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Nora Neva, a Gen Z listener, sent a note praising the show and calling out her "douchebag" father. Additionally, Mike Saliba provided an update on his "Axe Head Watch" business, noting that he is closing the shop and offering a final discount to listeners.
New AI-powered search engines like Neva are providing real-time summaries of the Speaker race, though they sometimes lag behind current events. The discussion notes that the Speaker of the House does not technically have to be a member of Congress, leading to fringe suggestions of nominating Donald Trump. However, experts consider an outsider candidate highly unlikely given the current political climate.
The hosts discuss their shift away from Google and Bing toward alternative search engines like DuckDuckGo and Neva. They mention "Woogle," a self-hosted proxy that allows users to get Google results anonymously without advertisements.
The hosts discuss their shift away from Google Search toward privacy-focused alternatives like DuckDuckGo, Neva, and Brave Search. They recount the history of Brave founder Brendan Eich, who was ousted from Mozilla after a controversy regarding a political donation. The conversation covers the technical merits of different search indexes and the difficulty of completely abandoning Google's mapping and localized services.
