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  1. Ask HN: Given a sufficiently complex argument, people deduce anything they like

    Is there a principle for such a thing? Anecdote: People who choose to believe in something can search the web and find a conclusion that they already had by finding something agreeable. The person may be reasonably…

    4 points 7
  2. Ask HN: On info discovery, AI/Turtles all the way down vs. human curation

    Is there time for a comeback of human curated content vs the avalanche of AI stuff? Like DMOZ but maybe with some verification of who vouches for what and an algorithm based on those individuals and the groups they…

    1 points 2
  3. The bruising debate over UK zonal energy pricing (theguardian.com)
    2 points 1
  4. It's the Information, Stupid (blog.mojeek.com)
    22 points 33
  5. Switzerland plans to block websites during power outages (swissinfo.ch)
    5 points 5
  6. Ask HN: How are you ordering bookmarks nowadays?

    I simply have a low hundreds count of bookmarks in Firefox, some are in folders. The folders are somewhat separated by personal and employment and topics within each, 2 levels deep at most. Maybe once I year I review…

    1 points 2
  7. Google what our chatbot tells you says Google (bbc.co.uk)
    1 points 0
  8. Gigablast Gone? (gigablast.com)
    1 points 5
  9. Ask HN: Future of web search wrt AI

    Clearly chatGPT/OpenAI has the potential for a paradigm shift in how people discover and consume information. In a sense chatGPT is not too different to what Google offers with its 'answer box', perhaps the difference…

    1 points 2
  10. Give to Thunderbird (give.thunderbird.net)
    1 points 2
  11. Ask HN: Wholesale Hosting Price Increases

    Recently I've received price increase notifications from two hosting providers I use, OVH and Hetzner. Both increases are around the 10% mark. A mix of VPS and dedicated servers. Understandable given the cost of energy…

    6 points 1
  12. London Paid a Record Price to Dodge a Blackout (bloomberg.com)
    3 points 1
  13. New rules ban many single-use plastics in Scotland (bbc.co.uk)
    2 points 0
  14. A UK Co-operative wind farm (rippleenergy.com)
    1 points 0
  15. Google has erased the 45th president of the United States (old.reddit.com)
    18 points 13
  16. Ask HN: UK Local Council GDPR Breach Advice?

    Due to COVID, a consultation on the location of a secondary school campus was held entirely online by my local Council in the UK. It has been contentious because there were five options and the Council's preferred one…

    1 points 0
  17. Time to Ban Surveillance-Based Advertising (blog.mojeek.com)
    64 points 11
  18. Google Bows to EU, Rivals with Android Choice-Screen Tweaks (bloomberg.com)
    3 points 1
  19. Rethinking Search: Making Experts out of Dilettantes (arxiv.org)
    74 points 24
  20. Google Argentina's domain name bought by man for 2GBP (bbc.co.uk)
    6 points 3
  21. Ask HN: Critique a Council's website accessibility. Pass or fail?

    In the UK I believe Councils are obliged by law to make information of public interest as accessible as possible when it's online. I'd appreciate people pointing out where/if this site is potentially in breach those…

    3 points 4
  22. EU sets out search ranking guidelines for Google, Microsoft, platforms (uk.reuters.com)
    5 points 2
  23. Scotland is testing green hydrogen for cooking and heating in 300 homes (engadget.com)
    4 points 1
  24. Firefox uses Google geo API by default (reddit.com)
    38 points 11
  25. Google rivals call on EU to take further antitrust action (businessinsider.com)
    4 points 2