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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • DDG isn’t perfect by a long shot, but it’s still leagues better than google. I think SEO overall has taken a nosedive in recent years, especially with AI written content muddying the waters. Unfortunately I do not know of an alternative that’s better than either.

    As a trucking dispatcher I have relied more on Bing Maps because they are more updated than Google maps sometimes. Google maps is almost impossible to search for a specific thing when you’re in a pinch, because there will be an ad for a competitor at the top of the list and you can easily be misled if you are in a rush. Happened to my bf a few weeks ago when he was searching for the closest UPS (near closing time) and inadvertently drove to a FedEx because it was the ad at the top of the search results. By the time he realized his mistake the UPS was closed. Fuck Google.





  • I’m wondering about this too, and kind of vainly hoping for one that will prevent them from leaving voicemails.

    Because that’s how these spam callers advertise now.

    I tried out my phone’s built in spam blocking feature this past month but it only blocks the call, it’ll keep it from ringing but these fuckers automatically leave a voicemail that in order to clear out of my inbox I have to be forced to listen to the first few seconds of “Hi! Did you know Comcast Xfinity has all the best blahblahblah…” before I can mash the number 7 to delete it. It’s happened twice in my 1 month trial run of using the phone’s built in defenses.

    That’s how they’re advertising, through non consensual force. If they can’t get you through the TV, or an internet ad, they’re going to forcefeed it to you through your own voicemail.

    I’ll be damned if I’m going to be forcefed an ad.

    So I went back to my usual practice of answering an unknown caller with silence. After 10 seconds of silence, I end the call. Keeps them from leaving ad voicemails. Fuckers can eat my entire ass and die.