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Shameless plug,.. I run Okeano [1], a privacy friendly [2] search engine that aims to use 80% of profits to purchase river interceptors from the Ocean Cleanup Project and deploy them to the worlds most polluting rivers.

We support domain blocklist [3] natively and have !waves (similar to !bangs).

We're bootstrapped and not owned by an advertising company (startpage.com is owned by System1).

[1] https://okeano.com

[2] https://okeano.com/privacy

[3] https://okeano.com/blocklist

Thank you!

It uses Bing as a backup and for most general search. We have our own index that focuses on specific communities, including HN.

Dark mode is definitely in the pipeline.

Hi everybody!

I'm the developer and designer behind Okeano.

Okeano is a privacy-friendly search engine that aims to spend 80% of profits to purchase river interceptors from the Ocean Cleanup Project and deploy them to the most polluting rivers around the world.

We support domain blocklisting [1] natively (no need for browser extensions that just remove results from the page) and !waves (similar to DDG bangs).

Appreciate your support.

- David

[1] https://okeano.com/blocklist

[2] https://okeano.com/waves

If you add Pinterest to your blocklist [1], does that count as better results? That said, we have our own index of websites posted on HN and other interesting communities. It will add filters like size and "privacy rank". Unfortunately it's not possible to experiment with it in production yet.

[1] https://okeano.com/blocklist

Thank you.

When we can afford it -- we will definitely run multiple independent audits to verify our privacy claims. At the moment there isn't any simple way to do it. You'll have to take my word for it.

We are currently not making money, but when we do we'll be very transparent about it including (if we reach that point), about interceptor purchases.

Feel free to send me any feedback/suggestions/comments to david at okeano.com if you find any quirks. Appreciate it :)

Shameless plug, I run Okeano which intends to spend 80% of profits to clean up the ocean by purchasing river interceptors from the Ocean Cleanup Project.

We support domain blocklist natively and are (very) privacy friendly: https://okeano.com/privacy

https://okeano.com

Hi HN!

I'm the developer and designer behind Okeano.

Okeano is a privacy-friendly search engine with a simple proposition – purchase as many river interceptors from the Ocean Cleanup Project we can and deploy them to the most polluting rivers around the world.

We support domain blocklisting and !waves (similar to DDG bangs).

Appreciate any feedback.

- David

Not really a good example. Blind humans don't navigate cities easily, even when cities take them into account. As an example, crossing a street despite tactile surfaces on each side can be a hassle because it's difficult to tell if you're walking straight or diagonal towards the other end, potentially walking into a car. Sound only takes you so far.

Source: I have blind friends.

I'll be happy to add a stats page once we have significant numbers to show.

Currently not making any money. It's a bit of a chicken egg-problem.. Ad networks that offer the type of ads suitable for a search engine want user data, unless you have a significant number of users, in which case they're willing to make a deal.

That's why I decided to build an in-house ad network which is in the making. Hopefully others can use it too, eventually.

The idea is simple.. I know Ecosia has above 1m in monthly profits (DDG significantly more, probably), so in the case where we manage to reach those numbers, we want to purchase river interceptors from the Ocean Cleanup Project. One river interceptor from the OCP costs about $700k. It's estimated that there is a need for 1000 river interceptors to stop 80% of plastic from entering the ocean. Even if we can eventually purchase 12 interceptors a year, that's a big change. I explain this at https://okeano.com/about but probably should add more information and sources!

Hi HN!

I'm the developer and designer behind Okeano.

Okeano is a privacy-friendly search engine with a simple proposition – spend 80% of profits to help end ocean plastic pollution.

Currently we support domain blocklisting and !waves (similar to DDG bangs).

In order to provide true privacy, we're developing an in-house privacy-friendy ad network and management system. A beta should be ready in October. Currently Okeano displays no ads.

Appreciate any feedback.

- David

Edit: You can add/update your blocklist at https://okeano.com/blocklist

The French use the vigesimal system (base-20). I learned this fact while learning Norwegian, which doesn't use a base-20 system anymore, expect almost everybody above 50y still use the Danish system (also base-20, like French), which was indeed very confusing.

In Spanish it's more or less the same as French when it comes to naming numbers, except more predictable spelling and it's base-10: dos (two), doce (twelve), ocho (eight), dieciocho (eighteen), ochenta (eighty), noventa (nighty), cien (one hundred) and so on.

