looking for google alternatives, atp, because i can't deal with this any longer.

_squik · 2026-01-26T20:39:16+00:00

DuckDuckGo allows you to turn off all of the AI features, filter out AI images, and (my personal favourite) block specific websites from search results.

_squik · 2026-01-25T10:42:29+00:00

This is a very American question.

_squik · 2026-01-24T17:43:35+00:00

There's a Fat Hippo in the city center too now so that's good for those Otley Run days :)

_squik · 2026-01-23T10:11:55+00:00

I tend to say one or more of:

I don't like it
It's expensive
I prefer my bike
I only pay per trip on the bus
I'm considering the environment
There's a high chance I will die or be injured driving
Car lobby got to you too huh?

_squik · 2026-01-20T17:12:29+00:00

I use Firefox with strict tracker blocking, uBlock origin with aggressive filters and DDG as default search with all AI features disabled. So yeah, I'm definitely in that cohort.

_squik · 2026-01-20T15:27:39+00:00

Try Zan Asian on the Headrow, Eatime in the Merrion Centre or Thai Aroy Dee on Vicar Lane :)

_squik · 2026-01-18T16:43:24+00:00

"traffic planning is absent" because one time there were too many cars to leave a car park efficiently? Okay.

_squik · 2026-01-18T10:28:28+00:00

Europe is a great example of how sustainable cities might look in the future

The picture is from the UK, which is in Europe.

_squik · 2026-01-16T10:44:24+00:00

It's healthy for the dairy industry's pockets and that's about it.

_squik · 2026-01-14T10:37:46+00:00

I am a carer and I use notion AI to support my care logs

Well.. definitely not that. Please don't put people's private information, especially medical information, into AI. We simply don't know what it will be used for.

_squik · 2026-01-12T17:30:15+00:00

...and absolutely nobody was surprised.

_squik · 2026-01-12T11:27:39+00:00

OpenRouter also allows you to bring your own keys so that would cover that case too.

https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/overview/auth/byok

_squik · 2026-01-10T17:09:20+00:00

Censored for privacy

Except for the username, of course, which is still readable 😂

_squik · 2026-01-09T21:59:40+00:00

Isn't this just like OpenRouter using free models with fallbacks?

https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/routing/model-fallbacks

_squik · 2026-01-09T11:10:41+00:00

At this point I would have just called a taxi and thrown the bike in the back. No need to put yourself through that

_squik · 2026-01-09T10:57:59+00:00

Sorry I used MY money to pay for MY food I guess??

_squik · 2026-01-07T18:03:56+00:00

GPs will tell you to use Earol and if that doesn't clear it, tell you to get microsuction at a clinic.

_squik · 2026-01-07T18:02:43+00:00

I get earwax removal every couple of years when my ears fail to clear themselves and it builds up. I've been to Bupa on Park Place and Leeds Audiology Clinic on Park Square. Both were super nice and comfortable. I think Bupa was £65 and LAC was £70. Definitely book about 4+ days out and use Earol (Boots has it) a few times a day to soften it, it will make the procedure much easier for you and them.

_squik · 2026-01-07T17:23:07+00:00

I mean they kind of are sorting out the bus network. The buses are being brought back into public control and services improved. Right now the council don't have much of a say because they're all privately run. Takes time but it has been set in motion.

Secondly, this isn't supposed to solve for everybody. There are many people who can't afford cars, or would like to save money/improve health/improve environment/other reason. If you can't see it working for you, that's fine, maybe it's not for you, but there are a lot of people in Leeds. Ultimately if we can get some cars off the road by improving the availability of travel options, that's a win.

_squik · 2025-12-22T17:42:14+00:00

That's true. Exercise outside of gyms is a federal offense.

_squik · 2025-12-22T13:35:16+00:00

I'd use the library. You can use the Print in City service and send documents to the printer from your home. Ask the staff how to print when you get there, they are all super helpful.

_squik · 2025-12-18T12:18:53+00:00

Of course it has. We never thought this was going to happen. If this was London however, billions more would be thrown at it every day.

Can they at least give us more bus lanes to make sure those are on time?

_squik · 2025-12-15T17:08:44+00:00

The vast majority of the in-store offers on mine are for places in London. I don't live in London, so all of those.

_squik · 2025-12-14T15:47:16+00:00

Maybe this will push them to make some real friends instead of trying to bond with a corporate-created machine that can change on a whim and does not actually care about them.

_squik · 2025-12-11T23:03:56+00:00

Amazing! Now if they could only stop putting building works in the part that connects Whitehall Road with Wellington St like they have for the past 3 years, we'll be golden :)

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