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Oh so you want me to spend an extra fraction of a second to avoid an absolute privacy nightmare that could follow me around for the rest of my life?! (including potential price discrimination stealing e.g. a better retirement from me)
😉 thanks for testing!
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Good question, something I wondered about after I posted.
Nope - OK, you know what helps?
Searching via the DDG site and then tapping images. Apparently I typed “reavers gif !ddgi” to save the tap and it does a hidden spelling correction to “reverse”?!
One mystery solved!
Edit: annotation in a dark font due to iOS 18 Markup bug, sorry it’s hard to see there in the upper right
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And it’s different now! Reminded of how DDG rearranges search results when opening a result link, then hitting back, but much more extreme.
sprawling profile
Using a fresh [cookie-isolated] private tab for every search and going through iCloud Private Relay… I still have no doubt they still manage it. Sigh. Those “am I unique?” browser fingerprinting tests still show I’m unique, perhaps due to having an extension or two installed on Safari? Creepy.
OK, I feel better now. On searxng.site, I disabled all engines except for Google and I’m getting results similar to in my OP.
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You’re right :) Dumb little joke about the show I shoehorned in.
For context, DuckDuckGo is my default search engine. I do at least a dozen searches every day. Approximately 90% of the time, I use a bang (!g) to punch out to Google and receive results I perceive to be of higher quality 99% of the time. I am absolutely elated when I hit the back button because DDG had a better result in the top 3.
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It decided not to do a hidden autocorrect to reverse this time:
(Same everything (new private tab), just zoomed out.)
Hmm!
::: spoiler alt-text Two horizontally stitched screenshots comparing a search for “Reavers GIF” on DuckDuckGo and Google in Safari iOS (private tabs). DDG presented zero Firefly/Serenity relevant results while Google found them exclusively. ::: Hopefully a privacy-focused yet fast instance for US West Coast cheapskates who probably should pony up for Kagi, buttttttttttt [SearXNG Instances list on SearX.space](https://searx.space)
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The reason I use Safari! So good.
Feels private, I’ve only read their layman explanation of how it works.
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A small smirk with eyes averted is much more appropriate.
(Smirk’s just a bit of an expected reaction given the odd design)
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Is this an actual edge case?:
Someone whose hard drive is full and buys a bunch of new games and wants to go play PS5 at a cabin in the woods
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They left the rest of your Google account alone? That’s interesting…
You always adblock on all of your devices, or most of them? Ever VPN?
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Desktop mode plus zoom out on iOS, sometimes… then over to a desktop browser app when that falls. Sigh
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Ever since I was a
sophomore in college(?)
I knew I wanted to
work cross functionally across teams
Otherwise I might be in yesterday’s Excel meme 😳 only a lil Excel/GSheets pls
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Do they officially call it a guessometer?
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Accurate and intelligible.
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I’m using Voyager iOS, but checked this out from a browser.
Looks like this method:
>! spoiler !<
doesn’t work on our (yours & my) instance, nor Midwest Social:
Interesting that Join-Lemmy.org advocates for the format I previously showed in a code block:
yet your client supports the “greater than exclamation point” method. It makes me wonder whether your client should support it.
(Lots of folks like that method though per Lemmy GitHub!)
Which client you using? I’ll share this comment with them.
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Nice Unicode brah
Don’t think I’ve seen that character before
Oh it’s U+2611 : BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK? Perhaps just without one trailing emoji selector…
☑️☑
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Tap for spoiler
Hmm
I used:
::: spoiler Tap for spoiler
hidden content
:::
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It's true someone with means and knowledge could do that. Something that's stuck with me for many years:
An impoverished mom could only afford to feed her kid instant ramen most of the time. Iron deficiency -> behavioral problems. Believe this was from the documentary A Place at the Table (2012).
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😉 had never heard of that. Has it fallen out of use in favor of more modern techniques?
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Wild. “could not escape” him & his network, one victim said.
::: spoiler alt-text A user asks Bing/Copilot chat to summarize an invented article: [User] summarize ``` https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/us/dinosaurs-found-roaming-playground.html ``` Copilot The article from The New York Times reports a surprising and amusing incident where life-sized dinosaur replicas were found roaming a playground in a small town. These realistic models, part of a local museum's exhibit, were accidentally released due to a security malfunction. The sight of dinosaurs in the playground caused quite a stir among the residents, especially the children, who were both thrilled and startled. The museum has since apologized and retrieved the dinosaurs, ensuring such an incident won't happen again. The event has sparked a lot of local interest and laughter, turning into a memorable story for the community[1]. ::: Note this is problematic for a number of reasons including someone who wants to summarize a real article/thread won’t be informed an accurate summary may be impossible.
::: spoiler alt-text Four stitched screenshots of an iOS 18 home screen. The icons are themed in the style of a “NookPhone“ from the video game Animal Crossing. ::: [Source](https://mastodon.online/@pluszysta/113208384814340091) Translated:  &:  Reference, apparently: [NookPhone](https://nookipedia.com/wiki/NookPhone) --- I’d like to try heavily theming my home screen, paradoxically while keeping icons quite recognizable.
::: spoiler alt-text Taylor Swift on the red carpet with this text superimposed: As the bulbs flash, I can't help but think of cyberwar - When the arcing death of electric transformers will light the night, leaving our nation in darkness. - Taylor Swift ::: Edit: Credit: [Swift on Security](https://infosec.exchange/@SwiftOnSecurity)
::: spoiler alt-text The image contains a cheese pizza, with one single slice flipped over. The accompanying text includes: 1. A tweet from "spence" stating: "pizza tip: always flip a lucky" 2. A reply from "Carrier Technician" saying: "Looks awful" 3. A follow-up tweet from "spence": "if you died nothing in my life would change" The timestamps show the follow-up was posted at 4:54 PM on September 5, 2024, and notes it has 99 views. :::
::: spoiler alt-text A screenshot of a YouTube video embedded in a news article where YouTube is throwing the error “Sign in to confirm you're not a bot. This helps protect our community.” Stitched below is a screen grab from Avengers Endgame where Captain America says, “no, I don't think I will.” :::
My friend’s had this before but doesn’t know which to buy!
