Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 12:16:58 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DKIM Message-ID: <20210822121658.13a66645@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <b10082d2dd584ea0ab883ad0567b4088@AINET-EX13-S03.ainet.local> References: <ace54ad97cd64644863b5cc11ca0aff9@AINET-EX13-S03.ainet.local> <CAOgwaMvejw%2BKHrxRxF2BfxGmO6dXCwvXBTXaYD6Ts9Q3NAXXVA@mail.gmail.com> <763F5C0F-E364-4C57-8D09-A0679F547979@simonhoffmann.net> <b10082d2dd584ea0ab883ad0567b4088@AINET-EX13-S03.ainet.local>
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On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 08:28:36 +0000, Cyprian Ambe wrote: >If you state something like this, please also state how. The OP might >be a beginner and thus not know how to search the repos. Pointing them >just to some Google results (why Google btw) or giving them very brief >instructions might thus not be very helpful as they might not know how >to interpret that. Hi, it's pointless to discuss this. On some other mailing lists subscribers would just quote the obligatory http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before to a request as yours. At the risk of bikeshedding I'll play the Devil's advocate. Assuming somebody is a "beginner", being in favour of Google rather than another search engine makes much sense. It's probably still the search engine, able to provide best recommendations, at least to those, who don't have the skills to think about ideal search terms. Some alternative search engines suffer from weak points, when doing researches by non-English search terms. Some people are per se against Google for good reasons, but way too many people are per se against Google for no good reasons at all. Let alone excesses against Google, if people choose something even more bad as a replacement for Google. A while back on another mailing list "Dissenter" was recommended as an alternative to Firefox and especially to Google Chrome or any Google Chromium based browser. Actually "Dissenter" is from "gab", see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network) . Avoiding usage of Google not necessarily is the better choice. I reply by this off-topic and bikeshedding appearing email since I very often explicitly mention that FLOSS novices shouldn't replace Google by other search engines, as long as they are novices who don't have a clue what good FLOSS related search terms to use. Not that long ago a lot of people searching for a FLOSS sound server (jackd) for instance got hits related to LGBTQIA*, but not related to FLOSS. "Beginners" can stay with DuckDuckGo and other search engines for researches related to t-shirts or coffee machines. Regards, Ralf
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