bolha.us is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
We're a Brazilian IT Community. We love IT/DevOps/Cloud, but we also love to talk about life, the universe, and more. | Nós somos uma comunidade de TI Brasileira, gostamos de Dev/DevOps/Cloud e mais!

Server stats:

252
active users

#ddg

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
ferrie=differentieel :mfrl:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@mboelen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mboelen</span></a></span> ook - alleen <a href="https://mastodon.frl/tags/DDG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDG</span></a><br>zelfde reden als <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@ovb69" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ovb69</span></a></span> ⬆️</p>
Nadiyar 🇺🇦🇵🇸<p>Want to get ASCII art for some text?<br>search for figlet with text you want in <a href="https://c.im/tags/DDG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDG</span></a></p>
:arch: Jeffrey S. 🐧<p>Did you know?</p><p>There is an HTML only version of DuckDuckGo? I didn't until I discovered it by accident a few minutes ago.</p><p><a href="https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">html.duckduckgo.com/html/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DDG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDG</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTML</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p>
Paul Wilde 😺 (snac2 acct)I've been using <a href="https://snac.notnull.space?t=qwant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Qwant</a> search for the last couple of weeks instead of <a href="https://snac.notnull.space?t=ddg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DDG</a><br>Most importantly, it passes the spouse test in respect of getting results she finds useful.<br>Second to that, it also provides results I find useful.<br>So, I'm happy.<br><br><br>But, go on <a href="https://snac.notnull.space?t=fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a>, give me the bad news! Tell me what's wrong with it!<br><br><a href="https://snac.notnull.space?t=askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AskFedi</a><br>
small circle 🕊 in calmness<p>First Blood was popular. And now First Truth internet search.</p><p>Same as Rambo wasn't real, yet made many people want to kill other people violently. Now DuckDuckGo's basic Truth isn't real, as first search result is an alternative fact. Is violence involved too? Killing society.</p><p>Snapshot shows DDG's search result explains the word "plaid" as "financial technology company that enables users to connect their bank.." 🤯</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DDG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDG</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Newspeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newspeak</span></a> #1984 <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Hypercapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hypercapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a></p>
John Marion :donor:<p>&gt; mfw no AAAA records for duckduckgo.com</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ipv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ipv6</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ddg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ddg</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a></p>
Justine Smithies[ <b>RESOLVED</b> ]<br><br>It was the <code>User Agent</code> string in my <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=qutebrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Qutebrowser</a> <code>config.py</code> that was causing issues only with <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> search results.<br><br>Is it just me or this happening elsewhere on <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> ?<br>If I go to start.duckduckgo.com and then enter a search say <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeBSD</a> . If I then click on a result any of them I get the Nginx screen with 400 Bad Request.<br>Google works fine and other sites it's just <a href="https://snac.smithies.me.uk?t=ddg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DDG</a><br>
MadeInDex 📰🌎<p>Why doesn't <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> use an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/searchengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>searchengine</span></a> such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/searx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>searx</span></a> by default?</p><p>Does a pretty good job &amp; has 80+ instances available at:</p><p><a href="https://searx.space/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">searx.space/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 😀 </p><p>That should ensure a better uptime &amp; reliability than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duckduckgo</span></a> &amp; of course - way better everything - than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bing</span></a> 👍 </p><p>More about it at:<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searx</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/torbrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torbrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metasearchengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metasearchengine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/torproject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>torproject</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ddg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ddg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/program" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>program</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metasearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metasearch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/searxng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>searxng</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>free</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>“Choice.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/alternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/choice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>choice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/DDG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/Qwant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qwant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ecosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/bing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bing</span></a></p>
tallship<p><em><strong>Uh, Oh! We've Ratcheted up to a threat now on Adblock and UblockOrigin...</strong></em></p><p>Soft landings usually mean it doesn't hurt very much at first, then perhaps the event becomes more frequent and escalates to something that looks like the attached screenie...</p><p>When this happens, you may wish to avail yourself of some of the alternatives below.</p><p>Once you get here you're faced with trying options or even becoming disenfranchised. Switching to another browser is a prudent test, some have suggested pasting links into Incognito Mode tabs or logging out, while others have claimed that stock Brave Browser seems to humming along for them; and third party utils from among the list that follows:</p><p>#### Web based:</p><p>- <a href="https://invidious.io/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Invidious</a><br>- <a href="https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped#readme" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Piped</a></p><p>#### Android (both are available at F-Droid):</p><p>- <a href="https://libretube.dev/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LibreTube</a><br>- <a href="https://newpipe.net/#download" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewPipe</a></p><p>#### Desktop:</p><p>- <a href="https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FreeTube</a> ( Linux | UNIX | Windows):</p><p>#### Browser extension (a native, local, cross-platform solution):</p><p>- <a href="https://adnauseam.io/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AdNauseam</a><br>This last option is a simple browser extension that is apparently quite popular with folks, levying its own ethical pressure upon those who would force-feed you with data mined ad generation. The README file has some great information on the methodology incorporated.</p><p>On <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/android" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Android</a>, I haven't been presented with any of these foreboding pop ups warning me about blockers. I typically use <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/brave" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brave</a> or <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/vivaldi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vivaldi</a> Browser, they're stock, but I use the YouTube app more than I do any one of my browsers on my phones.</p><p>I also run the <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/duckduckgo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DuckDuckGo</a> <strong>"App Tracking Protection service"</strong>. This is <em><strong>NOT</strong></em> <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/foss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a>, so your choices are either installing from the <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/aurora" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aurora</a> or Google Playstore, yet there's no requirement to use the <a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/ddg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DDG</a> browser to enable this protection - it's not for your browsers though (even DDG), it is designed to work with pretty much everything on your Android <em><strong>EXCEPT</strong></em> browsers; <em>i.e., almost all of your installed apps, seamlessly</em>, and since most folks stream YouTube videos through the Google YouTube Android app, I surmise that it targets and obliterates ads in the app (I haven't confirmed the veracity of that, it's merely supposition, but it blocks zillions of attempts by installed apps to phone home).</p><p>I'm Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, personal observations, and concerns; other toolsets or applications that meet your needs, and why you may have chosen those particular types of tools.</p><p><em>I hope that helps!</em></p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://public.mitra.social/collections/tags/tallship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tallship</a></p><p>.</p>