No. Why worry about things you can’t change?

Yeah, for both OpenVPN and Wireguard.

On Linux you can do this with full control via network namespaces. I use vopono to automate it - https://github.com/jamesmcm/vopono

But if you can afford it I’d recommend paying for Proton’s services as they offer a lot together, or a low-end VPS (where you could do it yourself, although be careful to find ones that don’t ban hosting Wireguard, etc. for example). Both are really useful if you want to test making something local available on the Internet e.g. ports for multiplayer games or a webserver prototype.

Another benefit of using network namespaces is that I can just disable IPv6 in the network namespace itself.

On Linux you can use network namespaces for the same effect (and then a firewall) - this way it doesn’t affect other applications running.

I do it with vopono.

ProtonVPN for port forwarding, Mullvad for easy usage (Wireguard on Linux).

I use vopono on Linux too.

How long until people will be carrying Raspberry Pis over the borders for their own hotspots? /s

It’s crazy how quickly mass censorship is becoming commonplace though. From shadowbanning on Reddit and Twitter, to court blocking in the UK, Spain and Italy.

With that budget I find it hard to imagine you could beat the Raspberry Pi, but please post what you do find!

The EU’s AI Act isn’t far from this really. Regulating the development of AI so much, it’d be like if they regulated compilers to stop GNU back in the day.

~30km with a walking group at university, from one city to another.

The worst part was the rain near the end.

Also 20km but through the frozen moors - some people that saw us on the way there thought we were new recruits training for the military!

No, Goodwill can even be entered on the balance sheet.

Generally it takes extreme (usually fraudulent) behaviour for it to be an issue to shareholders, and for that to stand up in court.

Whereas for strategic decisions (like employee remuneration, environmental investments, etc.), the dissenting shareholders should try to take over the board if there are enough of them.

It’s more than a re-master though, Laser Squad was independent missions IIRC? No geoscope

And it also didn’t have elevation, etc.? That said, Laser Squad released on the ZX Spectrum so it’s incredible as is.

In terms of games that were so advanced they almost feel like they were made by time travellers:

• Elite (1984) - procedural open world space sim

• Ultima VII (1992) - full NPC schedules, open world and day/night system so you could rob stores at nights, follow people, etc. and awesome exploration. In 1992!

• X-COM (1994) - a voxel-based LOS system, destructible environment, z-levels, natural elevation on terrain (deforming the isometric grid), reaction fire, etc.

• Daggerfall (1996) - a faction system, procedurally generated areas and quests, a lot of options to get to different areas (climbing, levitation, etc.)

• Thief (1998) - a full sound simulation with different materials having different properties, the ability to extinguish torches (dynamic lighting!) and cover metal surfaces, a light system for visibility too (now commonplace).

• Baldur’s Gate (1998) - a semi open-world AD&D2e implementation - with co-op multiplayer! (most modern games don’t manage this)

• Deus Ex (2000) - a branching FPS/RPG campaign where choices matter with a basic stealth system and lots of approaches to each level. It was basically a completely modern game out of nowhere in 2000.

• Runescape (2001) - one of the first major graphical MMORPGs with a full player economy.

• Morrowind (2002) - a fully 3D open world with a lot of options for magic (including custom magic) and exploration.

• Hitman 2 (2002) - first stealth-focussed game with a full disguise system, map, etc.

• Oblivion (2006) - like Morrowind but with some NPC schedules (like Ultima VII), a stealth system (based on Thief) and Havok physics based traps.

• Red Faction: Guerrilla (2009) - fully destructible buildings and environments in an open-world campaign.

Those are the ones that really stick out (also Super Mario and Zelda on consoles, especially the SNES, N64 and recently on the Switch handheld). It’s a shame that the rate of progress seems to have slowed down a lot at least in terms of ground-breaking features and simulations.

But who knows maybe Baldur’s Gate 3 and Starfield will both be on future lists like this.

Ultima VII really sticks out as just crazy though, that game could have released 10 years later and held up.

Also the original X-COM was so far ahead of its time - a voxel-based LOS system, destructible environment, z-levels, natural elevation on terrain (deforming the isometric grid), reaction fire, etc.

This is why I don’t understand the people that really want more “AI regulation”.

I don’t want a bunch of 70-year olds telling me what I can and can’t do with computers.

Yeah, this is a pain with faxes and letters too though - I had first-hand experience in Germany unfortunately.

It’s the same though.

To intercept the email you need to be on a network that receives it (i.e. ISPs).

It being stored unencrypted is a totally different problem (and also for letters, faxes, etc.)

therefore making them harder to intercept.

You mean far, far easier to intercept? You used to be able to just stick a coil around the wires.

The main issue is just a lot of countries governments’ don’t trust computers still. In Germany they insist on fax and post as it’s the only thing they can use as proof of signature in court, etc.

But it’s government laws and regulation that is behind. It’s not so much of a technical problem (although E2EE email standard would be nice!).

Because the videos are popular.

Any of them I think.

One of my friends had the newer one and Calibre still worked fine.

I’ve had the 2 earlier models (original and paperwhite) and both worked fine.

Just make sure to download epub or mobi files as they’ll have decent formatting compared to PDF, txt, etc.

With the epub support on the new model you can even email epubs to it IIRC, but I never tried it, Calibre is the best.