 wrote: post #59

There are some queries that governments would be very interested in knowing who did it. As an example could be the query how to make bomb. Does DuckDuckGo hand over this information to government agencies? Information such as ip address, user if etc?

they don't keep logs so it's impossible for them to turn over your search history and ip address

Re: Let's start using DuckDuckGo more often

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Post by stjohnswarts »

cvnyw wrote: post #2

I've been using it for a few months and I find myself using !g for like 4 out of 5 requests. Also image search is VERY slow, images load like in a slideshow. I'll end up going back to Google. I like the idea of DDG and I have a strong dislike for Google but DDG is simply not there yet. Having said that it's better than it was five years ago, when it was simply insufferable. So, maybe in five years? ;)

Not sure, no problem here, images load almost instantly. Searches are find, maybe a few times a week I use !g because ddg didn't find what I was looking for

Re: Let's start using DuckDuckGo more often

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Post by stjohnswarts »

haunter wrote: post #17

Is the moral basis enough to use an inferior product? So just because Google is "bad" does it make ok to use an inferior product? How does that help me as an end user? OP's only argument (Google is bad so use DDG) is not really convincing tbh

Not inferior. If you don't like it then use google, no one will cry over your decision. Privacy holds a lot of value for a lot of people, if it doesn't for you then that's your choice and no one is telling you to start taking it seriously, that is a personal issue, tbh

Re: Let's start using DuckDuckGo more often

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Post by abedef »

lucb1e wrote: post #35
fareesh wrote: post #26

For the uninitiated, !bang is a pretty great feature: https://duckduckgo.com/bang

Am I the only one who really doesn't like having to prefix that symbol and never types bangs? I type faster than most other tech people but putting my whole left hand on the left side of the keyboard to press Shift with my pinky and 1 with my ring finger is more trouble than adding a keyword for the search in Firefox ( http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_keyword_searches ). Especially because I type the G, Y, and W (goog…

I had similar thoughts, and was pleased to find that the `!` prefix allows you to place the bang anywhere in the query so I tend to slip it in at the end (which feels more natural to me).

Re: Let's start using DuckDuckGo more often

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Post by quickthrower2 »

I’ve started the process:

* move google analytics to stat counter. Might consider their no cookie option.

* moved email to domain based plus zoho. Keeping web inbox zeroed so I’m not to dependent on web mail or zoho

* did a google takeout so I access to old emails of my acc gets shut down.

* Firefox/safari for home browsers

* duck duck go default SE

* ublock origin

In the other direction:

* using material design for a new side project!

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