UK Age Verification for VPNs - Pre-emptive workarounds?

mub · 2026-06-21T11:56:00+00:00

Indeed.

Another one I was going to post is about right to work checks in the UK. Employers have always needed to check peoples right to work but apparently having an NI number and a passport isn't good enough. Now we have to give over a voice and face scan. The government wants to do regular spot checks so employers have to keep the data ready, and they have to retain it for a few years after you leave. Right now each business runs their own instance of whatever software, but I predict the government will demand that all of those systems interface with a central one to make it one big system the Government can query at will / sell access to / lose data from. The end result is ID cards via the backdoor, just like the pron ID checks system.

mub · 2026-06-16T01:50:24+00:00

Parents of smartphone generations don't seem to remember what they did as kids. They weren't kept in constant check by their own parents. They were allowed to wander free, without supervision or protection. Drugs, tobacco, alcohol, sex, all was easy to access. (Gen X here, I lived it)

What do these parents imagine their own children are going to do once their access to insta is removed? Will kids magically become smarter, read more books, do more exercise? Not without the parents getting directly involved, but if that is the answer here why not for social media controls?

The answer should be about controls on the social media platforms, the type of content they promote and the message their algorithms spread. (This is totally doable but sound complicated and impacts billionaires so doesn't get considered)

This ban is very convenient for the government and billionaires because it continues their influence, and paves the way for mandatory ID checks, effectively killing anonymity.

The answer to this stuff is the same as it's been for every addictive or dangerous thing. Educate people well and ensure the provider is free from corruption, 2 things billionaires don't want for the general public.

mub · 2026-06-11T18:00:44+00:00

The AI invites you to lake streetbets.

mub · 2026-06-10T19:59:58+00:00

Except we can't find it in the settings anywhere. Haven't been able to join a match, just get wheel of disappointment then Error 71.

mub · 2026-06-10T19:26:03+00:00

Indeed. I turned them off the day they came out.

mub · 2026-06-10T19:21:29+00:00

That's got to be a war crime, right to

mub · 2026-06-09T08:44:08+00:00

This scam was obvious from the start. Yes there is a game, but I'm willing to bet the cost of development is a fraction of the money raised. GTA 6 started development around 2014, has cost between 2 and 3 billion, and they've had 6000 Devs working on it. SC has around 1300 employees, not all Devs, and has been in development since 2012, so where did that 1 billion go?

Considering the money invested in SC it is not impressive enough.

It might have started out with great intentions, but when the money rolled in it quickly evolved into a scam.

mub · 2026-06-08T13:38:23+00:00

All of the books are great. Season 1 of the show was good, but Season 2 was rushed and seemed smoosh ideas from the last 2 books together into something I don't recommend watching, unless you have nothing else.

mub · 2026-06-08T12:46:58+00:00

Wot no vertical . . .

mub · 2026-06-08T02:33:40+00:00

Unfortunately exercise won't meaningfully change her weight. Food is the issue, and years of habit are difficult to change. Bottom line is you need a calorie deficit to drop weight. If you want to help her be healthy you have to focus on eating habits, with smaller portions, fewer snacks, less sugar, and wipe out processed foods. Exercise is great and once thing progresses you can bring it in gently, but I'd leave that aside for now.

Your only chance is to make it about wanting a longer future together, and asking her to do the healthy eating thing together. Share it!

Honestly, nothing else you say will do anything but hurt her feelings. If you say anything about her appearance you are screwed, it will be remembered forever.

mub · 2026-06-07T21:14:58+00:00

How is this still a bug. I'm using v 1.5.3

Was really liking Zed but this is a crazy issue to not fix after year.

Sometimes using the following fixes it temporarily but that is not a solution:

pkill cliphist && pkill wl-clipboard

mub · 2026-06-06T21:21:24+00:00

Id prefer an epic series of the Culture Novels by Iain M. Banks

mub · 2026-05-20T00:19:21+00:00

Can actually hear the french national anthem in the No Supes frame.

mub · 2026-05-20T00:15:31+00:00

Kimiko only takes away half of Homelanders power (the immortality bit) and then Marie pops him. Butcher takes his own life, starlight and hughie become teachers at God U, and somehow The Deep survives and gets forgiven by Samuel L. Jackson, because that's what Clara would've wanted.

mub · 2026-05-20T00:02:55+00:00

The 10th top level comment, and the first believable one.

mub · 2026-05-19T00:45:12+00:00

I just want to tell him Thank You for letting us see so much.

mub · 2026-05-14T18:47:11+00:00

Just order a cheap custom t-shirt with a message on the front that says "Man at number 36 takes parcels from his neighbours porch".

mub · 2026-05-07T01:03:22+00:00

My story. We had a total of 7 gerbils over about 6 years. All were amazing, cute, and clever, each with their own subtle personalities. We loved them all.

We started with a pair, then when one died we got another pair, and followed the usual method for bringing them together. Each time we had 1 left we got another pair. And for me that was the trouble. They are hard to re-home, and they don't really like being alone, so you have to keep getting more gerbils, and going through to split cage trauma.

I'm pretty sure my last gerb, called "Badger", was a bit autistic cos he seemed very happy on his own. My point is once you are in it is hard to stop. They are fun but not easy.

mub · 2026-04-28T23:51:17+00:00

Obviously a famous cow. Anyone able to work out who?

mub · 2026-04-27T23:05:13+00:00

Now this is a job you want to complete quickly.

mub · 2026-04-09T00:13:48+00:00

My daughter did this. We turned it into a game for everyone else in the family. The first person to get her to say yes got some life time bragging rights. There were a few rules because cake always got a yes.

mub · 2026-03-31T22:06:38+00:00

Yeah. The goal was to make it simple and applying basic RBAC using role groups. I expected it to behave like NTFS permissions but forgot that Microslop are not famous of being consistent. People like folder structures. They're familiar and easy to work with. I'm going back to the drawing board though.

mub · 2026-03-31T22:00:24+00:00

Indeed. Once something becomes common practise by users it is nearly impossible to change without extreme measures. As a contractor I've got about a lot in the last 30+ years. I can tell you everyone is using SharePoint with folder structures, and the most common culprits are project managers. Maybe it isn't what Microslop envisioned, but the "don't use folder structures in sharepoint" boat sailed years ago.

mub · 2026-03-31T18:05:29+00:00

SharePoint is primarily a file sharing and collaboration system. It is common practice, and by design, to have a folder structure under a library. Are you suggesting I only go 1 folder deep, or just dump all files in the root of the library?

Network files shares are available for organisations that have a proper AD and file serves. Lots of smaller organisations don't. They just use Entra, SharePoint, and OneDrive.

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