::: spoiler alt-text “David Attenborough” (a soundalike voice) explains the Cybertruck's parasitic relationship with flatbed trailers; transcript: >Here we see the Cybertruck has formed a peculiar symbiotic relationship with the larger flatbed trailer species. Evolutionarily disadvantaged, the Cybertruck has come up with a clever way to transport itself long distances. >By attaching itself to the flatbed trailer, the Cybertruck can reliably move about without risking injury to its fragile exoskeleton or internal organs. What the flatbed trailer gets in return for this kindness, science has yet to discover. ::: ::: spoiler Source >I wondered who had made the video and found myself on Reddit, in r/CyberStuck, where the video was originally posted. The creator of the fake Attenborough video, who has since deleted the post, explains in the comments that they wrote the script and edited the video, and for source material, they used "a bunch of Cybertruck fanboys on YouTube, Whistlindiesel, and also the lovely people on this fair subreddit." [boingboing.net](https://boingboing.net/2024/09/16/r-cyberstuck-the-community-for-cybertruck-memes-and-maughs.html) :::
Source: @royalarmouriesmuseum on that ByteDance-owned site Edit 2: OK it’s not this guy but I’ll leave it as it was; original edit below: [credit to Jonathan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Ferguson): >Jonathan Steven Ferguson is a British firearm historian and author who is currently the Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, England. Thanks [@ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/ElectroLisa) :)
::: spoiler alt-text A hand holding a blue dotted bingo dauber over a red bingo card with numbers arranged in a grid. The text above the image says "Transgender Illegal Aliens in Prison #Debate2024". :::
::: spoiler alt-text Horizontally stitched screenshots showing a Google Meet call on the iPhone where the microphone mute icon is highlighted in active mute status while the lock screen displays a mute icon which is not selected and inactive. ::: Always been this way for months. ~~IIRC, the lock screen mute button is nonfunctional.~~ [Mute functionality detailed here.](https://sh.itjust.works/comment/13811336) Latest Versions: iOS 17.6.1, Google Meet 260.0 I should report this bug to Google and not Apple, right?
::: spoiler alt-text & reference Four-panel comic featuring characters from the popular comic "Calvin and Hobbes" by Bill Watterson, and a cow from “The Far Side” by Gary Larson. Panel 1: "WHAT JOKE WOULD YOU LIKE TONIGHT? WE CAN READ ANYTHING EXCEPT..." "COW TOOLS?" Panel 2: "NO! NO COW TOOLS TONIGHT! WE'VE READ THAT JOKE A MILLION TIMES!" "I WANT COW TOOLS!" Panel 3: "LOOK, YOU KNOW HOW THE JOKE GOES! YOU'VE MEMORIZED THE WHOLE THING! IT'S THE SAME JOKE EVERY DAY!" "I WANT COW TOOLS!" Panel 4: (No text, just an image showing the characters and a cow) --- [Reference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_tools)  :::
[Why?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Bean) Edit: OK, Wiki’s “Bean” page has faced vandalism for [over a decade](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?page=Bean&title=Special:Log&type=protect).
That’s Dijon Vu
::: spoiler alt-text A seating chart for an "8 HOUR FLIGHT" with the text "PICK YOUR SEAT" at the top. The chart is composed of 10 numbered seats, each occupied by a different famous Republican politician or public figure, or the devil. Each number represents a seat, and each seat is either adjacent to or between one or two different individuals. :::
[WSJ article (paywall-free MSN syndication)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/elon-musk-s-walk-with-jesus/ar-AA1oXgbK) Edit: y’all see the alt-text above? 🤔 Tried the Voyager feature for the first time. Will copy below the old way for now: ::: spoiler alt-text WSJ Elon Musk's Walk With Jesus The billionaire has been invoking Christianity as he discusses core beliefs By Tim Higgins Aug. 17, 2024 5:30 am ET Elon Musk is publicly offering his own interpretation of Jesus' teachings with an Old Testament twist. Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky[…] "You have got to be kidding me..." Anil Dash @anildash.com "I heard there's an institution that doesn't have to pay any taxes and repeatedly systematically abuses children, and I decided I wanted to talk to the growth hacker who founded it." :::
::: spoiler alt-text Social media post above an image of a t-shirt: “Guess you could call this shirt... ...a crop top” “T-shirt that reads "I [heart] local corn" with the heart shape printed with yellow corn kernels” :::
::: spoiler alt-text “traditional full english breakfast comprising beans, beans, more beans, massive bowl of beans, beans in a mug, beans in a glass” :::
Sources: [270toWin](https://www.270towin.com/) [RealClearPolling](https://www.realclearpolling.com/maps/president/2024/no-toss-up/electoral-college) [RealClearPolitics](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/) [FiveThirtyEight](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/)
It’s claimed ([Axios](https://www.axios.com/2024/08/02/trump-nabj-fact-checking-black-journalists)) the interview started late due to a dispute over fact checking, but I can’t find any source for the false pretense allegation. Source: [Donald Trump Speaks At Black Journalists Convention (Full Transcript)](https://singjupost.com/donald-trump-speaks-at-black-journalists-convention-full-transcript/?singlepage=1)