Start paying for your search engine and you can get better results. I’ve been pretty happy with Kagi.com

It has a built in ad blocker, so you don’t need ublock, even though it would work too.

Helix for a better default config. But you’ve probably already set up vim the way you like it.

We say it out loud a lot. People seem to remember to be polite when not anonymous.

I don’t think you need a VPN here since you’re using an already secure protocol. Sounds like you’re mostly wanting a static IP address. You can configure the local router to hand out static IPs. Local DNS works too.

We found him boys. Take him away.

There’s mage which lets you write tasks in go instead of yaml.

Same! I’ve had the same Arch install since 2010. It has outlasted all the original hardware, except for the case and power supply.

With iPad having a better CPU than Mac, is Apple trying to phase out the Mac in favor of the iPad?

People mentioned Quad9, Cloudflare, Mullvad, and NextDNS already. Controld.com is also available for free with different levels of blocking. They also support DoH and DoT.

You can use Yubikey Manager: https://www.yubico.com/support/download/yubikey-manager/

In my opinion the biggest problem with hardware keys is what happens when you lose them. You have to either provision the keys yourself, putting the secret on your computer. Or you have to buy backup keys and make sure to register both with all your services. You’ll end up using your phone or password manager as a “backup.” And then that backup becomes your primary 2FA.

How are you liking Controld vs NextDNS?

I tried Mullvad’s DNS service and found that it messed up sites that rely on geography based DNS routing. For example, I’d get sent to a service’s servers in Singapore instead of the US. This caused some noticeable lag.

You can buy a jacket that is (mostly) made out of cotton, and then wax it yourself. It’ll probably take you a few hours to do, but it can be done inexpensive. AliExpress has some cheap waxed jackets too.

Not direct advice. But I’ve switched from “technical” waterproof fabrics that use DWR chemicals, to waxed fabrics. I’ve found that after a year of use, the technical fabrics lose their ability to repel water, and I can’t get them back no matter what I do. Waxed fabrics are heavier and don’t breathe as well, but you can reapply wax to get them to repel water again.

They announced a few months ago that they would partner with Brave to surface Brave search results too. The CEO of Brave is known to be homophobic. People got mad, and Kagi’s response was that they are too small to be picky, and have to focus on search quality.

Smaller keyboards:

• Encourage you to move your hands less. Part of this is allowing your mouse to be closer, especially if you’re right handed.
• Aesthetically look cleaner and less cluttered

yup. if you’re running untrusted apps on your phone, make sure to turn off background refresh AND notifications. apps can run arbitrary code when they receive a push message. usually its so they can provide a better notification for the user, but they can collect data and phone back to the mothership too.

I really wanted to like Matrix, but the clients applications are trash. This looks like it has a nice client app at least.