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  1. Comment on How do country-based "Access Denied" pages work? in ~tech

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    Actually (picture nerdy "ackshually" guy)... a VPN as defined is a very simple "connect this device (or network) to a different network" effectively "just a proxy". The "mesh" and all that stuff...

    Really this use of a VPN is a proxy and not a traditional VPN. A traditional VPN will do the layering but will inject your messages into a mesh of firewalled computers instead of the open Internet.

    Actually (picture nerdy "ackshually" guy)... a VPN as defined is a very simple "connect this device (or network) to a different network" effectively "just a proxy". The "mesh" and all that stuff is what "VPN products" that you purchase (like nord and etc) access to usually add on. Like the difference between git and github.

  2. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I still regularly play Factorio; though I've been having a hard time enjoying any games (or anything) as-of-late; just struggling with some internal issues I guess. I've been playing the...

    I still regularly play Factorio; though I've been having a hard time enjoying any games (or anything) as-of-late; just struggling with some internal issues I guess. I've been playing the "seablock" modpack, which makes big changes to the game, and is hundreds of hours to complete at minimum.

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  3. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

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    Hello, my first post here on tildes. Not trying to be contrarian for contrarians sake; but I strongly dislike cooking food, and I have no idea why. If I could take a food-pill daily (or a few...

    Hello, my first post here on tildes.

    Not trying to be contrarian for contrarians sake; but I strongly dislike cooking food, and I have no idea why. If I could take a food-pill daily (or a few times a day) I would. My wife usually cooks (and is quite good at it), but last night I had to cook because of scheduling constraints; it always feels like such an annoying chore. I'm glad my daughter is old enough to lend a hand now.

    I ended up heating a frozen, packaged lasagna in the oven, and my daughter and I made some roasted broccoli with olive oil and lemon pepper; and threw some sausages on the same sheet pan. The kids didn't like the lasagna at all, it was meh; but I just eat it because again, I'd eat a pill if that were an option instead.

    I tried making one of those "shakes" that is supposed to be nutritionally complete for a while a few years ago; but making it was such a pain in the ass, haha. I guess there are pre-packaged ones these days but they cost a lot last I looked.

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