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  • duckduckgo-locales

    Translation files for <a href="https://duckduckgo.com"> </a>

  • I find DuckDuckGo's[0] (DDG) images feature to be a brilliant replacement for Google Images/Lens. Google Images doesn't let you view the actual resource anymore and disabled that feature years ago. DDG's image feature is crucial since it doesn't bring you to the site itself, it just points to the raw URL of where the asset resides and you can easily download it, without hunting the graphics down on the site itself, although DDG does offer a link to the page where the image was found. The important bit is pressing the 'View File' button.

    [0] https://duckduckgo.com/

  • hckrnws

    A custom frontend for a better reading experience of HackerNews

  • Comically, when I google hackernews or even "Hacker News" I often get the other Hacker news first.

    Finding my preferred UI https://hckrnews.com/ that's not even in the first page of results. Rajat's version https://hckrnws.com/... nowhere to be seen.

    Google is becoming a mediocre phone book.

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  • Yacy

    Distributed Peer-to-Peer Web Search Engine and Intranet Search Appliance

  • > Now I just need some kind of open source search engine to run on it ...

    Here you go: https://yacy.net

    On the other hand it is not 1995. Time has moved on. I wrote a Simple RSS feed, that also serves as search engine for bookmarks.

    I am able to run it in attick on raspberry pi. We do not have to rely so heavily on google.

    https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

    It is true that it does not serve me as google, or kagi replacement. It is a very nice addition though.

    With a little bit off determination I do not have to be so dependent on google.

    Here is also a dump of known domains. Some are personal.

    https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database

    ...and my bookmarks

    https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database

    Some more years, and google can go to hell.

  • Internet-Places-Database

    Database of Internet places. Mostly domains

  • On the other hand it is not 1995. Time has moved on. I wrote a Simple RSS feed, that also serves as search engine for bookmarks.

    I am able to run it in attick on raspberry pi. We do not have to rely so heavily on google.

    https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

    It is true that it does not serve me as google, or kagi replacement. It is a very nice addition though.

    With a little bit off determination I do not have to be so dependent on google.

    Here is also a dump of known domains. Some are personal.

    https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database

    ...and my bookmarks

    https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database

    Some more years, and google can go to hell.

    On the other hand it is not 1995. Time has moved on. I wrote a Simple RSS feed, that also serves as search engine for bookmarks.

    I am able to run it in attick on raspberry pi. We do not have to rely so heavily on google.

    https://github.com/rumca-js/Django-link-archive

    It is true that it does not serve me as google, or kagi replacement. It is a very nice addition though.

    With a little bit off determination I do not have to be so dependent on google.

    Here is also a dump of known domains. Some are personal.

    https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database

    ...and my bookmarks

    https://github.com/rumca-js/RSS-Link-Database

    Some more years, and google can go to hell.

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