Please downvote click-bait titles.

So renewable energy is not better? Can someone please supply a non-clickbait title?

I couldn’t find a link to it from DDG’s homepage or blog, but a search gave https://duckduckgo.com/vote which redirects to the above.

To get there:

1. Firefox,
2. application menu ≡ (or from menu: Tools),
3. Extensions and themes,
4. to the right of uBlock Origin, click the …,
5. Preferences,
6. Filter lists (at the top),
7. scroll down to Annoyances,
8. under EasyList - Annoyances
9. you can select EasyList - AI Suggestions

Yip, allowing that domain to set cookies correctly showed “NO AI Thanks for voting — You’d rather skip AI. With DuckDuckGo, you can, because it’s optional.” after voting.

That’s next-level stupid. Do the people at DDG know that cookies can be deleted, or blocked? Was this site made using AI?

I clicked “NO AI”, and the result page showed “YES AI Thanks for voting — You’re into AI. With DuckDuckGo, you can use it privately.”

Is it because I have cookies off by default, and haven’t whitelisted this site for cookies?

Is it because I have NoScript? I had to allow voteyesornoai.com temporarily in order to see anything other than an orange page.

Isn’t it better to put “q=%s” in Advanced, POST; instead of GETting it by having “?q=%s” in the URL?

Doing the same thing slower (because you’re explaining what you’re doing) sometimes prevents the problem from happening.

Things that aren’t working for a user sometimes work for me because I wait a bit longer between steps, e.g. waiting for the services/background-programs to finish loading instead of immediately clicking something on the desktop/panel 5 times the moment it shows up.

Abolish ICE entirely?

42% of U.S. adults, while 50% do not, and 9% are unsure.
50% of 18-34 year olds.
49% of postgraduates.
48% of females, 35% of males.
69% of Democrats. 
48-50% of non-whites, 38% of whites.

Civiqs January 8, 2026 poll. I’m not sure what N is - there’s an number at the top of the page but that may span 8 years.

Dr Pepper is made by Keurig. [1]

In 2015 Coca-Cola was Keurig’s biggest single shareholder, with a 17.4% stake. [2]

In 2024 Dr Pepper surpassed Pepsi to become the 2nd biggest soda by volume market share in the USA:

19.2% Coke (Coca-Cola)
 8.3% Dr Pepper (Keurig)
 8.3% Pepsi (PepsiCo)
 8.1% Sprite (Coca-Cola)
 7.8% Diet Coke (Coca-Cola)

[3]

Anyone know why LibreWolf isn’t in the default Debian repositories? I trust Debian - I’m not going to add a repository to get LibreWolf.

Until it’s available from a default Debian repo, I’ll keep going thru my list of all the garbage I have to go switch off in Settings and about:config every time I install Firefox for someone.

Between 2019 and 2023, Waterfox was owned by advertising company System1.

So be careful of Waterfox if you agree more with Bill Hicks when it comes to advertising.

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You can instead try a distro that just works on most hardware, like Linux Mint or other easy-to-use distros suggested in this thread. That way you can slowly learn how to use Linux if you want, while using Linux, so you can later use a more finicky distro more suited to what you want.

For years I used Ubuntu, but when GNOME 3 came out I changed to Xubuntu, and then when Snap came out I changed to Mint Xfce. I’ve used several 2nd-hand desktops and laptops over the decades, so brand-new hardware might be more problem-prone.

I started off trying Slackware, SUSE, and Mandrake; but struggled too much with them so I stayed with Windows. Ubuntu just worked for me, so it allowed me to easily ditch Windows. Years later, I had update problems when I tested MX Linux and Debian, but instead of trying to fix it, I personally found it easier to just look for a distro better suited to the way I want to use my computer.

“Following social media posts calling agitators to ICE’s location in New York City, individuals dressed in black clothing with backpacks, face masks, and goggles showed up and began to obstruct federal law enforcement officers including by blocking the parking garage,”

“handing out whistles to be used when agents are seen in the area”

you could make parking spots that won’t fit almost six meter long pickup trucks

I don’t think the kind of people who drive these would care how much they stick out in front (taking up space of the opposite space, or walking area) or back.

Bunnings: hardware and garden centre chain in Australia and New Zealand.

Love, work, friends: pick 2. – Kenneth Koch 1998-05-18

Your top list is for Gen Z’s where #1 is "12345, combining for everyone #1 is 123456.

there’s no Linux client that supports lossless

Do you mean ALAC files? I downloaded a sample at https://getsamplefiles.com/sample-audio-files/alac and played it in VLC under Linux. There are several players that can play libavcodec FFmpeg.