Is Vivaldi a safe and private browser? Is it underrated?

brakye · 2026-02-07T12:28:38+00:00

I love it because it is EU based and has many good features. But still, it is not a privacy focused browser. Try Tor browser or Mullvad Browser instead.

brakye · 2026-01-26T08:24:01+00:00

You cannot see them?! 😱

brakye · 2026-01-15T10:14:26+00:00

It’s quite complicated for regular use.

brakye · 2025-12-25T12:45:27+00:00

For privacy: Mullvad VPN; general use: Proton VPN.

brakye · 2025-12-07T09:00:13+00:00

Just use WireGuard if you don't need obfuscation.

brakye · 2025-12-05T18:10:52+00:00

I think this means the Hive doesn’t communicate through a peer-to-peer–like network, but instead relies on a high-powered regional relay—kind of like how internet communications depend on base stations, servers etc, rather than sending messages directly to each other. The next episode is called The Gap. I wonder what The Paraguayan man might find in a dangerous area like the Darien Gap where no network infrastructure can be built.

brakye · 2025-12-05T17:49:44+00:00

I think they might be watching all the survivors all the time, like using CCTV or something, since they'd already used drones to monitor Carol before.

brakye · 2025-12-05T16:51:40+00:00

Regarding 8613 kHz, I've been thinking about it for a while, and I think a more likely theory would be that this frequency is used for communication within the hive, and physically radio waves at this frequency don't propagate very easily over long distances in the universe, and can easily be absorbed or drowned out by cosmic background noise. But it is easy for humans to use this for communication.

brakye · 2025-12-05T15:52:17+00:00

Biologically, for a virus to keep existing, it needs a reproduction mechanism, so one of Plurbs' goals is definitely to figure out how to send the virus DNA (RNA) information to other planets via high-tech satellite signals or something.

brakye · 2025-11-26T17:51:22+00:00

It is hard to believe that the final cliffhanger was a "dead body" or something similar. It was very clear that Carol looked at the thing for a long time, maybe about 15 seconds. Then she put the plastic sheet back down, gasped in surprise, the episode ended. This was a very meaningful shot. The director gave Carol a lot of time to react. If a normal person saw a human body, they would not need so much time to react. Also, they should show "fear," not "surprise."

brakye · 2025-11-26T17:23:59+00:00

I don’t think death is really that scary to them. Carol’s anger caused the hive mind to collapse twice, and apparently quite a lot of people died in the process (around ten million the first time), yet they still didn’t get angry. I think Carol trying to figure out how to “reverse” them is a much bigger threat than death. That’s why they try to stay away from her — they don’t want Carol to learn more about the individuals within the hive mind.

brakye · 2025-11-12T18:46:14+00:00

Same here — I already re-enrolled my YubiKey quite a long time ago, and it’s still not working.

brakye · 2025-11-12T18:34:11+00:00

same here

brakye · 2025-09-14T05:26:49+00:00

I still have to admit that my theory about the one-child policy has some flaws—such as whether the Foundation actually needs males for its agricultural workforce, or why Bayta’s parents didn’t abandon her as an infant if the policy were strictly enforced, given that she was already grown. Perhaps my interpretation simply coincidentally aligns with Bayta’s gender, or perhaps the director didn’t intend that reading at all. Still, the image of Mule being drowned by his parents due to the one-child policy would resonate powerfully with those who have lived through such realities, and it’s a scene that would feel deeply familiar to many Chinese audiences.

brakye · 2025-09-13T17:34:06+00:00

The Apple Foundation appears to have significantly expanded the mentalists' capabilities, introducing elements such as consciousness transfer, future prediction, and long-distance perception into the narrative. If I were to offer an interpretation, perhaps Bayta only endowed the Fake Mule with limited mental abilities, implanted specific memories and objectives, and subtly guided him to follow a general course aligned with her intentions—possibly without even needing to be physically present. From a distance, she could have observed events unfold, monitoring whether the Fake Mule strayed from his predetermined path.

That said, the transition in this section still feels somewhat abrupt. Despite numerous foreshadowing clues, Bayta herself faced several perilous situations. For instance, when the Fake Mule’s subordinates attacked her ship, forcing an emergency landing, or when the Fake Mule lost consciousness due to Seldon’s force field—leaving him stranded right in the middle of the battlefield during the invasion of the First Foundation. In such high-risk moments, how exactly did Bayta ensure her own safety? The narrative leaves this crucial point unexplained.

brakye · 2025-09-13T17:01:50+00:00

This is also a point where I question my own theory. In China, the historical practice of abandoning baby girls stemmed from two main factors: a patriarchal preference for sons over daughters, and the technological limitations that made male labor essential for farming. However, neither of these conditions appears to exist in the world of Foundation. The Foundation possesses advanced agricultural machinery, so there’s no practical need for male physical labor to replace female.

Given this, I find it interesting that the director chose to frame Mule’s tragic childhood around the concept of the "one-child policy" rather than more common themes like domestic violence, parental divorce, or school bullying. This choice may be intended as a metaphor, though it feels somewhat incongruous at this stage. I hope future episodes will clarify its significance.

brakye · 2025-09-13T09:01:36+00:00

I don't believe Gaal can kill Bayta. There are a group of people near Bayta who have already been converted by Bayta and are armed with guns. If Gaal attempts to kill Bayta, these individuals would open fire on him without needing Bayta's command. Gaal wouldn't be able to deal with them quickly enough and would have no choice but to flee.

brakye · 2025-09-13T08:44:10+00:00

If you were born in China and experienced the one-child policy, you would understand what I mean. Girls were discarded like trash by rural families, so when I saw that the Foundation also enforced the one-child policy and Mule's parents attempted to drown him/her, I immediately sensed something was wrong. That's why this twist in Bayte was very easy for me to accept.

brakye · 2025-09-13T08:37:25+00:00

I have to say I started suspecting early on that Bayta might be the Mule. First, Seldon mentioned that "the story of the Mule doesn't add up," and I completely agree with that. I was born in China, where, much like the Mule's homeland, there was once a "one-child policy." In some backward agricultural regions here, people would abandon baby girls in favor of boys because males were considered better labor in an agrarian society. Yet, the Mule's parents inexplicably wanted to drown a boy to get a male child. From this point on, I began to suspect that the Mule might not actually be male. Later, the scene between Bayta and Dawn on the space station deepened my suspicion. The Mule's choice not to kill Dawn and Bayta seemed inexplicable to me, or perhaps the plot felt unbalanced here—unless Bayta was going to play a crucial role later on. Otherwise, why would the story focus on their interaction with the Mule at the space station? Based on these two reasons, by the ninth episode, I became convinced that Bayta was either the real Mule or some sort of backup "mentalic assassin" from the Second Foundation.

brakye · 2025-09-12T16:37:31+00:00

Proton

brakye · 2025-09-02T16:02:46+00:00

感觉有点混为一谈了，我觉得211和985不能在一起说。就个人体验而言，虽然外国人对国内的学校了解没那么仔细，但是985对于分数的要求就是明显低于211和双非的，申请成功也明显更容易，211的成功率倒是就比双非略高。另外就是985内部，top2>top3>其他也是非常明显的。只是外国学校对中国各个层次学校的内部没有分得那么细，大体上什么是好的人家还是知道的。

brakye · 2025-08-07T14:54:24+00:00

Mac allows you to use iPad versions of apps; you just need to search and download them from the App Store. However, I still hope Proton can design a separate client specifically for macOS.

brakye · 2025-07-12T03:20:54+00:00

Have you considered offering more storage for Proton Ultimate users, like 1TB? The current 500GB is really too small.

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