If you don’t mind my hijacking, I’ve seen the term “kagis” used a number of times on Lemmy, possibly only by you but I think also others. Based on the usage, I assumed it was a Latin word to indicate some sort of transition or side-bar, but it seems to just translate to “you are”, which doesn’t make sense in context. Can I ask what it means?
tal@lemmy.today 3 days ago
That is, I believe, a British law that they’re following for users that appear to be in the UK. Not like they’re going to just disregard the law.
searches
Yeah, the Online Safety Act 2023.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Safety_Act_2023
Probably should be mostly irritated with Parliament.
I expect that using a VPN that terminates in another country will avoid it, though I bet that then you can’t do things like buy Reddit Gold, if that’s still a thing.
lividweasel@lemmy.world 3 days ago
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Kati is a new-ish search engine that is popular among Lemmy users. Those users are trying to get it to catch on, and have started using kagi as a verb, the same way people say “let me google that really quick.”
It honestly feels a lot like when Microsoft was trying to get Bing and their phone OS to take off, and started slipping product placement into popular TV shows. There was a brief time period in American TV, where characters had the disgusting line of “Bing it!” Usually while showing the Bing home page on a Microsoft Phone. It was just blatant ham-fisted cringey product placement.
Evkob@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Yeah I’ve noticed this user basically inserts a “kagis” into like 2/3 of their comments, it always slightly irks me because it makes me feel like I’m getting advertised at. I’ve never felt the need to proclaim which search engine(s) I’ve used to research any particular comment on Lemmy, and I find it odd that the one person who does so regularly is doing it for a paid service.
Apart from that, their comments are usually pretty good, so I’m not accusing them of shilling or anything, but I find it super peculiar.
guy_threepwood@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It makes me sad when I see the name because Kagi used to be a payments processor for shareware and essentially a predecessor to modern app stores…but before enshittification.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Does “googled” make you feel advertised at?
Maven@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
There’s a search engine named Kagi. It’s basically the equivalent of “googles” but for a different search engine.
lividweasel@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Thanks. The usage now makes sense, albeit superfluous.
pigeonholedpoetry@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Example.com
pigeonholedpoetry@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
madjo@feddit.nl 1 day ago
Upvote for the verbification of Kagi :)
tal@lemmy.today 3 days ago
I’d add that if you pick Ireland as the exit country, it will have notable benefits:
Sites that pick language based on IP will probably do English.
It probably won’t add much latency.
Ireland isn’t too bonkers and hopefully won’t have any online laws of their own that become an irritant.
Because Ireland has a considerably smaller population than the UK, if people in the UK do this at scale for pornography, it will make the Irish statistically look like absolutely indefatigable horndogs, which I think will be pretty funny on visualizations.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Indefatigable horndogs best band name calling dibs now
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Please make the music ska. A band with that name, playing literal horns, creating a fast, upbeat tempo? It would be perfect.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
What did you think that “wild rover” they keep singing about was? 😉
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Pornhub stats: Irish +28572%