I hate it, but I will vote for whatever right wing party will most likely be their opponent in the second round. There’s no way I’m sitting this one out when a putinist-trumpist party would control the country.

Is it this app ? https://join.minimalistphone.com/

What’s otto?

I forgot: I called two more times recently because my phone screen would not turn on, and apparently there’s a setting in LineageOS to call the emergencies if you fiddle with the buttons, so as to make the situation even worse, and then there’s a voice telling you you’re about to talk to someone and you can’t hang up! (Edit: I suppose they would call back in any case).
Happened twice before I found the setting. So yeah, I wasted their time, again.

15 years ago, young student, I’m walking home around midnight. In the middle of a bridge I see a human shape jumping in the water. I’m not 100% sure. I ask a group of people further up on the bridge if they saw anything, they didn’t, but said I still should call 112.

One or two police cars came, and then one (or 2?) fire truck. Lots of people. Some went with full diving equipment in the water.

They couldn’t find anyone, said it was surprising as the water was very low. The fireman captain gave me the stinkeye.

Police had left their lightbar on and the car wouldn’t start (I think that was the reason) so I helped to push.

I had to come to the police station and tell what I saw many, many times.
Only years later did I realize I was being interrogated, to find out if my story had holes. I was quite naive (dumb works too).

I wasn’t drunk, depressed, or had any kind of weird fantasies that would make me want to invent a story. It’s the only time I called the cops in my life.

All cops were friendly, even though they must’ve thought I was lying or had too much imagination.

Did someone jump? Now I think not. But at the time I really thought there was a possibility, and I wouldn’t take any chances. I just didn’t realize how many people and resources would be involved.

How fast was that fucker driving again? in a residential area, with “watch out for the kids” signs if I remember correctly.

Edit: 96 in a 35 mph zone

I was living with roommates clueless about house maintenance stuff.
So one day I explain we should purge the radiators. Did I forget to say "purge the air"? I dont know. But the bucket I told em to use to catch water spilling one roommate thought was supposed to be used to empty the radiators. I was on the computer and saw him from the corner of my eye go empty his bucket a few times before I caught on.

OpenWRT

My tplink archer has been running it for 5 years or more without issue*

*excluding human errors

needed to tow those massive US johnsons is what you meant?

So that’s why Americans love cars so much

No advantages privacy-wise, but it’s like a seedbox! I keep the torrent client running. Also I’m on a limited mobile data plan on my router at home, so this helps.

When I found out you could get a free 200GB VPS (look up free tier vps) - and because I had another paid VPS already anyway - I decided to make a seedbox. It’s not a ton of storage but it works really well, very happy with it.

Both comments are me. Configuring Tailscale (or Headscale?) is on my to-do.

To be clear, connecting to the VPS is not what I use for the anonymizing part, it’s the gluetun container that connects to ProtonVPN servers. This way I can still access my VPS with its real IP. Not sure if there was a confusion there.

Simply using my VPS as relay would still attach my browsing to a single IP I’m the sole user of… or not? I do not know how that works.

VPN on VPS (easy to do with gluetun)

Basically you use a container that’s a VPN connection and connect other containers to it.

ProtonVPN has started to become blocked on tons of websites. I have to switch servers all the time, to the point I won’t be able to keep a VPN connection up like I used to.

I’ve read Mullvad has worsened as well. There seems to be a general ban on VPN use (there was always some of course)

My last hope: non profits who offer VPN. They keep logs, don’t allow torrenting, and require a real name to subscribe. Very few server choices, if any.

I’m… fine with that. I just want privacy. No surveillance. And I trust the non profit. Plus I torrent on a VPS anyway

What I would like to see are local VPNs, with a small enough pool of users on each server to not get flagged. A rotation between servers from time to time. Compliant with the law of course (as long as the law doesn’t require total surveillance, evidently). The goal is to hide everyone’s activity from the providers and websites (yes, I know, fingerprinting)

But maybe there’s some other existing tool/service I’m not aware of?

I’ve had a VPN on my router for years. Past 2 years have become increasingly difficult. Many websites are blocking them.

I’ve tried many major providers. Now I’m looking at small non profits offering a VPN, hopefully with better results.

It’s certainly a country.

Wait, is it the stan country with the crazy dictator that renamed bread with his mother’s name

Edit : it is! kinda…

He also abolished the Turkmen word for bread and replaced it with Gurbansoltan, his mother’s name.[45][46][dubious – discuss]

I start the radio, France Info, host is interviewing a woman ans says “there’s international coverage because there are so many tourists in Lisbon”.
A bit unsensitive but whatever.

I missed the beginning so I look it up, and the first article is France Info again: “18 deaths, no French victims”

Specifying because your fellow citizens are part of the victims is one thing, but just saying there aren’t feels chauvinistic.

This black guy compared mandatory vaccines to slavery

Thanks, I might try that!

I generally like hybrid builds with more variety. Don’t know why I went full mage…

I really tried, maybe 20-30 hours, but didn’t enjoy it much.
Playing as a spellcaster was maybe a mistake.
I recognize it’s a quality game though. I might try again with a melee character. Maybe modded?