On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 03:51:20PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> What their software *does* do, assuming that you
> allow their cookies and script, is try to learn your preferences so that
> it can take what it thinks are your interests into account when ordering
> search results. This works pretty
On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 04:46:26PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> I wrote:
> > Just block Google's cookies and scripts and it works fine [...]
>
> tomas writes:
> > I don't even want to feed them the info that I'm looking
> > for something.
[...]
> Since their ads never result in me buying anything
On 06/06/2019 21:51, John Hasler wrote:
>> A friend of mine, biologist, heavily relying on Google search for her
>> work, once told me that when she worked from home, the search results
>> for exactly the same terms turned up totally different results (somehow
>> less related to biology, she fel
On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 4:46 PM John Hasler wrote:
> Since their ads never result in me buying anything (actually I rarely
> even see them), I'm costing them money by using their search engine.
>
Well not really costing them anything. Their costs are amortized over so
many other
transactions, and
I wrote:
> Just block Google's cookies and scripts and it works fine [...]
tomas writes:
> I don't even want to feed them the info that I'm looking
> for something.
Since I'm anonymous[1] to them the only use they can make of that
information is to note that someone has shown interest in the item
On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 03:51:20PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
[...]
> I've tried the Duck. Great idea, but it's inadequate.
For you, perhaps. For me, it works wonderfully: I had to
adapt my queries a bit, but knowing that DDG hasn't the
"context knowledge" I learnt how to.
> Just block Google's
> A friend of mine, biologist, heavily relying on Google search for her
>work, once told me that when she worked from home, the search results
>for exactly the same terms turned up totally different results (somehow
>less related to biology, she felt). Once I explained her how that
>works, I think
On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 07:33:13PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 18:20:38 +0200
> Thorsten Nicklaus wrote:
>
> Hello Thorsten,
>
> >that is exactly what I am looking for. Could not explain why my search
> >where so unprofessional.
>
> What I found was the first hit here. It c
On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 18:20:38 +0200
Thorsten Nicklaus wrote:
Hello Thorsten,
>that is exactly what I am looking for. Could not explain why my search
>where so unprofessional.
What I found was the first hit here. It can depend on exact search
terms, and which search engine one uses, obviously.
Hi Brad,
that is exactly what I am looking for. Could not explain why my search
where so unprofessional.
I have to see whats happen
Thank you
On 06.06.19 13:18, Brad Rogers wrote:
On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 12:54:28 +0200
Thorsten wrote:
Hello Thorsten,
if nobody has a answer or idea. Can someb
On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 12:54:28 +0200
Thorsten wrote:
Hello Thorsten,
>if nobody has a answer or idea. Can somebody tell me which debian
>package has the error?
A very cursory internet search resulted in this;
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1645553
(I'm surprised you couldn't find th
Hi,
if nobody has a answer or idea. Can somebody tell me which debian
package has the error? Is it a mate error or the x-server? I want to
report the bug.
Thorsten
On 02.06.19 12:30, Thorsten wrote:
Hi,
my desktop is mate on a Thinkpad T480s. Under preferences
system->preferences->view->Wi
Hi,
my desktop is mate on a Thinkpad T480s. Under preferences
system->preferences->view->Window you can activate "Programmkomposit der
Fensterverwaltung aktivieren" in english "Activate program composite
window management". You can get a preview of your windows with key
ALT-TAB.
If I activat
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