SemioticStandard

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[–] SemioticStandard 6 points 1 year ago

I use DDG because I'm still not decided on whether or not Kagi is worth it. If there's no significant difference in the results returned by DDG, why pay for Kagi?

[–] SemioticStandard 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That website is an absolute fucking dumpster fire of massively annoying and obtrusive ads, particularly on mobile. Safari adblockers do little to deal with it. I’m almost to the point where I’m just going to block the domain from even resolving at all on my home network. Really, it’s cancer. Is there a better source?

[–] SemioticStandard 1 points 1 year ago

I've never heard of this, thank you, I'll give it a try

[–] SemioticStandard 21 points 1 year ago

"Enshittification" has quickly become commonly used after it was described here: https://doctorow.medium.com/tiktoks-enshittification-bb3f5df91979

It's a specific process that tech companies seem to go through, and differs from other things, such as rent seeking.

[–] SemioticStandard 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this is due to the web itself just being full of useless bloat… sites that just scrape information from other sites that scrape information from other sites. Looking for actual reviews of items? Good luck.

It hurts how true this is. Especially for reviews.

[–] SemioticStandard 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Jesus that’s horrible. Can you just imagine that happening to you? You get a call that your mother killed your dad, your nephew, then herself.

[–] SemioticStandard 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A…golden raspberry? Wtf is that? Raspberries are my favorite, but I’ve never heard of a golden one before. How do they compare? Where do I get these things?

[–] SemioticStandard 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It makes me sad that people are losing their jobs. Somewhere out there are real people with real families wondering what they’re going to do if they’re out of a job. It just sucks.

[–] SemioticStandard 28 points 1 year ago

As one of the founders of Rocky Linux and the RESF, I agree!

[–] SemioticStandard 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] SemioticStandard 19 points 1 year ago

I was highly skeptical before reading the article, but the author made great points and I’m actually fully on board with that, now. I was even wondering if my state had plans to do something like this, then I read this at the end of the article:

Meanwhile, many states aren’t waiting for federal action. Hawaii, Connecticut, Colorado and Massachusetts either already offer subsidies or intend to.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. This really changed my perspective.

[–] SemioticStandard 1 points 1 year ago

That's actually a very, very good question! I would say that the biggest difference between them is style. Nightmare is a little more...progressive? than the others, I think. Have a read of all of them and just see what you like

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