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[–] anothermember@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ironically one of DDG's early selling points, before they fully jumped on the privacy bandwagon, was that they would filter out results for low-effort content farms (this was pre-LLM stuff).

I had used DDG since almost the beginning and it was one of the things I was originally sold on. It's difficult to find a source for it now but I did find this: https://web.archive.org/web/20110608072253/https://www.technologyreview.com/blog/post.aspx?bid=377&bpid=25532

[–] anothermember@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you (or is anyone here) daily-driving Stract yet? I discovered it a few months ago and thought it was everything I was looking for in a search engine, but also concluded that its search results aren't up to the standard I can use for now, so I filed it as one to look out for. Would be interested in hearing others' experiences.

[–] anothermember@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It should be yes, though to be fair Americans are the worst for doing this when it's the other way round.

[–] anothermember@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've always maintained it would have been an amazing game without the glitches. In a way I can appreciate it for what it nearly was.

[–] anothermember@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

It's worth a try, though in my experience it can struggle with very large files.

[–] anothermember@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

.org was always intended for miscellaneous sites that don't fit anywhere else, I think that's the most appropriate. I mainly remember this from back in "the day" but here's a source I've just found to back me up: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1591

I'm not a big fan of the "new" generic TLDs like .world, they're not part of my hill, I don't really care what they're used for but I think we could do without them. Most Lemmy instances should really be .org in my ideal scheme of things.

[–] anothermember@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Still I'd ideally like .com addresses to be reserved for commercial entities and, while we're here, US-specific sites to more widely use .us. Just to acknowledge I know this is a very pedantic hill.

[–] anothermember@lemmy.zip 47 points 2 months ago (12 children)

People should respect the intent of top level domains. e.g. videos at youtu.be should be related to Belgium, and podcasts with a .fm domain should only be podcasts related to the Federated States of Micronesia. Users at lemm.ee should be from Estonia.

[–] anothermember@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

I only browse by subscribed because I don't subscribe to communities with "memes" and "shitposts", if a community has too many of them I unsubscribe to them.

[–] anothermember@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For me (UK):

zsh = zed ess aitch

sudo - exactly the same as "pseudo"

ssh = ess ess aitch

I'm not alone in this, it's only what all of my colleagues say.

 

Looking for some purchasing advice.

At the moment I use a Typematrix non-mechanical keyboard which is starting to wear out and become unresponsive. I was really happy with it apart from wishing it was mechanical. A mechanical clone of that, maybe a bit wider, is really my dream.

So what are my options? The mechanical ortholinear keyboards I've seen tend to be of the compact and minimalistic variety, but size isn't my priority I'm looking for something full-featured, preferably with some media keys and shortcut buttons. A number pad or some way to input numbers with a calculator-style layout is essential as my job involves numerical data entry.

Other "nice to have" things I'm more willing to compromise on:

  • I type in Dvorak so blank keys or Dvorak labels would be preferable

  • Hard-wired Dvorak switch is nice to have, the Typematrix has it, handy if I want to switch layouts in software to access special characters without worrying about finding a Dvorak-based layout.

  • Ideally no assembly required

  • I'm in the UK, I'll import if necessary but local availability is better. On that note the 105-key layout is preferred (but not that the Typematrix has that either)

Open to alternative suggestions that ignore any of the above.

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