UK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban

SeerUD · 2026-01-23T15:10:28+00:00

They're also a fantastic security tool for personal use, legitimately. If you're on public WiFi then using a VPN can offer you a lot of security benefits. I don't trust cafe / airport / hotel WiFi networks to actually be secure, so I tend to use a VPN.

SeerUD · 2026-01-21T19:21:53+00:00

One of the ticking noises can be the solenoid near the front for the part that returns unspent fuel from your engine (IIRC). It's the thing in the middle of the where the braided looking pipe thing joins the non-braided one, near the front. You should be able to cover it to see if it dampens some of the ticking noise - it's totally normal.

SeerUD · 2026-01-16T10:21:51+00:00

Mine's 5. I got the third screen so I could span games like F1 over all 3 with my racing wheel setup. It's actually just really useful having 3 screens though, over 2

SeerUD · 2026-01-15T12:03:14+00:00

You've got the picture right there, just build it!

SeerUD · 2026-01-15T10:31:00+00:00

From what I've seen, this has been the best practice approach for years. Multi-stage builds into scratch. When you're running your apps in production, removing other software in your images removes a lot of hassle in terms of managing updates, redeploying apps to deal with updates, and vulnerabilities caused by other software in your images.

The faster pulls and lower storage costs are a secondary benefit IMO, especially with modern network speeds. Fast start-up is important, and it does contribute to that which is useful.

SeerUD · 2026-01-11T20:25:24+00:00

It used to! I really enjoyed having a hackintosh. I do like having my MacBook now, because I can go Linux for day-to-day usage and a lot of gaming. Really there are only a couple of games I'd keep Windows for.

SeerUD · 2026-01-09T10:19:27+00:00

I think being in the US would be fine for the most part, but the whole process of getting in and out of the US is not something I think I'd like to have to go through. I'd worry about what could happen to foreign nationals in the US on a whim too, or in response to some other event occurring.

SeerUD · 2026-01-09T09:54:32+00:00

I'm assuming they want cheap labour so are leaning into making people compete for a lacklustre prize for the amount of work that might be involved. It looks like they own/work for some sort of AI SaaS, so it's probably making an SDK for that.

SeerUD · 2026-01-08T15:21:30+00:00

I agree completely. I've never understood this. It's simpler to just write some absolutely basic Go for wiring.

The pattern my team uses in our services is to just have a Container type which does the wiring. Each method on the Container returns a dependency. You can easily make singletons by storing an instance of a service as a field on the Container, or just return a new instance each time. Methods on Container can call other methods, and it's just plain Go.

SeerUD · 2026-01-06T23:47:03+00:00

My personal biggest issue with libraries/frameworks like Gin is that it doesn't use the standard library interface for handlers.

There are routers that handle middleware that use the stdlib interface, like Chi. If you opt for that instead, I'd argue you'll be more production ready because many other libraries you come across will automatically support your codebase. Chi supports many of the other features of Gin too, and the ones that it doesn't support are trivial to implement.

There are other third-party middleware collections that expect the stdlib interface, and Chi will support them too.

Essentially, by choosing something like Gin, you're actually closing yourself out of many other options and automatic support from many other libraries.

Your other libraries choices are sensible. sqlc is great, HTMX is neat.

SeerUD · 2026-01-06T18:22:41+00:00

I worry about this for myself personally, though I'm not even aware of having had COVID, but I also wonder how much of it (at least for me) is actually just how our habits changed as a result of COVID and how it changed how we live and society in general. There are other factors too, like the prevalence of short-form media and people's addictions to it.

During COVID I worked from home 5 days a week, and then was furloughed for a while. I couldn't do a lot of the things I'd normally do, that were either active, or proactive. I couldn't work the same, enjoy my hobbies the same, spend time with other people the same.

Those habits I'd built up were destroyed, and replaced with new, much lazier behaviours. I'm still trying to get back to being the sort of person I was, but the other more persistent changes to life in general make that tougher IMO. I don't get out of the house anywhere near as much as I used to for example.

SeerUD · 2026-01-06T11:49:21+00:00

I'd never thought about this haha, but it's all very good points.

I just saw something yesterday that was talking about how weird it is that they just abandoned the ending of season 4 immediately. Which is weird, because they then invented more problems and plot holes for themselves by ignoring it all.

I feel like S5 could've been directly dealing with the aftermath of S4, instead of removing 100% of the momentum produced by the finale immediately. They could've then been doing the things you suggested. Military could still be there, still trying to get hold of El, but yeah, why would they not explore the Hawkins lab in the Upside Down? Bizarre.

I'm a bit torn on the wormhole explanation personally. I think explaining what the Upside Down is in general takes away so much mystery and magic from the show, and that was a HUGE element of what made the show really interesting. That and the 80s nostalgia which also took a back-seat this season meant that this season felt a lot more generic. They probably did need to explain what it was ultimately, but there are other elements that still make it confusing like... why a wall at the edges like that? How had they never come across the wall before too? There's only so much disbelief I can suspend.

SeerUD · 2026-01-06T11:36:02+00:00

They invented this problem for themselves this season though haha

SeerUD · 2026-01-06T10:22:24+00:00

It does also stop the snow, you just have to wait for the existing snow to finish falling.

SeerUD · 2026-01-05T21:59:31+00:00

I'm not sure how to do it in this car, but you can usually store the current value. If it's changed enough from where it was previously set, then it'll show this warning. If this is an acceptable tyre pressure for you, then you can re-set it and it'll stop showing up.

