Nov 4, 2026, 1:04 PMsomeone should invent a web search engine that when you type something into the search box it gives you the thing you searched for
- Nov 4, 2026, 1:04 PM
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Mike Torrmacronencer@mastodon.scotNov 4, 2026, 1:11 PMNah... that's way too radical.
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌈bytebroNov 4, 2026, 4:29 PMYou beat me to it!
Rita, antifascist 🏴🦯🦯🦯OldSquida2@kolektiva.socialNov 4, 2026, 1:29 PM@josh Brave
Carlos (명준) :verified: :noai:iscarlosmolero@landofooo.socialNov 4, 2026, 2:44 PM@OldSquida2 @josh The browser or the characteristic?
- Rita, antifascist 🏴🦯🦯🦯OldSquida2@kolektiva.socialNov 4, 2026, 3:32 PM
@iscarlosmolero @josh the browser
Nov 4, 2026, 4:47 PM
noodlejetski :verified_gay:noodlejetski@masto.aiNov 4, 2026, 5:05 PM- Rita, antifascist 🏴🦯🦯🦯OldSquida2@kolektiva.socialNov 4, 2026, 8:13 PM
@noodlejetski @iscarlosmolero @josh i know. my default browser is duckduckgo
- Carlos (명준) :verified: :noai:iscarlosmolero@landofooo.socialNov 4, 2026, 6:05 PM
@OldSquida2 @josh Mate, read about them, even just their landing gives you a map of their values lol.
Guy on the runphilleu@mastodon.socialNov 4, 2026, 4:38 PM
Truxnelltruxnell@aus.socialNov 4, 2026, 1:50 PM@josh that will never take off, its to out there
Ravensrod 🫖 🍰 🏳️⚧️🍉ravensrod@mstdn.socialNov 4, 2026, 2:03 PM
Nov 4, 2026, 2:53 PM@ravensrod @josh I searched with Startpage in Ukrainian, it gave me russian results. Disappointing.
- Ravensrod 🫖 🍰 🏳️⚧️🍉ravensrod@mstdn.socialNov 4, 2026, 2:58 PM
@andycallisto @josh Then complain to Startpage, there's bugger all I can do about it.
- Nov 4, 2026, 3:13 PM
@ravensrod @josh There is SearXNG, a metasearch engine. Works much better for me!
FandaSinFandaSin@social.linux.pizzaNov 4, 2026, 2:09 PMWhat a concept!👍😂
Nov 4, 2026, 2:09 PM- JPfroztbyte@mastodon.socialNov 4, 2026, 2:21 PM
@josh wouldn't that be something
Fishytrtmn@masto.trtmn.ioNov 4, 2026, 2:24 PM@josh that doesn’t seem very late-stage-capitalism-y of you…
Nov 4, 2026, 2:37 PM@josh a pipe dream
the technology just isn't there, yet- Jonathanjonathan859@someplace.socialNov 4, 2026, 2:44 PM
@josh Kagi it is.
Chris Bartelserosion@universeodon.comNov 4, 2026, 2:44 PM@josh It's called Kagi: https://kagi.com
- Carlos (명준) :verified: :noai:iscarlosmolero@landofooo.socialNov 4, 2026, 2:44 PM
@josh Groundbreaking.
merkjurielmercurial@booping.synth.downloadNov 4, 2026, 2:47 PM@josh@masto.byrd.ws so I suppose Google thought of this and went, aha, we use LLMs!
Nov 4, 2026, 2:53 PM@josh Please, my friend, we want to buy a shelter for my family to protect us from the rain and cold. The price of a tent here is $700, so please give me money to buy this tent.https://chuffed.org/project/208485-give-waleeds-family-a-chance-to-live
Spitfirespitfire@mastodon.deNov 4, 2026, 2:53 PM@josh I think you are on to something there. 😆
leberschnitzelleberschnitzel@existiert.chNov 4, 2026, 2:57 PM@josh I think you're on to something! We could maybe monetize this, with advertisements!
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPETimWardCam@c.imNov 4, 2026, 3:05 PM@josh Google still does, a bit, if you turn off the AI crap (which you still allowed to do earlier today, but of course I don't know for how long that will last).
AG7GM DanAG7GM@mastodon.radioNov 4, 2026, 3:13 PM@josh C'mon now! Talk some sense, willya? What would be the point of *that*?!
