I see some opportunities for those involved in anger management counseling.
On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 8:51 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > Man, based on the direct email I just got he really took issue with the > whole complacency thing. Such is life these days. Hopefully Mike realizes > that he has the option to block individual email addresses instead of > unsubscribing from the entire list. > > Better yet, he can get his sad sorry ass off gmail. After 2 fucked up > elections and massive issues with medical misinformation I have zero > respect for people who can't acknowledge how those platforms work and do > the right thing. I'm frankly fed up with people who use such platforms > acting like they have some sort of moral high ground. Fuck Google and the > users who rely on it. > > I put more effort than people realize into making sure my facts are > accurate and that my actions are forward thinking. > -Ben > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Tuesday, September 7th, 2021 at 6:49 PM, Mike C. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Please get your fucking facts straight before you start your name > calling eliist bullshit. I didn't just share my complacency to the world > asshole. > > > > I tried to understand the mostly vague criticisms in an honest effort to > offer some suggestions. > > > > What fucking good is it if I were to offer the feedback to any fucking > product or service the form for "less than useless". > > > > FUCK YOU! > > > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 6:35 PM Ben Koenig <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> I've noticed that complacent people are very determined to share their > complacency with the world. > >> > >> Just an observation. Wandering missives about how none of this matters > to YOUR life are neither constructive nor polite. > >> > >> I have some old code from a search "engine" I wrote. Going to dig it up > tonight and see if I can set up a little experiment... > >> > >> Feel free to explore meaningless opinions in the meantime. > >> -Ben > >> Sent from ProtonMail mobile > >> > >> -------- Original Message -------- > >> On Sep 7, 2021, 6:05 PM, Mike C. < [email protected]> wrote: > >> "but i suspect that keith's dislike of ads, homonym results, ... are > widely > >> shared." > >> I almost exclusively use Google search and I don't get "Pages and pages > of > >> ads." > >> I wouldn't say I've never run into the homonym issue but it's not > gotten to > >> the point of frustration to call a search engine "worse than useless". > >> There's plenty to criticize Google for, but I've moved away from the > tech > >> field and the things that I use tech for and the ways that I interact w. > >> tech Google's stuff including Android, Google Fi, etc works really well > for > >> my day to day life. > >> If I were a journalist, activist, etc, I wouldn't use it and don't > >> recommend it to those types of people. > >> About the only things tech I pay attention to anymore are privacy & > >> security stuff. > >> > >> On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 5:37 PM Randy Bush <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > You seem to have some very personal and unique search engine issues > >>> > and preferences that I dare say many other people don't. > >>> > >>> well, for criterion X, i am confident there are populations on both > >>> sides. > >>> > >>> but i suspect that keith's dislike of ads, homonym results, ... are > >>> widely shared. > >>> > >>> duckduckgo is somewhat better; and i especially like that i can > >>> right-click a search result and get the correct url, not a gobble > >>> redirect. > >>> > >>> and i run a tor relay, more as a social good. i rarely use tor. > >>> > >>> randy > >>>
