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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:31:41 JST 翠星石
   >duckduckgo now refuses to provide results for gnu articles I'm looking for even with site:gnu.org
   I guess I need to find a new semi-reliable search engine that works without JS.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:33:57 JST SuperDicq

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com startpage.com works without JS as well.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:44:48 JST 翠星石

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     • SuperDicq
     @SuperDicq Sure, but I've found that google results are really terrible now, although not as bad as duckduckgo now it seems (after all, I can search "gnu users who have never heard of gnu" and get the page).
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 21:53:44 JST SuperDicq

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com You can also use searx instead.
     
     Here is a list of instances: https://searx.space/ (requires JS, but it's free).
     
     The actual search engine itself doesn't require JS, like https://search.bus-hit.me/ for example.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 22:01:53 JST 翠星石

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     • sepples
     @sepples Kagi is unacceptable as the only payment method is "Stripe", which doesn't work without proprietary software and having every single one of your searches tied to your identity is a terrible idea.
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     sepples (sepples@pone.social)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 22:01:54 JST sepples

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     @Suiseiseki kagi is good but you need an account and have to be willing to either pay for the subscription or limit your searches to 100/mo

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 22:02:54 JST 翠星石

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     • SuperDicq
     @SuperDicq Searx is pretty good, the problem is finding a reliable instance.
     
     Hmm, maybe I should make my own instance.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 22:09:17 JST SuperDicq

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     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com As I understand it there's one issue with hosting a searx instance yourself and that is that if you do that your search results will be less anonymous than using a public instance.
     
     Searx is a meta search engine so it gets results from many other search engines and combines them. If you're the sole user of a searx instance all the traffic from that instance are your personal searx queries, they do not get thrown into the same pile with thousands of other users, making them anonymous, like they do on the public instances
     
     So if you host a searx instance, it's in your best interest to share it with other people.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Feb-2024 22:10:56 JST 翠星石

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     • SuperDicq
     @SuperDicq >if you host a searx instance, it's in your best interest to share it with other people.
     Yes, that's what I 計画 to do (note: keikaku means plan).
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 23:20:51 JST SuperDicq

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     • Hyolobrika

     @Hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net ?

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     Hyolobrika (hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 23:20:53 JST Hyolobrika

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     @SuperDicq
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     Hyolobrika (hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 23:20:54 JST Hyolobrika

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     This one is free as in FREEDOM 🦅 :gnujihad:: https://stract.com/
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 23:24:58 JST SuperDicq

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     • Hyolobrika

     @Hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net Ah, interesting. Everything does seem to work without Javascript on this which is great.
     
     The only red flags I see so far are that they host their source on Github and that they use Discord for communication.

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     Hyolobrika (hyolobrika@social.fbxl.net)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 23:24:59 JST Hyolobrika

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     Misremembered the URL. It's actually stract.com