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YaCy is something you can host, and it has a peer to peer distributed index. If the rankings would be more useful tho...
Qwant as search engine is pretty good.
Re:Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @05:07AM (#46973130)
The dealbreaker for me is the fact that I can't manually define the channel order (and sub-spaces instead of channel categories, which hurt usability) for everyone as a Space admin. For larger communities, Matrix becomes very unconfortable that way.
LoRa locally is often installed/managed by municipal governments.
Re:Run a legal LTE network at home for $100 on Monday September 01, 2025 @05:26AM (#45091039)
Congress afaik relies on a temporarily borrowed/gifted license
Re:Old Timey Code and Old Timey Mono Fonts on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @03:53AM (#43913192)
I wonder why Luxembourgish is supported when German is not...
Re:Data viz project that maps all earthquakes by magnitude on Friday October 25, 2024 @04:44AM (#41943436)
Applies to certain former coal mining regions as well (like the Ruhr valley)
Re:Owners of 1-Time Passcode Theft Service Plead Guilty on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @10:12AM (#41435169)
You can. They offer debit cards.
Re:Owners of 1-Time Passcode Theft Service Plead Guilty on Tuesday September 03, 2024 @06:21AM (#41433313)
(Transfer)Wise
It's a chicken-and-egg problem. It doesnt exist in their day to day because they cant access it legally. Also, the political space would profit from more open access. How can I base my arguments on facts and logic if the primary sources of the facts are not accessible to me? How can I show others the facts if they cant access the source without getting into legal trouble?
Re:Building a GPS receiver on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @05:57AM (#40050159)
Does it only support the US-made GPS (NAVSTAR GPS) or other GNSS systems like Galileo as well?
Does that mean that Ants have a better healthcare system than the USA?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2023) on Thursday November 02, 2023 @04:41AM (#38110582)
University of Bonn | onsite, with remote work options (Germany) | Bonn, Germany | Full-time

The University of Bonn is one of Germany's eleven Universities of Excellence and has a 200-year history of combining excellent research in a range of disciplines with research-led teaching.[1]

The University of Bonn is looking for:

- a network administrator

- both Junior and Senior IT Security Administrators

- employees for the University Data Centre in the area of Identity Management

More info can be found on the career page of the university: https://www.uni-bonn.de/de/universitaet/arbeiten-an-der-uni/...

[1] https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/university/about-the-university/a...

Re:47 Anime for 47 Prefectures in Japan on Thursday October 12, 2023 @12:02PM (#37859046)
Kinda surprised they didnt take Zombie Land Saga for Saga prefecture. It's literally made to promote the prefecture. Plus its a wonderful anime with lovely characters