Neat! Thanks for the explanation. :)

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Oooh, what does that look like in practice?

I mean, that’d be a major GDPR breach, be hard to extract any signal from because queries will usually be coming from a relay or from behind a NAT so you can’t tell who the query even originates from, and DNS is cached heavily too so you only get a small fraction of the queries anyway. I’m not seeing a way the calculus work in favor, basically.

OTOH the question of why they’d even run a public DNS is interesting, yeah. Running a public DNS is cheap and helps the Internet work better, and they make more money when the Internet works better since that adds up to more page views. Less charitably, though, it’s possibly just a thing from back when they were an engineering company first and foremost and did that kind of stuff, and now they can’t turn it off without breaking a lot of things and causing a lot of costly anger.

I’ll admit I’m not sure what the threat model is with 8.8.8.8.

I’m mildly offended that I can consistently be reduced to a blubbering mess by a show with literal fart-based plot points.

This is abhorrent, yet I’m intrigued.

Among other things: the global perception of the US sunk to unprecedented lows, below even China. The US’s most steadfast allies have all rejected requests for support. This is a different world now and it’s uncertain whether the US can regain its prior standing.

I mean, the poll was like as not a publicity stunt, to draw attention to the fact DDG is not doing AI. All the same, the fact they are making “no AI” a selling point is noteworthy.

EDIT: I stand corrected – apparently DDG does do AI presently. Hopefully they’re serious about reconsidering that, then.

I know. Mine is the hardcover with the two ink colors, bound in leather with two snakes biting each other’s tails embossed on the cover.

But that is another story, and shall be told another time.

Golden-eyed Commander of Wishes

Oh, I see someone knows their classics.

Let’s maybe not bring fash comics to Lemmy…