Random Thoughts...or...What's on Your Mind?

[Faintly Macabre]

What on earth is up with DuckDuckGo Search? It used to be pretty good. It would find what I wanted. The non-javascript version was clear and plain. There were no ads.

Now it has introduced ads and AI.

The non-java version has ads and AI and you can't remove them. It still searches well but when you click on a search result, struggles to load them properly.

The java version allows me to remove the AI and ads (allegedly - the ad removal doesn't seem to work) but is messier and harder to read - and absolutely useless at searching. If I search for book title + author, I rather expect to get results about that book - not about a singer of the same name as the book title, other authors that share the author's surname and other books by that author but not the book I want

Any recommendations for other search engines?

 

[Candlicious Ghost]

Maybe it's the change in the weather/season, but the motivation to sit at the laptop and work on any long term outstanding projects has left me.
I just sit there, staring at the screen, hoping inspiration will strike and nothing happens.
I end up watching YouTube videos.

Go for a walk if you can, read a book, maybe pack the laptop in a bag and go sit in a park under a tree.. I distract myself when I can't do anything and then find I get new ideas and can do what I was supposed to do.

 

[Candlicious Ghost]

People use duck duck go? That's interesting

 

[Celystial]

I hope muscle memory is real this time, too.

 

[Pumpkin Bread]

48. Lucrative... but exhausting.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

I'm watching an old B&W movie called 'The Sniper' and the scene is set in the San Franscico Mayor's office, and the mayor is seated at his desk, behind which is a big picture window of the streets of San Franscico, and for some reason, I've noticed how static the background is. The cars and people aren't moving. It's just a giant photograph. Normally I don't notice something like this, but for some reason, this time it really sticks out.

 

[Celystial]

Note to self; outline after coloring.

 

[Fantasy Lover]

Same with me.

Here too, I should ask the desk lady to join the afternoon study but I'm too unmotivated to care. Even though I'm struggling with studying

 

[Kai "the spy"]

They should do a crossover where Ash Williams and Austin Powers team up to fight Dr. Evil Dead, that would be groovy.

 

[GhoulEddie74]

Fall is here and the nighttime temps are downright joyous to feel before bed.

 

[Celystial]

It's too early for this.