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Chinese video platform Bilibili is going global to challenge Youtube

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Youtube is about the last Alphabet service I knowingly use (except when someone shares a google doc).
I thought you meant no Youtube at all. I use Freetube and Newpipe almost exclusively.
Peertube too, when the instance I use to follow channels works (the two previous ones closed). It's a pain to subscribe to stuff. Maybe with RSS feeds...

edit: I've been subscribed to Kagi for a while too, maybe going two years. Love it. Wish it was cheaper

I really liked Qwant maps, a good use of OSM, but the idiots closed it...

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TIL that one company owns Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, Match.com and at least 40 more dating sites/apps

It's one giant database with different filters for each website.

Other than privacy concerns, I dislike the consumption aspect. I see them swiping and it looks like they're shopping. I know some people have found meaningful relationships on Tinder, but I can't get over it.

I wonder if so many using it almost as the default way of dating makes it harder to find someone for those who want to avoid it.

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I Hate Native Linux Games

I've experienced countless times a native Linux game not working because of a dependency issue, an outdated version of some library that's not in the distribution repositories anymore. And it's often very hard or impossible to find it.
I would say it happened with over half the native games I've tried.

So unless it's a popular game with good support, don't bother and go with wine.

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NeoSearch: Open-source, ad-free, private web search now open source

It's fast, polished, really quite impressive. Maybe too AI-centric for my taste, and yet I like how the results are presented, and they were quite relevant at times... and bad too. For example I was searching for chatons.org (software) and it only gave me results for kittens* (chatons in french). While recognizing I was in France but giving all answers in English.

I wonder though, if I want to search something simple, say I forgot the exact URL of a website, how much ressources are being wasted explaining what the website does instead of simply giving me a link?

I like how Kagi does it, when I need a short AI answer I add a questionmark to my query.

I'll keep testing this, it looks very promising. Best of luck to you!

*And the AI saying kittens are hairless at birth? I don't use google so I assume this is the type of answers it gives, man that's terrible

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EU Council forces Chat Control via fast-track

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Apparently in this case it's the Council of the European Union who's responsible (aka Council of Ministers. Not the European Council. And not the Council of Europe, but everyone knows that), and the Parliament is against it.

After negotiations on Chat Control 2.0 – i.e., the mandatory, suspicionless scanning of encrypted communication – stalled due to persistent resistance in the EU Parliament, the Council of Ministers is now pushing forward with a legal maneuver.