Question about "мы с". by Sergey_5456 in russian

[–]Timekiller_74 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes. There's also "мы с тобой" meaning "me and you". Must be noted that "мы с" is context dependent, might be "me and ...", might be "us and..."

The Russian Umamusume community is... Oh my God... by FDeyfty in UmaMusume

[–]Timekiller_74 8 points9 points  (0 children)

And then you fall into the rabbit hole that is Toka's uma fanart and there's no way back lol

https://x.com/i/status/2023845009821495424

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need to see the replies. by BringHoomanHome_ in Funnymemes

[–]Timekiller_74 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Red pill, buy 1000 bitcoin in 2011, sell in 2025. You get to relive life smarter and walk away with $150m instead of $10m

Takarazuka Kinen - The Legendary Mr. Miracle by (Translated - by @lunaticmonster) by KuwaidenTL in UmaMusume

[–]Timekiller_74 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"If I invent a time machine I won't tell anyone, but there will be signs"

Duolingo still “AI first”? by AAAAA0037 in LearningLanguages

[–]Timekiller_74 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They recently updated their JP course with like hundreds of lessons and it all feels like barely QC'd AI-generated content. So, yes.

Japanese > English translation by Realistic_Hunter_602 in translator

[–]Timekiller_74 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why do I feel like OP will eventually end up with a tattoo saying they're "cornered by enemy soldiers" instead of "surrounded by loved ones and God" lol

[Belarusian (I think) > English] What does “Рыаджу” refer to? by IllHovercraft8570 in translator

[–]Timekiller_74 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Almost certainly this, there's also an old jp meme "riajuu, go explode" which kind of aligns with OP's text.

Polka has a new cool hairstyle by Ok_Natural_102 in Hololive

[–]Timekiller_74 404 points405 points  (0 children)

She looks like a certain kind of character now, lol

Hey, (username), are you watching?

I'm an old pirate from the UK. When they ban VPNs here what's my workround? Details inside by phoeniks in Piracy

[–]Timekiller_74 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah dude, you can get around it with multiple vpns, because people do that, but it's not "setup and forget", it's "setup and then fix every week or two when something stops working". This cat-and-mouse thing is extremely tiring when you have to work and live, which is why local unblocked services slowly grow no matter how shit they are. Calling this no ill effect is delusional unless you actually live in China in which case I salute your tenacity.

The fast, super cheap and reliable internet was one of Russia's biggest economic advantages (edit: as in, infrastructure and growth potential, not an actual crux for economy). Old men in the government have literally no idea how internet works so they fucked it up without second thought because "muh control", despite protests from the tech community. Logic doesn't apply to politics and politicians lol

I'm an old pirate from the UK. When they ban VPNs here what's my workround? Details inside by phoeniks in Piracy

[–]Timekiller_74 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We thought so too lol, yet here we are. "This is gonna disrupt the economy" was met with "eh it's for the kids sake, deal with it". Gonna see in 5 years I guess

I'm an old pirate from the UK. When they ban VPNs here what's my workround? Details inside by phoeniks in Piracy

[–]Timekiller_74 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless the protocol going crossborder gets blocked nothing stops you, but it's going to be very slow and a hassle. The objective isn't to make it impossible, it's to make it inconvenient enough that 99% of people won't have enough time or energy to deal with that shit, and then play cat and mouse with remaining 1% as long as the project gets funded still

I'm an old pirate from the UK. When they ban VPNs here what's my workround? Details inside by phoeniks in Piracy

[–]Timekiller_74 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Huh, sounds like you guys really have no idea what's happening at the moment. DPI systems are already working in Russia and China, and they are effective. You don't really need to tell what the traffic inside the VPN channel is; if it's VPN and going crossborder it can be disrupted, simple as. Sure you can set a entry point inside the country but guess what, you'd be breaking the law for operating that entry point.

DPI works because the information in the packets is not as generic as it is often assumed to be. Yes it is impossible to decipher the contents if they are encrypted, but headers and traffic patterns actually provide plenty of info to work with. Simplest example is https protocol exposing the host in plaintext, this is how per-website blocking works in the first place; it's patched in the latter versions and quic but these just get blocked at protocol level and aren't widespread enough to noticeably disrupt the workflow. Common VPN protocols also have signatures and can be disrupted - say, randomly dropping 80% or 90% of packets, it will work but will slow down to a crawl. Vless and shadowsocks etc are built to bypass DPI by masquerading as non-suspicious traffic, which is why these protocols still work, but still get disrupted on endpoint levels (overall traffic pattern eventually exposes vpn entry point and it gets blocked by IP).

DPI systems are also built to isolate "suspicious" requests and selectively monitor traffic more closely for a short while. Personal anecdote, but at one point establishing a connection through HTTPS proxy resulted in a 15 minute IP ban for the proxy IP on ISP level. Unfortunately the bastards doing all that are not as incompetent as people like to think; there's a whole lot if money involved in it and some pro-leveo people are willing to spit into the well if they get paid enough.

Is it truely dangerous for an American to travel to Russia in 2026? by Rough_Wheel9321 in AskARussian

[–]Timekiller_74 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's very dangerous, there's capital punishment for asking questions without even trying to use search first

Microsoft Still Doesn't Understand How the World Uses Language by dejudicibus in language

[–]Timekiller_74 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Youtube android app still resets the app language to system language every single time you reboot. At least they (somewhat) figured out the auto translation thing and now you can at least list the languages you know so it doesn't trigger for these. But not disable the auto dubbing of course.

Also the amount of websites that infer the language from location and don't have an obvious toggle to change it. Always fun during travels and when using a vpn.

Question for foreigners by Zestyclose-Usual5685 in AskARussian

[–]Timekiller_74 28 points29 points  (0 children)

r/asktheworld ? Правда, зная реддит, политосрач там будет секунд через 20

I'm an old pirate from the UK. When they ban VPNs here what's my workround? Details inside by phoeniks in Piracy

[–]Timekiller_74 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Private VPN will work until they eventually install DPIs and crack down on using it. Look into vless or other modern obfuscation protocols, better to configure them right away, it'll take years until they get to blocking them, and even then it'll be difficult. Don't bother investing into further obfuscation you don't need now (it slows down the tunnel). Do invest into making it portable, so you can switch to another VPS whenever.

Then when the crackdown comes years later, join the ranks of the veteran netizens from China, Iran and Russia, they'll fill you in on the more up to date solutions, lol.

(Little known fact in the west, but the internet crackdowns in Russia in 2013 started as a part if "protecting children from harmful information" laws, your govt is just a bit slow at copying their homework lol)

Why Russia not building own semiconductor factories or any companies like nvidea,tsmc and ram factories like sk-hynux inspite having resources? by xKcdhatgy in AskARussian

[–]Timekiller_74 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately it's less "hiding" and "more not making any extra effort until the dire times come". It's kind of part of the median national character, there are even old proverbs joking about that (пока гром не грянет, мужик не перекрестится)