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  1. Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 20:14:04 UTC Ji Fu Ji Fu
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    • General Strike Now
    I'm looking to improve the performance of @General Strike Now It automatically posts news articles that mention general strike. It's usually pretty good, but with the recent events in #poland I'm getting way too many false positives related to the #Russia #ukraine #war. #GeneralStrike #strike #google #news #bing #searx
    In conversation about 2 months ago from libranet.de permalink
  2. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Dec-2021 01:51:18 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    AFAIK, #Brave search uses its own crawler and index, as does #Gigablast. And let us not forget #YaCy. I intend to host a YaCy peer-to-peer search instance on its own VPS (well, shared with a #Searx instance, which will use it)
    In conversation about a year ago from web permalink
  3. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 03-Dec-2021 17:55:20 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    #LowEndBox / #LEB sending out Black Friday / Cyber Monday e-mails a week late. I'd like to get something to host #Yacy + #Searx
    In conversation about a year ago from mustard permalink
  4. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 24-Jun-2021 03:00:47 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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    • Alexandre Oliva
    @lxo #Searx is a metasearching front end. If I want it to give the kind of results I want, I need to select good back end engines for it to use.

    For example, if it uses #Bing, the results it receives from Bing will be bad ... Searx can mix better results from elsewhere to improve what it gives to its users, but why not just remove low quality searches entirely?
    In conversation Thursday, 24-Jun-2021 03:00:47 UTC from mustard permalink
  5. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 25-Mar-2021 17:09:25 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    It looks like Sarchy (search provider based first on #YaCy, then on #Searx) is gone. That page goes to a domain parking page.
    In conversation Thursday, 25-Mar-2021 17:09:25 UTC from web permalink
  6. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Dec-2020 00:50:14 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    > ... try Bing, I've heard it ... works alright.

    No idea about their filters, but I consider #Bing a failure at search. Their results are barely better than #Ask.com these days. Both #Yahoo and #DDG use their backend, but somehow have better results (but both are in steep decline).

    I do admit that it may vary based on the topics one searches for, but I've been trying out #Google alternatives for years, but no matter which I use, I eventually have to use Google (even if indirectly, such as via #StartPage or #Searx).
    In conversation Wednesday, 02-Dec-2020 00:50:14 UTC from web permalink
  7. mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Monday, 20-Jul-2020 19:37:20 UTC mangeurdenuage mangeurdenuage
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    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    >Is #Qwant really that pervasive?
    Yes, I'd wish I had backed up the interview with Jean Baptiste Piacentino (ceo) had a few years ago with someone who had knowledge in internet anonymity. Anyway the JBP (ceo) is no trust worthy for example he constantly ignored the questions about metadata. And behind the financing of qwant there is the EU https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/observatories/emcc/erm/factsheets/qwant .

    If you begin to cross the information, between the EU's eunomia, and great firewall I'm a bit doubtful that the promises of qwant are something that can be taken seriously.
    https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/648784/IPOL_STU(2020)648784_EN.pdf
    https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/220360/factsheet/en
    Besides all of that, it's proprietary, centralized, requires JS, no onion url etc....
    At least duckduckgo has an onion url.

    >The deep secret among search providers is that the "B" in #Bing stands for "broken".
    From what I heard it's great for searching porno-graphical content.

    >#Seeks & #Searx can get decent results when they're set to use Google as their provider, but if an instance gets popular, it will hit its API limit.
    Sadly. At least you can use DDG via searx.

    >I really want to host another #YaCy node
    Yacy is neat but needs a big team for it to be viable with time.
    Something to finance.
    In conversation Monday, 20-Jul-2020 19:37:20 UTC from loadaverage.org permalink

    Attachments

    1. CORDIS | European Commission
    2. Qwant
  8. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 20-Jul-2020 18:23:13 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    in reply to
    • mangeurdenuage
    @mangeurdenuage Is #Qwant really that pervasive? #Google got to be so big because its results were better than existing search providers. Yahoo used to be close (even with a Bing backend) and #DuckDuckGo was even closer (with Bing, #Yandex, and others), but lately, using a non-G search results in just going back to G.
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    The deep secret among search providers is that the "B" in #Bing stands for "broken". Despite 20+ years of Microsoft pouring money into search, its results are usually comparable in their awfulness with #Ask.
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    #Seeks & #Searx can get decent results when they're set to use Google as their provider, but if an instance gets popular, it will hit its API limit.
    In conversation Monday, 20-Jul-2020 18:23:13 UTC from AndStatus permalink
  9. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2020 23:37:42 UTC Strypey Strypey
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    @witchescauldron
    > searx is a way of adding general web search access to this wider network.

    So ... what exactly is it you want to do?

    a) add something to #Searx so it searches the fediverse (just hashtags or total keyword search of all posts?)
    OR
    b) add general web search to fediverse instances
    OR
    c) both
    OR
    d) something else

    In conversation Monday, 16-Mar-2020 23:37:42 UTC from mastodon.nzoss.nz permalink
  10. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 16-Mar-2020 23:30:06 UTC Strypey Strypey
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    • Admin

    @witchescauldron Scripting plugins for #Searx would be something new. If Searx could include #hash2pub relays in their meta-search sources, that would allow Searx instances to search the entire #fediverse, not just Mastodon and PT.

