Post AxVtUPTYIpefdTO1Ee by reallylazybear@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AxVtU3HOpKrUnPX0Eq by reallylazybear@mastodon.social
2025-08-23T13:39:55Z
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Ahh the joys of youtube.. I mean my own self hosted invidious and searxng instance. Found this footage cos I was just idk.. "curious" how well my self hosted instance can find videos for such a specific query and I'm pleased to say I'm pleasantly surprised.I read about Grizzly 399. Seems like a tough mom that can take care of 3 and even 4 cubs of her own. Now according to my relatives, 4 cubs are pretty rare. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxX-34niALA#selfhosting #invidious #searxng #searx #bear #bears
(DIR) Post #AxVtU4kVMbjnLy9lFA by reallylazybear@mastodon.social
2025-08-23T13:43:03Z
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As for the query itself, I just typed "bear mating". YouTube (my self hosted Invidious instance in this case) mostly suggested freakin AI generated vids but my self hosted searxng was on point.I did enable all engines for the videos category cos I haven't really meddled with my searxng instance's settings that much
(DIR) Post #AxVtU642TSxPQqIsKW by reallylazybear@mastodon.social
2025-08-23T13:49:10Z
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I've been self hosting since 2023. I do my school research thru my own searxng instance and I'm always pleased with the results I get.Compared to just using google, if I don't like what google search results are giving me, there's always an alternative and sometimes even better search result, which means I don't miss out on what could've been the actual result. Google search results, as far as I can remember back in 2022, were 50/50. Idk how's google search are nowadays.
(DIR) Post #AxVtU7MrcxbrTW7QJM by Stomata@social.linux.pizza
2025-08-25T01:54:26Z
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@reallylazybear searxng is the best
(DIR) Post #AxVtUBAxTASlHkZyJE by reallylazybear@mastodon.social
2025-08-23T13:55:33Z
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Also the fucking ai generated answers... Look, I'm a lazy bear myself but I'm not that lazy and stupid to believe fucking "AI" generated answers, let alone read them.I want websites that give me everything I want. I don't need summaries. I don't need bullet lists cos even if the "AI" presents these "formally formatted" answers, what's the point if the information it provides can be wrong?Instead of playing around with URL's and shit, why not just self host and get even better search results?
(DIR) Post #AxVtUGM8D3N5LqqSv2 by reallylazybear@mastodon.social
2025-08-23T14:04:06Z
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Also whatever thumbnails I was seeing from YouTube (my invidious instance), it makes me want to fucking vomit. Unnaturally shiny, clean, and... plasticI have a thing called synesthesia. I can sort of "taste" images. Idk. My brain's weird that way but it's been like that for as long as I can remember seeing green triangles and orange squares on a freaking paper tasting like jellos.
(DIR) Post #AxVtUKgq60JQnEZ3ke by reallylazybear@mastodon.social
2025-08-23T14:11:11Z
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So if you start putting too many big letters on an image, they start to taste like metal.If you start putting too many humans in it, they begin to smell like human. And humans are pretty smelly beings.Any hint of cyan or blue and it's gonna smell like laundry.An image with just noise tastes like sand. And here's a very very wild one:A picture of a goatse tastes like literal shit and blood. Bleugh ! Gross !
(DIR) Post #AxVtUPTYIpefdTO1Ee by reallylazybear@mastodon.social
2025-08-23T14:22:23Z
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Right now, my profile picture tastes like eating chocolate, where I can smell fresh clothes and the beach.The purple Mastodon logo tastes like yam cos it's purple, but for some reason it smells like lavender.It all changes when there's a recognizable figure, like the Mastodon mascot. I now start to recognize their texture, depth, and the "density" of the figure, and if a particular figure looks good, the "image-tasting" portion of my brain won't recognize the image or something like that.
(DIR) Post #AxW9Q1ZOq9JbbN3ITw by reallylazybear@mastodon.social
2025-08-25T04:52:58Z
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@Stomata SearXNG is 🤎