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d2wa··on Why a browser and mail combination is worth it
Vivaldi has feeds built into the Mail client and browser.
d2wa··on From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server
The Jellyfin web interface is much better than the Android TV app. You’re not missing out.
d2wa··on From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server
There’s no cloud services in Jellyfin. You have to set up a VPN on your server, and an account for them on the VPN, plus create a user account for them on Jellyfin. It’s not impossible, but it’s more work.
d2wa··on From Plex to Jellyfin Media Server
I use Jellyfin’s web interface on the TV. It’s way better than the Android TV app.
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
> Trying to preserve part of the Internet is apparently against the rules.

It’s against copyright laws too, unless you get the right holders’ go-ahead first.

Some regional differences, but it’s mostly not allowed with a few exceptions for some institutions.

d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
Anti-discrimination laws should be updated to include personal software preferences. “You can’t tell my gay-ass not to use Firefox on Linux!”
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
(Author here.) Complain about in a blog post and hope it gets picked up on Hacker News?
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
That’s one of the theories discussed in the article, yes.
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
(Author here.) This is possible, but implausible. I log network traffic and haven’t noticed anything out of the ordinary. The point of the article was mostly to complain about the lack of information from Cloudflare, though. I don’t know what caused the blockade, and they’re not telling. How am I — as an end-user — supposed to do anything about the situation? I don’t even know what the situation is.
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
(Author here.) I don't use a VPN from my home connection.
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
You can't have privacy-focused and free services. You're either the paying customer or the product being sold.
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
They're a powerful tool that lets you shopt off your foot and half your brains with the same bullet. However, this my router isn't compromised. MikroTik routers can easily be misconfigured to be insecure or misbehave. It's a Cisco clone, so that is the product you're buying.

I don't recommend them to anyone who doesn't enjoy and are familiar with the lower-level intricacies of network operations.

d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
No. It isn't.
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
Dear John. What am I — as a normal human being/end-user — supposed to do in this situation? People can’t do anything without any information about why they’re blocked. Who do you contact? Where do you go? What to do? The challenge page doesn’t help the end user understand why this is happening to them. It’s okay if you only see it for two seconds. But the page stays on screen for over a minute. When this happens for every website — what do you do? You’d be furious if this had happen to you. I’m just trying to read my online comics and lookup some stuff about some interests and hobbies. It reduced my quality of life/sanity for a week. The last two days, I started worrying that this was going to be the new normal. I even looked into swapping ISP to get a new IP address.

PS: I love all the innovation and engineering stuff you guys regularly share on the Cloudflare blog. It’s [almost] always an interesting read. Even though I’m no fan of the massive centralization your company has caused.

d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
I edited and added a second link to a support page that mentions it too.
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
It’s absolutely required for most multiplayer games. Many need random ports and some even refuse to work if UPnP is blocked even if you manually open a port for them.
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
(Author here.) I am. There’s plenty of accessibility labels in place. It’s literally just the name attributes. No user ever sees this, whether they’re using accessive technologies or not. It only confused bots that assumes that the field named email is for the email address.
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
>> Verify the Host and Origin request headers > > Yes. You should be doing that.

(Author here.) If I remember correctly, his browser of choice predates the Origin header.

d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
(Author here.) That’s missing from the article. But I have logs of the network. There’s nothing out of the ordinary. “I don’t know what I did wrong,” as I started the article, means “I’ve checked logs and such and there’s no indication of anything wrong on my end.”
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
> That's not what Bandwidth Alliance is at all. It's about reducing or eliminating egress fees between a cloud provider and Cloudflare. Not sure where the idea that it's about sharing IP reputation data comes from.

It comes from the Cloudflare blog. https://blog.cloudflare.com/cleaning-up-bad-bots/

There’s a support page about it too. https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/free/

d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
(Author here.) My router isn’t a domestic router. It’s a MikroTik running RouterOS, completely unsupported by the ISP. Outgoing connections and DNS is logged. UPnP is only allowed for the Xbox, PS4, and off-most-of-the-time gaming PC. Nothing out of the ordinary in the logs.
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
(Author here.) Plenty of logging of outgoing connections and DNS. Nothing out of the ordinary.
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
(Author.) My ISP only rotates IPs when they reboot their central equipment. Not enough to do it on my end.
d2wa··on You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list
The author, me, does have a dynamic IP, but it only changes once every two years or so.
d2wa··on TP-Link band-steers 2,4 to 5 GHz Wi-Fi even when the radio is off
(Author here.) The estimated savings is roughly 24 Euro/year assuming the AP is completely idle (which it mostly is at night). So, that's the savings from just disabling one of the radios. Europe is currently experiencing an affordable energy shortage. So, everyone is encouraged to cut energy usage. One AP doesn't make much difference, but this change is something almost every AP — residential and business — could make to cut waste. It should probably be a first-time setup question: do you want to save energy by disabling the 5 GHz radio between 23:00 and 07:00?
d2wa··on Your online identity is owned by your email provider (2019)
FastMail offers seneric JMAP, IMAP, and SMTP access with app-specific passwords.
d2wa··on Your online identity is owned by your email provider (2019)
Email relay and email forwarding filters. However, it’s up to the email service provider to handle this. Which is out of your control.
d2wa··on Finally fixed my PC’s persistent graphics and audio stutters
(I’m the author.) I’ve tested with a different GPU and screen. The article focuses on the factors that made a positive impact on the problem. I’ve also swapped cables, disks, PSU, and other components.
d2wa··on Finally fixed my PC’s persistent graphics and audio stutters
(I’m the author.) That’s the version I’m running.
d2wa··on Stop using DICT dictionary apps (such as GNOME/MATE Dictionary)
MacOS is the only OS that ships with a dictionary. Because Apple pays the dictionary publisher for the rights to it. Who’ll flip the bill for the Linux dictionary?
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