On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 05:54:05PM +0200, deloptes wrote:
> to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
> > As others say in this thread, you have to use your brain a bit more
> > to be happy with DDG.
> >
>
> Don't try to insult.
Me? How so?
> If you speak/use 1-2 languages it might be OK
Always so competitiv
to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> As others say in this thread, you have to use your brain a bit more
> to be happy with DDG.
>
Don't try to insult. If you speak/use 1-2 languages it might be OK
> To me, honestly, this is a feature, not a bug.
>
I don't care - it does not delivery good search results
On 2021-05-02, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
>
> Google on the other hand knows where i am and that i understand german
> and english language.
Ich spreche kein deutsch.
Here in France I got mainly Alfred from both search engines, with a few
birds peeping through further down.
> Have a nice day :)
>
>
On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 02:47:17PM +0200, Michael Lange wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 2 May 2021 14:29:06 +0200
> wrote:
>
> (...)
> > If you set your browser's primary "web page" language it works,
> > too. That's probably what goes into the "Accept-Language" HTTP
> > request header. Would be nice i
Hi,
On Sun, 2 May 2021 14:29:06 +0200
wrote:
(...)
> If you set your browser's primary "web page" language it works,
> too. That's probably what goes into the "Accept-Language" HTTP
> request header. Would be nice if there were a way to set that
> per-request...
when I just try to search for "l
On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 02:20:25PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Searching for "Stieglitz" DDG shows
>
> With Javascript off:
> 1st try: Alfred Stieglitz
> 2nd try: Alfred Stieglitz, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz
> 3rd try: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Alfred Stieglitz, Stiegli
Hi,
> Searching for "Stieglitz" DDG shows
With Javascript off:
1st try: Alfred Stieglitz
2nd try: Alfred Stieglitz, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz
3rd try: Joseph E. Stiglitz, Alfred Stieglitz, Stieglitz Snyder Architecture,
Christine Stieglitz
Quite random choice, but no
On Sun, May 02, 2021 at 01:20:03PM +0200, Michael Lange wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 02 May 2021 12:57:59 +0200
> deloptes wrote:
>
> (...)
> > I'm sorry guys, but DDG is another joke. For example I wanted to know
> > what is Stieglitz in German - it is kind of bird, but I wanted to know
> > how it
On Sonntag, 2. Mai 2021 07:20:03 -04 Michael Lange wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 02 May 2021 12:57:59 +0200
> deloptes wrote:
>
> (...)
>
> > I'm sorry guys, but DDG is another joke. For example I wanted to
> > know
> > what is Stieglitz in German - it is kind of bird, but I wanted to
> > know how it l
Hi,
On Sun, 02 May 2021 12:57:59 +0200
deloptes wrote:
(...)
> I'm sorry guys, but DDG is another joke. For example I wanted to know
> what is Stieglitz in German - it is kind of bird, but I wanted to know
> how it looks like. DDG results did not even come close to a bird.
this I cannot reprodu
On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 10:03:04AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:25:26 +0200
> wrote:
> > [...no javaxcript]
>
> I certainly agree with that goal, but I currently disable analytics via
> uBlock Origin, pi-hole, etc.) Disabling JS breaks a lot of (useful)
> stuff as collateral da
On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:25:26 +0200
wrote:
...
> Thetis seems to be paying for Google, in one currency or another. For
> one, fonts and jquery get downloaded directly from googleapis.com, so
> Big G gets a tug each time someone hits their page. Then, they embed
> Google analytics scripts in their
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 10:05:22PM -0400, Yitzhak Grossman wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:49:56 -0300
> riveravaldez wrote:
[...]
> > I have no idea if this Thetis business is pretty popular or well-know (first
> > time I heard about them), but: couldn't be maybe that Thetis paid for some
> > G
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 11:05:54AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:02:19 +0100
> wrote:
[...]
> > Could you give an example where DDG fails and Google succeeds?
>
> Here's a sort of example I just ran into. When trying to find
> information about Thetis hardware security keys, DD
On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:02:19 +0100
wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 09:46:53AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > You've been making some very interesting points here about the key
> > being context, but I'm not sure I totally buy it. DDG simply doesn't
> > work well for me in certain areas
On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 12:09:54AM +0100, deloptes wrote:
[...]
> Things I found yesterday in Google, I can not find today and DDG anyway :)
Pics or it didn't happen ;-)
Cheers
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> It may not be long before vendors are ranked or even excluded according
> to their virtue-signalling activities rather than their products.