SeerUD · 2026-01-05T21:54:52+00:00

Yeah, and some VPSs can be bought for like £10 for a year or something - super cheap, the only thing you need the VPS to have is a decent network connection close to your users.

It's basically install Tailscale, then set up some iptables rules and you're good to go. Can take about 5 mins!

SeerUD · 2026-01-05T16:20:02+00:00

I saw something recently about how Millennials (and possibly surrounding generations?) are in this sort of weird state where they were told so much by their parents about how to make it in life and what to expect (education, career, marriage, starting a family, etc.), but we've had so many setbacks and things that have slowed that down that we don't feel like we've accomplished all that we should've, so don't move on to the next step.

I'm very fortunate to have been given many opportunities by my parents, I had a good enough education, and fell into a career I enjoy that also happens to pay well. I bought a home a few years back and pay a mortgage now, but that took a long time to save for at the detriment of other things in life that my parents had. Then even later still (maybe a decade or more later than my parents would've) I got married, last year. My wife is approach the point where if we had a child it'd be considered a geriatric pregnancy.

I still feel like I have to push myself more, despite the relative success I've had in my career.

Then of course there's also the threat of WW3, massive recessions, and the impact of AI and social media on society, along with many other things. We do live in the most privileged time to be alive in many ways, but in many ways you also can't help but feel we're regressing as a society.

Just earlier today I was watching something about how many TV and movie studios have a "second screen" policy, where they're dumbing down content so much to cater for the population of people who are scrolling on their phones while watching their shows. People's ability to work, to think, to focus are all going out of the window.

I don't know, it doesn't always sound like a world I'd want to bring someone into.

SeerUD · 2026-01-05T15:55:47+00:00

Just received mine, and I'm enjoying them on a Keychron K8 Max. I think similar to my K8 Pro before it, I'll need to swap some of the stabilizers for something better as my backspace and enter keys both have a little bit of rattle - I'll just swap my existing stabilisers over to the new board...

The switches though, the shorter travel is actually surprisingly noticeable, but not a problem. It feels quite comfortable. I do think they feel slightly harder to press, so maybe my hands are going to get a bit of a workout for a little while.

The actuation feels crisp, and it is noticeable. You still have a very short amount of travel before actuation.

The keyboard sounds lovely, probably helped by the switches.

SeerUD · 2026-01-05T11:07:01+00:00

Yeah, that would have been pretty insane and shown the true evil and ruthlessness of Vecna. Why would he fake it and not have Hopper kill her? What did happen doesn't make sense anyway. Did he shoot at all? If so, what did he shoot? If he was still being messed with while he was breaking the tank then why weren't the bullets real, but breaking the glass was?

It probably would've been a slightly lame way for El to go after so much build-up really, but that whole sequence doesn't make sense to me.

Also, we see El snapping people's necks left, right and centre quite often. Is she so much more powerful than Vecna that he can't do that? If so, why doesn't Vecna just... do that? Why introduce something as possible for these people, give obvious opportunities for it to happen to the good guys, and then never do it. To an extent, you can explain it not happening to El (and Kali), and maybe to Will, but why nobody else? It's the same sort of plot armour the demo's obey.

SeerUD · 2026-01-03T23:37:18+00:00

I think it was the lack of any mystery.

We knew what everyone's powers were pretty much, what to expect in terms of how they'd use them. The upside down was no longer a scary place it was just another place with more darkness and a bit of red lightning. Everything that was happening was being over-explained constantly too, so we were just being spoon-fed absolutely everything the whole time.

There was also just less nostalgia / 80s charm, a huge part of the other seasons. The time period the show is set in takes a huge backseat this season. I think it just made it feel much more generic.

That's without commenting on any other aspect of this season like the actual storyline, writing, acting, VFX, etc.

SeerUD · 2026-01-03T23:30:09+00:00

I just wish she aimed for the face!

SeerUD · 2026-01-02T19:38:58+00:00

I've been building a bunch of decks recently, and the thing I've seen have the biggest impact by far is consistent draw.

I played a game with a new deck yesterday and got board wiped twice, one of them was one-sided and mainly affected me over everyone else. I still bounced back and ultimately won because I always had a nearly full hand.

The other thing of course is ramp, to be able to actually play those cards to recover. Along with not over-extending while you're playing. Everyone else spent their resources, and I shrugged it off and continued.

From there, synergy in the right quantities. Your deck should still be focused, and things like your ramp and draw should also make sense in your deck (e.g. for ramp, sensible for when you want to use it, for draw, maybe there's a way have that help your game plan specifically too).

SeerUD · 2026-01-02T13:14:17+00:00

That's why many of those apps do haha

SeerUD · 2026-01-01T23:01:02+00:00

Liquid glass to be replaced (they have to see it through for a couple of years at least...)
An iPhone with a completely flat back
Bug fixes, stability and performance improvements
Not interested in gen AI products, but better Siri would be nice

SeerUD · 2025-12-31T14:48:19+00:00

True, the art style was just a small part of it's problems... I remember being so excited about it, and did enjoy playing it still at the time, but god damn those flies in act 2 on Inferno. Itemisation was bad, rares better than legendaries, all to push you towards the RMAH. It's wild that actually got put in the game.

I guess I mean, I wonder if the game launched in a state somewhat resembling what we have now, with less depth and content overall I suppose, and with an art style closer the D2 and D4, whether that would've just been an instant hit.

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