That is awesome! This is why Lemmy is the best social media site. Thanks @reddig33@lemmy.world for the resource!

Ayo?

In the words of Ubisoft we need to feel “comfortable with not owning your game”. If buying is not owning then piracy is not stealing.

Got any recommended resources for piracy sites/lists?

Vsauce is awesome! He makes you question everything after each video!

Also…

Some of my favorites are from Edward Frenkel and the Langlands Program. In analogy the Langlands Program can be thought of as the “Theory of Everything” of mathematics linking various seemingly disconnected fields together.

Another great video is from 3b1b where he shows Pi somehow emerge from 2 blocks colliding against each other.

Links & Resources

• YouTube - The Langlands Program - Numberphile
• YouTube - Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox
• Wikipedia - Langlands Program
• YouTube - Why do colliding blocks compute pi?
• YouTube - The most unexpected answer to a counting puzzle

Please solve the partial differential equation to continue watching the video:

“I am not a robot” captcha is getting too hard…": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru6fi4O4lp4

Your comment belongs higher. When given the opportunity to make money by social media advertising sometimes in the thousands or millions, companies, share holders, and conflict of interest groups take it. Cablemod’s burning adapters, cryptocurrency scams, payed positive youtube reviews are some great examples. In general there is no honor system and its best to assume anything that can be abused will.

Also manipulating votes is incredibly effective towards swaying public opinion due to the bandwagon effect. Spend a days worth of effort making fake accounts and downvoting any opinion you see as undesirable and most people will follow suit. This is especially bad in echo chambers like on twitter, reddit, etc.

I wish a broader audience could be aware of this. The best I can do is try to spread the word.

Sources:

• The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, & Responsibility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGW3TPytTjc
• Cablemod Recall: https://old.reddit.com/r/cablemod/comments/18o7bnv/planned_voluntary_safety_recall_of_cablemod/
• FTX Scandal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy_of_FTX
• Bandwagon Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwagon_effect
• Echo Chamber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_chamber_(media)

Self hosting is smart! Usually good things always come to an end, at least if they are not open sourced.

The Patriot Act and Snowden’s leaks have shown companies will go against their privacy policy to appease governments. Search engines especially are targeted by five eyes with the PRISM program where copies of all your data, linked to your payment, are sent to Five Eyes and stored. Gag orders and legal threats prevent disclosure, as has been done with prior tech companies who have tried to push back against this.

Be wary of trusting corporations with your data as monetization is a powerful incentive.

Valve is great! Private and non-profit organizations give me some hope for a better internet one day.

Regarding Kagi, there are other potential concerns with privacy, data leaks and price gouging as well. The Patriot Act and Snowden’s leaks have shown that companies will lie in their privacy policy to appeal to authorities even if they claim they are not storing information. All your health related searches, sensitive personal details, private life, etc is also always linked to your payment method waiting for a potential data leak if they are lying. (Or a copy is just sent to five eyes)

All that is to say, be wary of trusting your privacy to companies. Monetization is a powerful motivator!

I’m worried eventually even Kagi will get enshittified. It has been a common trend that almost always occurs. Open source is the only way to ensure stability. Conflict of interest is what leads to companies either overcharging, or even accepting to get bought out.

Don’t get me wrong, Kagi seems to be a great company thus far! But for something as important as search it would be best to have an open source solution.

Hmm, I did notice a sudden severe drop in quality recently. Perhaps they are A/B testing something.

Thanks! Never given brave a try before

Altavista was ahead of their time. The modern internet desperately needs a technical search engine.

I’ve heard a lot of great things about Kagi, though the search limit and subscription is a little off-putting. A self-hosted Kagi would be amazing though!

Thank you!

I found public instances often have issues connecting to many search engines at once, will look into self hosting it. Thanks!