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Re:WTF Ubuntu? on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:56AM (#50338628)
Using linux for over 25 years now. Tried ubuntu once. Immediately dropped it when I saw an ad in the motd. Not a serious distro in my eyes
Mullvad spun their own implementation off of boringtun as well (called gotatun[0])

[0] https://github.com/mullvad/gotatun

Re:Northflank Breached on Friday October 30, 2026 @03:22PM (#50308939)
It's today's "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM". You're really just want the the SLA (someone to blame when things inevitably fail)
Re:5-MeO-DMT sometimes cancels the Ebbinghaus illusion on Friday October 30, 2026 @11:55AM (#50305745)
As someone who has done plenty of 5-meo-dmt and bufo I find this silly. Yes, something significant is happening...how could anyone really care about an optical illusion on your laptop when you're dissolving into God?

Anyways my guess is that his pupils were the size of dinner plates and I'd wonder if having your eyes dilated by other means would have a similar effect

Shooting pool with dmt entities right here
Re:FreeDNS on Saturday October 24, 2026 @06:12PM (#50225909)
I guess it could be seen as a relic considering most registrars/cdns/hosts are a "full package" now. In the days of old that wasn't exactly the case; where you bought your domain name, where you controlled your dns, and where your systems lived could all be different entities. Nowadays there are still reasons to do so...more control and less centralization are some. Not everyone wants to be under the thumb of the Amazons/Googles/Cloudflares.
Re:How is music possible on Friday October 23, 2026 @04:27PM (#50214862)
Knowing why I want to headbang isn't going to stop me from headbanging in the moment
Re:What shall I teach my son? on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @06:44PM (#50173708)
Kindness
Re:Starcraft: Ashfall on Monday October 19, 2026 @04:00PM (#50157304)
This is the second (probably vibecoded?) game in the last few days that I've seen using blizzard ip (the other being d2survivors.lol)
Being able to actually drag a hole makes it a little easier as well..! (Didn't even realize that was a thing as it was broken on mine...playing on desktop now)
Re:What It's Like to Work in One of America's Data Centers on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @09:36AM (#49801087)
> blood donations to the server gods

It really bothered me that for how much enterprise gear costs, the manufacturers couldn't be bothered to deburr the edges of rails/servers/etc.

Re:On Really Trying (2009) on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @07:59AM (#49625076)
I've worked at an ayahuasca retreat center the last few years and have worked with several of what I'd consider very successful people. What I've noticed is that there are a couple types- those who are successful despite their traumas and those who are successful because of their traumas. The people I've seen successful because of their traumas tend to have difficulty making real progress (which sometimes comes off has actually having wonderful experiences...possibly all projections or other forms of dissociation/resistance). I think with them there is a subconscious fear that if they heal, they will lose the drive that made them "successful". It's a tough pill to swallow. (The other camp tends to do really well, continues to be successful with even more appreciation and compassion, despite difficult experiences if they decide to face their traumas).
Re:We built our house for LAN parties on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:03AM (#49608149)
"Invite only", ok I get they're rich but I wonder about the airbnb potential for recouping some of that cost.
Re:Don't Use a gmail.com Address on Sunday September 06, 2026 @09:22AM (#49586314)
I've been a proton user for a while but have always shied away from their other offerings...feels like too many eggs in one basket to use them for both email and password management (things I consider to be the most critical of all services I use). Vpn as well! Am I being paranoid? It would be nice to not pay for 3 separate services but I have kind of a blockage about it
Re:Models Don't Go Rogue on Thursday September 03, 2026 @07:16PM (#49558452)
Pfhor what reason?
Re:Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:39AM (#49523444)
Just mentioned in another comment, but I'm not sure Firefox on iOS can actually use webkit content blockers? (I thought it could but have been using Orion exclusively for a while now)
Re:Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:36AM (#49523406)
I was under the impression that firefox could already use the Safari "content blockers" (as it uses webkit) like Firefox Focus and uBO Lite, but I'm not seeing that option actually. Been using Orion for a while now so not sure if that changed or I'm just misremembering it.
I get the nostalgia factor, but is it actually a good idea to use screensavers on modern monitors rather than letting them sleep?
Or eat more plants!
The main reason anyone chooses cloudflare is for their CDN (which I suppose is a "reverse proxy"...not a way I'd refer to it but technically yes that's essentially what it's doing). If you don't need the CDN or any of the other fancy features there are plenty of straight DNS providers out there (and often provided by the registar these days).
Re:Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker on Sunday August 16, 2026 @11:05AM (#49320777)
My current excuse? Android (the only current realistic alternative; I don't have the time nor care to fiddle with technical details on a device that I need to be a reliable tool. I'm not afraid of going deep on something less standard, Linux has been my daily driven OS for literally decades) is trash and untrustworthy in my experience. Browser extensions alone are not nearly enough to tip the scale for me to go back to it. As mentioned I use something that provides extension support already (from a browser that has far fewer developers working on it!), which is why I find it stupid that Mozilla won't figure out a way to do it themselves.
Re:Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker on Sunday August 16, 2026 @09:35AM (#49319936)
What's the current excuse for not supporting extensions on iOS? Orion on iOS does and it's the reason I dropped FF ages ago.
ICANN might have set some rule for .com/.net/.org but it's not universal for all tlds
Re:Why Did OpenAI's Head of Ethics Chloé Bakalar Leave? on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @11:01AM (#49259503)
Scapegoat team (when working for an obviously unethical company).
Re:The Psychedelic Toad of the Sonoran Desert on Monday August 10, 2026 @06:54PM (#49251009)
I seriously don't know who would be unhappy about it. Pure 5-meo is a more reliable experience and no endangered toads need to be harmed. I don't know that one would even be able to liquify straight bufo properly to put in a cart for one...also pure 5-meo is maybe 3-5x more potent per weight so that probably makes it all easier too. Anyone pulling the "butttt it's unnaturalllll" card on this one is a fool.
Re:A domain can now say it is for sale, in DNS on Saturday August 08, 2026 @11:42AM (#49222889)
This would have been great for a 2-letter .st domain I had been wanting for years (which appeared to be parked and just redirecting towards ticketmaster or something, with no contact info available). I was bummed about it for a long time, as the .st nic had a sale on 2-letter domains which made me want to pull the trigger, but it got scooped up a day or two prior apparently. I lucked out this year and saw they let it lapse! (I did have a yearly calendar reminder telling me to run whois :)
Picturing the crust of the earth being pulled off like an orange peel. But maybe seen too much scifi so it's probably a lot more boring :/
Re:Could psilocybin be the key to treating anorexia? on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @10:17AM (#49183272)
I guess it depends on what "derail" means (meaning, do you actually know one's internal state and if they are happy?). Is something wrong with living alone in a rural area if you are happy? (This sounds great to me, for reference!).

I've watched hundreds of people take them in great containers with great support. It's never a good idea to make big changes right away, but we take small steps to adjust our lives so we can actually be happy. Yes, even if that is less "productive". Why do we do the things we do anyways?

Re:Could psilocybin be the key to treating anorexia? on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @09:46AM (#49182838)
Why would you want your brain to ravel back up? I've worked at ayahuasca retreats and know many people who do it for a living (who are many of the most grounded people I know). Using these things in a therapeutic manner is a completely different thing than using them recreationally, might as well be a different substance. I'd guess those people who "permanently changed their brain" (whatever that means) were not in a context for actually healing.
When I read a title it helps me to determine whether I want to read it or not. This one is tricky and confusing because the company name is stupid and was probably picked for the clickbait potential. This is absolutely one where I read the comments before the link.

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