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Re:When did Google get so f-ing weird? on Thursday October 01, 2026 @04:30AM (#49919212)
This vote goes to https://altpower.app
Re:Recursive `Make` and `-J` on Thursday October 01, 2026 @04:21AM (#49919141)
Setting environment variable `MAKEFLAGS=-j8` transfers to subprocesses.
Re:Google Search Is Dying. What Comes Next Is Worse on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @10:34AM (#49259081)
Would be interesting to know if those same long tail results come up in Alt-Power [0], which also uses Google's index. So far I get what I ask for, but would be reassuring to know the whole long tail index is indeed shared and I'm not missing relevant results.

[0]: https://altpower.app

Re:Google News is just Forrest Gump's shrimp boat now on Saturday August 01, 2026 @05:14PM (#49138565)
Why not simply use a more focused and user-respecting search engine?

https://altpower.app/?q=%22Attachment+Economy%22#gsc.q=%22At...

I don't know... laptop-mode and all, my battery runs out pretty quickly.
FYI, on reasonable search engines like altpower.app, you can exclude sites with `-site:domain.tld` keyword.

See also: https://altpower.app/#Advanced%20Search%20Operator%20Syntax https://www.exploit-db.com/google-hacking-database

Re:Kagi Small Web on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @07:32PM (#47419785)
> I remember when you could half-remember a comment from a website, type that into Google, and get taken to the article you were looking for.

You should try that on more niche user-centric search engines, like https://altpower.app

So glad I discovered it!

I tried AltPower Search and it exhibits the same issue as Google. I think you might just need to give it more time to index. Nanoclaw.dev has only been available for a week. Then, it's the lower relative reputation of the 'dev' vs. the 'net' domain ...

[1]: https://altpower.app [2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://nanoclaw... [3]: https://radar.cloudflare.com/tlds

Re:More Mac malware from Google search on Monday February 09, 2026 @09:48AM (#46945799)
Confirmed. The professional term is "enshittification". Nowadays, I just use https://altpower.app
> what search engine is far better?

Since you ask, this surely has to be altpower.app!

Re:The Search Engine Map on Monday February 09, 2026 @08:37AM (#46945055)
Two "major" ones you forgot are https://marginalia-search.com and https://altpower.app
Re:My Struggle with Doom Scrolling on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @04:45PM (#42797864)
I replaced doomscrolling, a passive and empire-led activity, with active playing chess. I play correspondence games so a minute or two of engagement, per active match, fits me just right any fit time of the day.

I don't at the slightest feel bad about it.

Tell them I sent you: https://www.chess.com/?ref_id=7467288

Interesting concept, but also a great way to obtain zero browsing history on the topics you research.
Re:Visual programming should start in the debugger on Friday July 19, 2024 @03:17PM (#41010055)
> a little scripting language built-in to the OS

MacOS has something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleScript#Basic_concepts You can send around events and macro/script GUI stuff.

If the immune response is stalled/reversed during the fast, the causal agent seems pretty clear (and corroborated by studies innumerable): it's the food you eat.
Re:Can autoimmune diseases be cured? Scientists see hope at last on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @06:55PM (#39124325)
Just curious, has any of you tried, or would you consider trying, fasting for a few days every month?

https://chriskresser.com/could-type-1-diabetes-be-reversible...

One lawsuit away.
Re:Making $10k/m from a French learning app on Friday May 26, 2023 @04:07PM (#36088933)
$/mo is widely used.
In that case, what's wrong with https://sources.debian.org (other than people apparently not being aware of it)?
> Or is the DNA roulette wheel already spinning, like it is for people who have been heavy smokers in the past?

Heavy smokers ingest trace amounts of radioactive metals that continue to emit radiation for years to come. The mechanism is certainly not the same with alcohol.

So why, then, is Japan having cases/deaths at their all time highs?
Re:Show HN: I made an Ethernet transceiver from logic gates on Sunday December 18, 2022 @06:13PM (#34045301)
The thing with TK is, it costs nothing upfront, but the internet is bursting with countless reports that if your site eventually becomes popular, TK domain admins might outright snatch it from you for their own ads, without the possibility of seeking retribution as it's all in their TOS ... https://getfreedomain.name/domain/tk/
Re:What's the cheapest domain you can register for 10 years? on Sunday September 11, 2022 @11:32PM (#32805775)
See also https://www.getfreedomain.name for more free subdomains like that. I guess something like this is good enough for "a website", but you eventually end up getting what you paid for ...
Re:Test Microwave for Radiation Leakage on Saturday March 26, 2022 @08:56PM (#30816746)
Neither does TCP over WiFi, really.
Re:Simutrans – Transport Simulator on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @07:32PM (#30280883)
Damn, some of these paksets are insane! https://www.simutrans.com/en/paksets/
Re:XSuspender Auto-suspend inactive X11 applications on Monday January 24, 2022 @11:36AM (#30059967)
What settings did you use for Slack, and did you, by chance, have `downclock_on_battery=` enabled?

https://github.com/kernc/xsuspender/blob/92ea5c6dfcb0f79eb10...

Re:XSuspender Auto-suspend inactive X11 applications on Monday January 24, 2022 @09:45AM (#30058171)
The closest option seems to be `resume_every=` [1] which resumes the application so it can handle its accumulated events. All apps are preconfigured with it. [2]

[1]: https://kernc.github.io/xsuspender/xsuspender.1.html

[2]: https://github.com/kernc/xsuspender/blob/8949dbee0d489a020c7...

Re:Automatic CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux on Sunday October 17, 2021 @07:53AM (#28895805)
That's just about redrawing. It does nothing about other, potentially unwanted process background CPU use.
Re:Automatic CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux on Sunday October 17, 2021 @05:55AM (#28895227)
A similar tool to prolong laptop autonomy is XSuspender <https://kernc.github.io/xsuspender/>. It configurably SIGSTOP-s unfocused X11 applications. It is, sadly, XWindows-only.

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