Speaking of which, I recently moved to DDG and couldn't be happier.
Frankly the only thing I don't like about DDG is the name.
Next time, don't go to Google, but go to Startpage. They have the same results as Google but they strip all the Google crap for more privacy.
You can search Startpage.com from within duckduckgo by "searching" in Duckduckgo for:
!sp hackernews