Yes, I also think this might be the next step ... cause no one is biting on
the adds anyway and there are also too many people trying to manipul
ghe2001 wrote:
> How about DDG as the default, and Google when necessary.
yes - this is the present setting here
Things I found yesterday in Google, I can not find today and DDG anyway :)
I guess Google has already lost track of the data and may be algorithm long
time ago, but it's still workin
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On Tuesday, March 16, 2021 2:42 PM, deloptes wrote:
> This was in the beginning. Then it became business and now it is political
> and I am not sure anymore if this is exactly what I want, but as said
> technical
On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 21:42:48 +0100
deloptes wrote:
> Celejar wrote:
>
> >> Hm. Good point. Of course, Google has a lot more resources than
> >> DDG. My hypothesis is that the advantage from that is rather
> >> marginal and that they get most of their advantage from search
> >> context. Of course
Celejar wrote:
>> Hm. Good point. Of course, Google has a lot more resources than DDG.
>> My hypothesis is that the advantage from that is rather marginal and
>> that they get most of their advantage from search context. Of course,
>> I may be wrong (as nearly always ;-)
>
> It's certainly hard t
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 10:49:10AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:02:19 +0100
> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 09:46:53AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > > [...] And I do usually access Google without being logged in, with
> > > most cookies blocked, NoScript, etc., so in general
On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:02:19 +0100
wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 09:46:53AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > You've been making some very interesting points here about the key
> > being context, but I'm not sure I totally buy it. DDG simply doesn't
> > work well for me in certain areas
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 09:46:53AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
[...]
> You've been making some very interesting points here about the key
> being context, but I'm not sure I totally buy it. DDG simply doesn't
> work well for me in certain areas of interest to me. Perhaps I'm simply
> not sufficiently s
On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 15:05:44 +0100
wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 02:47:23PM +0100, deloptes wrote:
> > to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >
> > > This is nonsense. "The best" without any context is just meaningless.
> > >
> >
> > Come on, you yourself write below why.
>
> [...]
>
> > Me too - doin
On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 02:47:23PM +0100, deloptes wrote:
> to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
> > This is nonsense. "The best" without any context is just meaningless.
> >
>
> Come on, you yourself write below why.
[...]
> Me too - doing the same - but as you say "more or less as good as
> Google's" -
to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> This is nonsense. "The best" without any context is just meaningless.
>
Come on, you yourself write below why.
> Let me put an example: a friend of mine is doing biological research
> (mRNA and that kind of stuff).
>
> She relies totally on Google to keep the research
On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 01:16:02PM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Du, 14 mar 21, 11:11:25, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 11:58:32AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > >
> > > With DDG I can easily specify whether I want "local" results and for
> > > which country.
> >
> >
On Du, 14 mar 21, 11:11:25, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 11:58:32AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >
> > With DDG I can easily specify whether I want "local" results and for
> > which country.
>
> Ruoghly yes, but what I was aiming at is slightly more subtle.
And I was addi
On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 11:58:32AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Du, 14 mar 21, 10:03:44, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >
> > I think by now every avid reader will have an idea of what's going on.
> > The whole fuzzball of metadata you share with Google (your IP address,
> > your browser version,
On Du, 14 mar 21, 10:03:44, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
> I think by now every avid reader will have an idea of what's going on.
> The whole fuzzball of metadata you share with Google (your IP address,
> your browser version, the whole compost heap of cookies, browser metrics
> prior search history
On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 11:47:27PM +0100, deloptes wrote:
> Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>
> > Interestingly, for my searches recently I've seldom got really better
> > hits on Google.
>
> I'm trying DuckDuckGo for 2 weeks now - it's not bad, but Google is (still)
> the best
This is nonsense. "The best
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Interestingly, for my searches recently I've seldom got really better
> hits on Google.
I'm trying DuckDuckGo for 2 weeks now - it's not bad, but Google is (still)
the best
On Sb, 13 mar 21, 15:44:50, Felix Miata wrote:
> Charlie Gibbs composed on 2021-03-13 11:04 (UTC-0800):
>
> > (DuckDuckGo works fine for searches.)
>
> I use Google and DDG. It's not unusual here to have DDG to return 0
On Sat, 13 Mar 2021, Felix Miata wrote:
Charlie Gibbs composed on 2021-03-13 11:04 (UTC-0800):
(DuckDuckGo works fine for searches.)
I use Google and DDG. It's not unusual here to have DDG to return 0 hits, and
the
exact same search repeated in Google return multiple good hits.
--
I must
Charlie Gibbs composed on 2021-03-13 11:04 (UTC-0800):
> (DuckDuckGo works fine for searches.)
I use Google and DDG. It's not unusual here to have DDG to return 0 hits, and
the
exact same search repeated in Google re
36 matches
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