Nov 4, 2026, 3:18 PM@josh Far out ... 🤔
Amos KepplerHoodedman@universeodon.comNov 4, 2026, 3:42 PM@josh Good point. I wonder why no one has thought about that. 💯
shadowsshadows@beige.partyNov 4, 2026, 3:49 PM@josh and maybe give the websites (not the user) a captcha and if they solve it, block it from the results for being AI.
spadufspaduf@kolektiva.socialNov 4, 2026, 3:49 PM@josh ok I hear you but what if it shows you ads instead
wannabe_alarmistwannabe_alarmist@mastodon.socialNov 4, 2026, 3:59 PM@josh It's Hister.
https://hister.org/
https://chaos.social/@histerWorks like a charm. FOSS, self-hosted, 1 binary to make it run.
No hassle, at all.
- wannabe_alarmistwannabe_alarmist@mastodon.socialNov 4, 2026, 4:04 PM
@josh It's like a supercharged search history. It does it's thing with no your attention required, and helps you out the minute you need the help most.
neverbeatenneverbeaten@mas.toNov 4, 2026, 4:05 PM@josh
You mean Kagi?
vascorsdvascorsd@mastodon.socialNov 4, 2026, 4:08 PM
eddiedreddie@vivaldi.netNov 4, 2026, 4:12 PM@josh Chiming in with https://marginalia-search.com/
Tim Jtimtfj@mastodon.socialNov 4, 2026, 10:58 PM- Nov 4, 2026, 11:42 PM
- Tim Jtimtfj@mastodon.socialNov 5, 2026, 12:31 AM
JamesJames@beige.partyNov 4, 2026, 4:17 PMIt’s been done. You used to be able to Google it.
Nov 4, 2026, 4:22 PM@josh Call it something like “Alta Vista”…
Nov 4, 2026, 4:26 PM@josh Great for back in the days when the web had actual content…
Lorenzo Tha MagnificentLordKonnen@mstdn.socialNov 4, 2026, 4:44 PM@josh The thing, this search engine would have to be smart to do that
Herman 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇾🇪🍋Herman@mastodon.worldNov 4, 2026, 4:58 PM@josh Brilliant. Why hadn’t someone thought of this earlier?
Huntn00Huntn00@mastodon.worldNov 4, 2026, 5:40 PM@josh … and not try to sell you something or something else.
Nicole ParsonsNpars01@mstdn.socialNov 4, 2026, 5:51 PMThe fossil fuel industry is run by petrostate despots & oil oligarchs determined to keep their wealth & control at all cost.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/26/nx-s1-5761206/how-saudi-arabia-shaped-silicon-valley
https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-crown-prince-visits-apple-google-2018-4
They've invested in Google & Musk to meter all human knowledge to their own benefit.
https://nypost.com/2018/11/12/charles-koch-investing-over-15b-in-small-tech-firms/
https://www.axios.com/2017/12/14/koch-tries-its-hand-at-venture-capital-1513277500
A well-educated 99% stops that.
https://jacobin.com/2018/06/public-education-privatization-koch-brothers-teachersA well-informed electorate stops that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/10/16/koch-network-says-it-wants-remake-public-education-that-means-destroying-it-says-author-new-book-billionaire-brothers/
Ricardo Antifa Harvinricardoharvin@mstdn.socialNov 4, 2026, 6:04 PM"I feel lucky"
gavinisdie :troll:gavinisdie@masto.aiNov 4, 2026, 6:06 PM@josh are you insane?! Search engines HAVE to pretend part of the thing you searched up isn't there
Jimmothy Baggins64bithero@mstdn.gamesNov 4, 2026, 6:14 PM@josh your thinking of Kagi :)
Felipe :verified420:felipeB@hachyderm.ioNov 4, 2026, 6:28 PM@josh duckduckgo, startpage, ecosia, baidu, gibiru, naver, you, openverse, bing, karma, swisscows
Tattooed NonnaTattooed_Mummy@beige.partyNov 4, 2026, 6:29 PM@josh I'm so old.....
SupermoosieSuperMoosie@mastodon.auNov 4, 2026, 6:43 PM
Wiredfirewiredfire@mstdn.socialNov 4, 2026, 7:23 PM@josh oh how we miss Alta Vista
- SupermoosieSuperMoosie@mastodon.auNov 4, 2026, 9:09 PM
Maximummium Overacticansaka_quant_noir@hcommons.socialNov 4, 2026, 7:30 PM@josh You mean like Altavista tried back in the 90s?
- SupermoosieSuperMoosie@mastodon.auNov 4, 2026, 9:09 PM
Michael ☕️mcpinson@mas.toNov 4, 2026, 7:44 PM@josh
Old enough to have bought a couple editions of the Internet Yellow Pages.Actual dead-tree paper books with web sites arranged by subject. Wonderful stuff back in the day.
