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Cake day: July 24th, 2023

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  • Mine was not really long and stretched out over multiple devices. First Ubuntu Server, on my server, then a Kali dual boot on my main PC (which was actually useful), then PopOS. Then Ubuntu/Debian, after some time LFS and finally Arch on my old laptop. Then Arch on my PC too, and my new Laptops, and finally Arch on all devices.







  • at high frame rates

    For me it was the opposite, everything below the monitor’s refresh rate (probably), so 60 Hz for me, flickers. As I have a 4k monitor and a 1070, it’s extremely hard to find any game which runs at more than 30 FPS, especially story games (excluding games made with love and the intention to create something perfect, like Metro).




  • This is an article often quoted, which makes it seem like it’s a kind of consensus. Yet one of the main points, taxes, can just be disproven by reading the Kagi FAQ about it. Find it by searching “Kagi inc tax” on any search engine, like Kagi itself. Or just https://help.kagi.com/kagi/faq/sales-tax-vat.html.

    We weren’t initially required to collect sales tax/VAT until reaching certain thresholds, typically defined by the number of customers in a jurisdiction or sales volume.

    And sooo many other things in this article are purely based on assumptions, incorrect data and misquotes. This personal blog is exactly none better than your average hustle-finance-nazi-bro podcast, in almost all terms (except political views).


  • If you have spare hardware lying around and a public IP (or a server anyway), you can selfhost SearXNG.
    If you’re fine with paying 12$/month (with tax) for a customizable search engine, very accurate and transparently sourced/quoted LLM, and just a better index than any other search engine I know, use Kagi. I heard some rumors and bad things, but nothing to do with privacy, only the aforementioned tax.
    And for a free search engine which claims privacy and is an alternative to DDG, with its own index afaik, Brave.