    In conversation Monday, 16-Mar-2020 23:30:06 UTC from mastodon.nzoss.nz permalink
  11. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2019 18:18:38 UTC Strypey Strypey
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    Is anyone else getting a weird issue with #Searx instances where they only seem to search #Reddit?

    In conversation Saturday, 14-Dec-2019 18:18:38 UTC from mastodon.nzoss.nz permalink
  12. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2019 10:32:15 UTC Strypey Strypey
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    • Tactical Tech ✅

    @info_activism for now, maybe. Until they get acquired. The problem with Goggle is its a completely centralized system controlled by a single corporate entity. Switching to a different centralized system, also controlled by a single corporate entity, just moves the problem sideways. The solution lies in some hybrid of free code search projects #Searx and #YaCy.

    In conversation Thursday, 12-Dec-2019 10:32:15 UTC from mastodon.nzoss.nz permalink
  13. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2019 01:27:31 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    in reply to
    • written in heart signs, faintly
    @xj9 I don't see the context, but I like #YaCy's peer-to-peer search, despite their search algorithm not being anywhere close to #Google in the quality of results (probably close to #Bing, though). I have hosted YaCy instances in the past, in part to help improve the peer network's results by crawling and indexing sites related to databases, Java, Tcl, Python, PHP (the things I was searching for most often at the time).

    I intend to host YaCy again (perhaps feeding a #Searx instance, so its results would not be wholly dependent on the goodwill of big corporate search engines).
    In conversation Friday, 01-Nov-2019 01:27:31 UTC from web permalink
  14. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Oct-2019 07:47:44 UTC Strypey Strypey
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    • Matti Minkkinen

    @mmin got a link about their use of #Bing? That's not necessarily a problem. #Searx instances send their search queries to corporate search engines too. The question is, does Ecosia send searches in batches with no user metada etc, as Searx does?

    In conversation Wednesday, 23-Oct-2019 07:47:44 UTC from mastodon.nzoss.nz permalink
  15. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 20-Oct-2019 14:57:42 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Deleting my bookmark for https://sarchy.tech/ ... it was using #YaCy (where peers crawl and index), but now it uses #Searx (which depends on the goodwill of corpocentric search providers).

    Admittedly, Searx is likely to give better results, but why use them when #DDG and #Startpage do the same things, only better?

    (And yes, DuckDuckGo's results have gotten much worse lately. Still not as bad as using #Bing directly, but I'm leaning more to Startpage these days.)
    In conversation Sunday, 20-Oct-2019 14:57:42 UTC from web permalink
  16. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2019 07:28:08 UTC Strypey Strypey
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    I wonder if #Searx could be used to create a meta-meta-search portal, which randomly picks 3-5 other Searx instances to send search queries to, and uses the usual methods it applies to results from the big search engines (pruning duplicates etc)?

    In conversation Saturday, 04-May-2019 07:28:08 UTC from mastodon.nzoss.nz permalink
  17. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Friday, 19-Apr-2019 19:22:19 UTC Strypey Strypey
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    • Bob Mottram 🔧 ☕ ✅

    @bob I technically have a FB account. The damn things are indestructible ;) Huge numbers of those accounts may be similarly abandoned, or bots, or people who only use it for working because they have to etc. Are your numbers for Google, people using their search, using any their user-facing services, or anyone who interacts with all their spy infrastructure? Again, I technically use Google via #Searx searches, and sometimes get linked to text saved on GoogleDocs instead of #Etherpad etc.

    In conversation Friday, 19-Apr-2019 19:22:19 UTC from mastodon.nzoss.nz permalink
  18. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 07-Apr-2019 05:45:27 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    • Andrew (R.S Admin)
    @ajroach42 I don't think there is a good and concise write-up about #Searx. You're probably best served by trying out a few Searx instances and reading the short description on https://github.com/asciimoo/searx

    There's also #Seeks https://beniz.github.io/seeks/ (last commit 2014) and #YaCy https://github.com/yacy/yacy_search_server (which isn't the best at finding what you're looking for). It appears that #Gigablast https://github.com/gigablast/open-source-search-engine now has a self-hostable FOSS version.
    In conversation Sunday, 07-Apr-2019 05:45:27 UTC from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. yacy/yacy_search_server
      from GitHub
      yacy_search_server - This is the YaCy Search Engine application and the main git repository for http://yacy.net
    2. asciimoo/searx
      from GitHub
      searx - Privacy-respecting metasearch engine
    3. gigablast/open-source-search-engine
      from GitHub
      Nov 20 2017 -- A distributed open source search engine and spider/crawler written in C/C++ for Linux on Intel/AMD. From gigablast dot com, which has binaries for download. See the README.md file at...
  19. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2019 15:49:55 UTC Strypey Strypey
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    • Agnel Vishal

    @agnelvishal you can search #DDG with #Javascript turned off, which would satisfy #Stallman and I don't think he classifies search engines as #SaaSS (Service-as-a-Software-Substitute). I do use a #Searx instance more often now though, and thanks for the link, I've been curious about #YaCy for a while. Got a link to the source code for that site?

    In conversation Saturday, 06-Apr-2019 15:49:55 UTC from mastodon.nzoss.nz permalink
  20. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Apr-2019 14:55:05 UTC Strypey Strypey
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    • Nate Cull

    @natecull intriguing. Is this something a #FreeCode search engine like #Searx or #YaCy could import?

    In conversation Wednesday, 03-Apr-2019 14:55:05 UTC from mastodon.nzoss.nz permalink
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