Nope. I gave it a shot for a little bit and the results were way better than DDG so I decided to pay for it after the trial was up.
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It works but it’s way shittier. I ended up paying for Kagi.
jmanes@beehaw.orgto Politics@beehaw.org•Alabama GOP refuses to draw second Black district, despite Supreme Court order22·2 years agoI hate to be cynical but yeah this is absolutely right.
The “punishment” will likely be a bunch of officials saying “wow that’s really bad.” And when that is the only punishment why NOT try to force your political will?
Hate to say it but the brazen wackos are often the ones moving mountains.
jmanes@beehaw.orgto Science@beehaw.org•Billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving baby food containers5·2 years agoYep, this is on my to-do list. Already moved to Pyrex for re-usable containers and glass wear. We need new pans and I am going back to cast iron.
jmanes@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month16·2 years agoI’ll continue to pay for it… it’s the only streaming service that I consider essential to pay for. I’ll dump everything else before I dump this.
I don’t like it. I did sign up for an instance though just to poke around. Seems nice! Not sure if I’ll use it over Lemmy / Mastodon combo though. My attention can only go so many directions.
jmanes@beehaw.orgto Politics@beehaw.org•Florida approves Black history standards decried as ‘step backward’English20·2 years agoEntirely fucked. What an insane state.
jmanes@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Does anyone know when the Beeper apps will be ready?English4·2 years agoI got an invite but haven’t claimed it yet. Not really wanting to use it now… Too many issues that I have read about security wise. Also they are trying to build a super-chat app that just calls into everything else. Historically this approach has not worked, and I don’t see it suddenly working now.
jmanes@beehaw.orgto Chat@beehaw.org•Nobody cares about your blog | Reasons to Maintain a Personal BlogEnglish13·2 years agoI maintain one. I think of it more as a personal journal.
I love it!
I’m going to shill for https://simplelogin.io here. Any other aliasing service will do, too. SL is just the one that I use. Email aliases are game changing.
Just hoping this isn’t some 0-day attack vector that will eventually be used against Beehaw.
I have an account on lw. Might be time to abandon it or delete it.
jmanes@beehaw.orgto Politics@beehaw.org•Investigation finds Clarence Thomas accepted more undisclosed gifts from wealthy friends through elite associationEnglish15·2 years agoAnyone else remember when he was being interviewed and claimed he would rather be in a Walmart parking lot than on the beach? Really weird guy. Very bad liar lol
jmanes@beehaw.orgto World News@beehaw.org•Canada condemns use of cluster munitions following U.S. decision to send weapon to Ukraine2·2 years agoI am not referring to you as a Tanky like other folks, to be clear. I’m more civil than that :)
I think the issue I personally have with your argument is that I do not think there is an “advocate for peace” option left on the table. Functionally, what would that look like today? Losing autonomy over your land, your culture, your people, so that Russia will stop blowing things up. That to me does not seem to be advocating for peace, it seems to be advocating for defeat and potentially, a long-game genocide.
jmanes@beehaw.orgto World News@beehaw.org•Canada condemns use of cluster munitions following U.S. decision to send weapon to Ukraine1·2 years agoI don’t think anyone here is suggesting we are in a movie or video game situation. A lot of the arguments here are rooted in history.
I believe the argument you made is simply beneficial to authoritarianism which is why folks are leaving intense replies. If the idea you’re proposing is saving lives at all cost, then it is no different functionally from the ideology of “might makes right.”
Quickly negotiating a defeat to save lives means that the USA, China and Russia can and should invade every square foot of land that they desire as fast as possible. The blame would then be on the victims for not giving up quicker to save lives.
Surely you can see how this is a problem?
jmanes@beehaw.orgto World News@beehaw.org•Canada condemns use of cluster munitions following U.S. decision to send weapon to Ukraine4·2 years agoCompletely agree with you. Every argument I have seen to pin this on Ukraine is grasping for straws.
Thank goodness. Death to IPv4.