Not if it runs the queries it sends out via a VPN where it mingles with thousands of other requests. An API call doesn’t have the disadvantages of browser fingerprinting, cookies, etc that are used to build a background of a user browsing to your search engine and track their searches. Also, there is no feedback to the search engine about which result you choose to use. If you allow outside users, it would further muddy the waters.

Ideally, you’d have it run random searches when not being used to further obfuscate the source.

I’m liking the Yunohost one, underlying debian 12 11 which is how I have my current docker hosts set up. And that’s a hell of an application list.

Yes, that’s the purpose of the VPN. It’s out there mixed in with everyone else that’s using that exit node.

Honestly, it’s not too much of a concern to me, I’m not doing anything illegal or naughty, it’s just making sure I’m not part of the dataset.

Its all calls to other engines, that you can choose and tune. So its making those calls and filtering out shit like AI results, and then ranking it to return back to you. Seems to do a good job.

Self host it, it’s nothing to set up.

Been rocking self-hosted Searxng for the last 3 weeks now as my default search engine; it’s as good or better than DDG and certainly better than Google. Results I need are usually within the first three items, no extraneous shit.

I thought I’d just try it out, but it’s staying. The ability to tune the background engines is awesome. My search history is private (though I wasn’t that worried about DDG, there was no way in fuck I was using Kagi) since it’s running it’s searches via a VPN and returning me results locally.

I upvoted this because I hate it.

Just playing a Collective Soul compilation on repeat does the same for me.

This is cool too, though.

Finger will stop the bullet.

Why would they even make a 40 min long ad for Redbull?

Plasma.

When I try Gnome, within a couple minutes I encounter the Save dialog that defaults the cursor to the Search field instead of the Filename field, and the top of my head goes spinning across the room, and I uninstall it.

The ease of updating and installing new software is starting to get me down. I’ve started hiring a neighbor to come over and slap me across the face for minor updates, and vigorously kick me in the balls when I do a full version upgrade.

My brother in Christ, Oracle isn’t worth free.

They couldn’t even successfully delete my account or stop billing me after they couldn’t fix the simplest problem because they could never associate my support ID with my tenant account. I had to put a block on my credit card at the advice of a oracle support rep to stop getting charged.

Utter dogshit, but I don’t know what I expected, doing any sort of business with Larry Ellison.

Carry it printed on a sign behind your back until he pops up, then whip it out after the first question. Then walk away after he’s read it, while conspicuously taking handwritten notes and looking back over your shoulder.

We’ll beat him like a kettle drum.

You forgot -XNG

This is probably where I would start.

You might be looking for workspace:windowActivated event or window:activeChanged and fire your script on that.

I see what my friends have with their kids and grandkids now, and really wish I had people that care for me that much. Honestly, it’s kinda gotten to where I don’t want to go to events because it just reminds me of how that chance is lost now.

This thread indicates you might have a bit of a strange quark.

I wish we had. I’m regretting it more as I get older.