In the case of e.g dos (two) and veinte (twenty), were there doesn't seem to be any relationship, the root of veinte is "dwi" (dos), but it lost a sound somewhere along the way. Two, dos, duo, dual, double, all share the same indo-european root.

We also live in an apartment. During quarantine we divided our time with our four year old 50/50. Our main bedroom became an office the kid wasn't allowed to enter while either of us were working. No electronics with the exception of Skype time with grandparents, just a lot of playing, reading, physical exercises and the like. Since opening up, we still divide time 50/50 but take the kid for walks and cultural activities conducted in a safe manner that have been moved to the main city park and plazas to maintain distance. Our city has a lot of space for kids to roam carelessly and free. School are scheduled to open in September, so no change there.

Location: Oviedo, Spain

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Is it just me who has difficulties reading this article on desktop?

Comparing the Roman Empire to Napoleon who lived fifty years and only invaded then briefly ruled neighboring European countries under heavy turmoil is quite a stretch.

My understanding is that they have a 'hidden' network of websites that display ads from Googles ad network (AdSense), and they use those earnings to buy GOOG.

Is that the case everywhere in the US?

In Spain, a good private nursery ("guarderia") cost tops €250-350 per month anywhere outside of Madrid and Barcelona. Children of low income households have free public daycare. From the age of 3y, children go to "school" and it's 100% free from that point on. You have the choice between public (secular education), consertado (semi-private with more emphasis on Christianity, science is not discriminated), or private (usually bi- or trilingual). The last option isn't free and can cost €400-1000 monthly. Books aren't free unless, again, low-income. Giving birth, check-ups and the like is free.

In hindsight, it's quite perfect -- but the economy is currently in a terrible state.

I must say at the expense of HN karma this made me laugh. A good joke should never be down-voted.

That last part is just creepy.

"Your location (${location}) is near mountain X, we should go hiking one day."

Hats off to you. Too overkill for my current note-taking habits, but Dendron looks great.

Unless you have reliable information about Sweden exaggerating the number of Covid deaths, I can't see the argument. Even if Sweden wrongly labelled 25% as Covid deaths, that's still a significantly larger number population size taken into account.

The bankruptcy numbers aren't a matter of opinion, these are public numbers that are regularly published by each respective country.

It's not clear how Sweden's strategy is working compared to other Nordic countries. Norway has at the time of writing 255 deaths, Sweden 5646, and 19 vs 769 new cases today.[1][2] Norwegians are more or less back to normal life. Economically, Sweden did far worse than Norway as of 25. of June, with 25% more bankruptcies than previous year - same period - vs only 6.5% increase in Norway.[3]

[1] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/norway/

[2] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/sweden/

[3] https://e24.no/naeringsliv/i/AdjrvM/svenskene-fikk-konkursru...

Jokes aside: boil uncut for a minute or two. In the meantime start frying some nicely cut carrot in olive oil, cut and add broccoli to frying pan, add garlic and some seasoning, apply soy sauce or a bit of tomato sauce. Serve with white rice. Profit.

Not all broccoli taste bad. Some broccoli can be tasty. It depends on the qualities of the individual broccoli and your execution.

That was after the Spanish authorities were kicked out of that region. The New Laws and Laws of the Indies, which had been in place for nearly three centuries by then, forbade such actions.

You're right. I've lived in Norway and was repeatedly told by Norwegians the country used to be poor, something I believed (there isn't much in Norway that reminds of a wealthy past). Apparently it's just a myth [1][2].

[1] https://www.dnva.no/detskjer/2019/11/en-feiloppfatning-norge...

[2] https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikk/i/LM1L1/Hvorfor-...

Norway used to be a relatively poor country by Western European standards but had a functional economy before oil. Homogeneity, a staunchly hard-working and independent population, being surrounded by lutheran economies, and "bondevett", is why Norway turned out well.

Thanks for explaining. alicemaz above gave further details.

Would you please explain a bit further what you mean by politics of science and how it's agains't actually doing science?

Mark supposedly said, according to Engels: "if they are Marxists, then I am not a Marxist", referring to the French socialist movement and his son-in-law, which he thought of as not radical enough, not as a rebuttal of his ideas or because "he saw his ideas being put into a something bordering a religious teaching". Be accurate.