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by yegg 5y ago
It's in version 7.66.2.1 (or later). We've pushed it live so it should get to you soon (if not already) if you go into the App Store.
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by yegg 5y ago
DuckDuckGo for Mac (the subject of this post) does not use privacy grades of any kind. We will be moving away for them on all platforms soon, and they were never used for search rankings, just for transparency. On using our app more general
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by yegg 5y ago
Yes, we are actively evaluating possibilities for add-on support. However, you do not need ublock origin here for privacy protection. Our tracker blocker is powered by our best-in-class Tracker Radar data set ( https://github.com&
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by yegg 5y ago
Privacy by default cannot be overstated. To really escape privacy harms, e.g., creepy ads and following you around and similar content targeting (filter bubbles), you need multi-pronged protection that actually blocks trackers from loading
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by yegg 5y ago
This is actually a false rumor. We did not buy them, and we actually have had no relationship with Yippy.
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by yegg 5y ago
See https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1401216879293874185
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by yegg 5y ago
That’s not really true — I put more on that here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27528625
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by yegg 5y ago
Search has changed a lot in the past decade or so. Now most results pages are full of instant answers, e.g., knowledge graph responses (which we do completely ourselves) and local results (for which we have our own index + Apple Maps and lo
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by yegg 5y ago
https://twitter.com/yegg/status/1401216879293874185 "China banned DuckDuckGo in 2014 and we have no plans to change that. This image belongs in search results and never disappeared from our main page. For the
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by yegg 6y ago
Hi all, Founder and CEO of DuckDuckGo here. I’m literally just waking up and reading the comments here. I’m new to this issue and happy to commit us to move to doing this locally in the browser and will have us move on that ASAP. That said,
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by yegg 7y ago
Thanks!
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by yegg 7y ago
There is a sample on the Amazon page.
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by yegg 7y ago
Yes, it is a similar approach in terms of trying to be comprehensive.
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by yegg 7y ago
Simply because of the extra work involved. I did it once and know how much work that is :).
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by yegg 7y ago
Audible version here: https://www.amazon.com/Super-Thinking-Book-Mental-Models/dp/...
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by yegg 7y ago
I'm not sure -- it's being set by the publisher, Penguin Portfolio (their business imprint).
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by yegg 7y ago
Thanks! Here are some reasons why I think it is worth picking up even if you've read a lot on mental models already: * The mental model community likes to quote Charlie Munger saying "80 or 90 important models will carry about 90%
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by yegg 7y ago
Doubtful. It's published by Penguin, and I don't think they do this.
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by yegg 7y ago
I see at https://www.amazon.com.au/Super-Thinking-Upgrade-Reasoning-D...
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by yegg 7y ago
Sorry, it is published through Penguin, and they don't currently offer a PDF version.
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by yegg 7y ago
You're welcome. Sorry for being self-referential, but we really did put our best productivity advice in the book -- Chapter 3: Spend Your Time Wisely. Here are the "Key Takeaways" from that chapter (there is a little section
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by yegg 7y ago
Thanks so much! Really appreciate it.
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by yegg 7y ago
Thank you!
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by yegg 7y ago
A few years ago I published a large list of mental models I find repeatedly useful ( https://medium.com/@yegg/mental-models-i-find-repeatedly-use... ), discussed at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12
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Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models(superthinking.com)
400 points by yegg 7y ago|89 comments
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by yegg 8y ago
DuckDuckGo - We are looking for candidates that are excited to join us in raising the standard of trust online (all positions remote and we do sponsor H-1Bs): DuckDuckGo | Director of Paid Advertising (Remote) Paoli, PA | DuckDuckGo | Sen
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by yegg 8y ago
Sorry! Something must have went wrong here, as our protocol is to respond to everyone. Please email me at yegg at duckduckgo and I can sort out what happened.
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by yegg 8y ago
DuckDuckGo - We are looking for candidates that are excited to join us in raising the standard of trust online (all positions remote and we do sponsor H-1Bs): DuckDuckGo | Senior Mobile Application Developer (Cross-platform) | Paoli PA | RE
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by yegg 8y ago
DuckDuckGo - Happy New Years! We are looking for candidates that are excited to join us in raising the standard of trust online (all positions remote and we do sponsor H-1Bs): DuckDuckGo | Senior Mobile Application Developer | Paoli PA | RE
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by yegg 8y ago
DuckDuckGo - Happy New Years! We are looking for candidates that are excited to join us in raising the standard of trust online (all positions remote and we do sponsor H-1Bs): DuckDuckGo | Senior Mobile Application Developer | Paoli PA | RE

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