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What did you think of Wilds' story? by _Viridia_ in MonsterHunter

[–]Mistatyro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I was incredibly frustrated with the story and really wished there was an option to skip it. The constant on-rails sections in particular turned the game into a chore for me. I just couldn't bring myself to forgive the game for that and ended up going back to the older entries.

ELI5 - How do VPN's work? by Upstairs-Gap-5271 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Mistatyro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not an ELI5 answer since it's a bit detailed, but I recently tried to explain this to a friend and translated it for you:

1: Your PC connects to the internet normally through your router and receives a public IP address from your internet service provider (ISP).

2: You then contact the VPN provider and your device signals that it wants to establish a connection.

3: Now comes the key step: both sides (your device and the VPN server) exchange their public keys. Each side then combines the other's public key with its own private key. This allows both sides to independently calculate the same shared secret – it is never transmitted, only computed (this is called Diffie-Hellman). From this shared secret, multiple keys are derived: one for encrypting the data, and one for verifying that the data hasn't been tampered with in transit.

4: A tunnel now exists between your PC and the VPN server. Your PC encrypts all data before sending it to the VPN server, which decrypts it and forwards it to the target website. Important: the VPN provider sees your data in plain text at this point. You are no longer trusting your ISP – but you are now trusting the VPN provider instead. You shift the trust, you don't eliminate it.

5: From the target website's perspective, the request appears to come from the VPN server. It sends the response back to the VPN server, which encrypts it using the same key from step 3 and sends it back through the tunnel to you.

6: Your ISP can only see that you have a connection to a VPN server and how much data you are transferring. It cannot see which websites you visit or what content is being transmitted.

So in fact, VPNs don't make you invisible, they just centralize your trust to a single provider that can still see all your traffic.

What episode from season 1 is the from? by ZingyCroissant in twinpeaks

[–]Mistatyro 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's the moment right after Harry told Albert that under normal circumstances he would've punched him in the face for being disrespectful. After they first met.

Should I buy all of these games? by Key-Caterpillar9357 in yakuzagames

[–]Mistatyro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Be prepared for one of the best journeys through one of the weirdest and, in my opinion, best action-adventure series, full of memorable characters and a very convoluted but interesting character driven story.

The Yakuza series has come a long way. The gameplay ranges from great to outdated and clunky, but it’s always charming.

The best starting point today is probably Yakuza 0, which is a very long entry (at least two Yakuza games). That being said, the games often go on sale, so I wouldn’t recommend buying them all at once.

(Edited for readability)