Yip. It might not have been clear but my point was that if you have a SearXNG instance set up and running well, then Kagi may well not be worth the cost since you've already got most of its strengths.
Dave
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If you're there with Searx then it's pretty similar to how Kagi works. Kagi sends requests to various search providers and has some of its own index then shows results based on the various sources.
I found Searx/Searxng slow, 5-6 seconds per query (to get a response from each source), though it seems others have it working faster. Might have been some IP or rate limiting issue.
Kagi has easy ways to raise/lower rankings and users can report AI slop pages to have them removed, but all in all Searx gives pretty good results.
There's really no poll feature. Piefed has polls but Lemmy doesn't.
You could make a poll by asking a question then reading people's answers, or by linking a poll website.
What was that thing where a website could create a sort of borderless window with a hot chick or cute character in it simply by visiting the website. And you couldn't close it because it was borderless with no buttons.
Haha don't worry, it can be confusing! There are a lot of different mobile apps too (see https://lemmyapps.com/ and filter by your phone type) but it sounds like you're trying to add a second account. You can only log in to your account on the instance you signed up to it with, then you search for the communities you want to follow (which can be on other instances).
Some apps let you log in to multiple accounts at once, in which case you could sign up for a new account at fedinsfw then log in to that account in your app, then you'd have two accounts you can switch between.
Well I'm not trying to push you, you make your own choice, but you could just not use it at work (or only use it at work) and have something different on other devices.
It just seems like a lot, especially when part of it goes to Russia and burn-the-world AI bros
Yeah I get that, but I guess it depends on how you count. Kagi has some of their own index, but mostly it's a search aggregator (like searx). They pay for queries to google etc, and use the Russian Yandex for Russian results because it's apparently the only one that gets good results in Russian. From my understanding, not searching in Russian/Russia location wouldn't trigger a search to Yandex so wouldn't give them money, so I guess it's more a principle thing than literal money to Yandex/Russia.
For AI it's the same, they pay per query. No queries means no money to AI companies, so it's more about principles than actual your money going to them (if you don't use it). Kagi doesn't force AI results on you (by default it will show AI if you end your search with a question mark, but you can disable that too).
Lemmy doesn't have a way to add a server to my knowledge, and subscribing to a community is done by clicking a button on the community page on the default lemmy website. It looks like Lemmy.today uses a themed version of the default website so I guess you're using a mobile app?
So your account is on lemmy.today. What are you trying to do when you say you can't add the server fedinsfw?
You should probably be using your lemmy.today account to subscribe to specific communities on fedinsfw.
It kind of sounds like you might be trying to log in to fedinsfw with your lemmy.today account? It doesn't work like that, you should log in to lemmy.today and then subscribe to fedinsfw communities.
It's also pretty important what you're using to access Lemmy. There are a dozen or more actively developed apps and at least 4 or 5 different website interfaces. It's confusing but important to know exactly what steps you took (which website you went to, which app you opened, which buttons you clicked) to get to where you got stuck due to all the options.
People are being a bit rough with all the downvotes, your partner might not just yell out directions like google maps when you're going the wrong way, but you can (and should) ask, in which case they are very likely to answer.
My 6 year old: how do you make people
Me: well, when there's a mum and a dad...
6 year old: no, where did the first person come from?
Me: oh god can I just tell you about the birds and the bees I at least have a chance of properly explaining that one
Whatever you do, don't send any money back if they say they sent too much.
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I also don't understand why every chat app needs 1GB of RAM to itself.
This morning my kid asked the voice assistant to "Turn off the computers in this house".
I heard it, thought well that's a strange request but seems harmless because how is home assistant gonna turn off computers.
Me a little while later, "why is shit broken? What's happening!"
Turns out dumb me had adguard exposed to the voice assistant, it switched off all the adguard settings including the DNS rewriting that is the cornerstone of many of my self-hosted services.
I've since revoked that access.
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Who is behind it and how do you know they are trustworthy? I wasn't able to find much info but it seems it's just some company (not a non profit / charity or anything). I know they have paid plans but it seems they also have an incentive or at least an ability to sell your purchase data?