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Comment Re:Did something change drastically? (Score 1) 69

Exactly this, I met a girlfriend after she studied in IT and I hate to speak against her but she wasn't that good although I tried to upgrade her knowledge back then. She never found a job in IT ever as far as I know. Sure she got jobs where her IT formation helped her get the job but those weren't real IT jobs like the programming jobs she was looking for initially.

Comment Re:Alternatives? (Score 1) 21

I wrote;

"I am pretty sure you will find modules to do what you need since the eco-system is very large."

This looks like it and it's hosted on apache.org thus making pretty shielded from proprietary solutions:
https://apisix.apache.org/?utm...
  more details:
https://navendu.me/posts/hands...

I often hear "apache does not do this" while in fact it does...

Comment Re:Alternatives? (Score 1) 21

Just switch to apache which comes with reverse proxy capabilities out of the box. I am pretty sure you will find modules to do what you need since the eco-system is very large.

I have been using it for ages, 25+ years and I have always resisted going to proprietary solutions like nginx and the like. The common thing you will hear is that nginx is faster because it is event based but apache mod-event supports event-based as well and that's what I use on my reverse proxies and I don't believe nginx is really faster.

Comment Re:Sucks (Score 1) 55

My local ISP switching to CG NAT was the last straw that made me actually switch to Comcast/Xfinity. Not only do you have all the aforementioned issues, you also can't connect back to your computer from the outside even by using Dynamic DNS services. I don't run websites or anything from my home network, but I do like to be able to get back in via SSH and retrieve files and such from my devices at home.

You'd only need to get a $5/month vm on linode or something like that, have your home computer connect to it with openvpn then connect to your home computer via the linode vm IP.

I have even often map static ip addresses to home computers with such a scheme so I don't really care about CGNAT anymore.

Comment Re:Deuling dinosaurs (Score 1) 9

Here's a picture of what the fossil looked like. It was found in 2006. They were not necessarily fighting each other when they died, it could be that's just how their bodies landed.

Yeah so rude for the poor dinosaurs, maybe they were having sex.

Anyway, I would have called them the "Lovers Dinosaurs" which is much more respectful for those poor peaceful gentle creatures which for some reasons we always paint as violent.

Comment Re:Organic does not mean pesticide free (Score 1) 20

Exactly this! Also some niche local farmers use no pesticide at all so their products wouldn't support being shipped and processed along the way, they would surely arrive all rotten. Also, as you say, it tastes better and chances are it more nutritive too.

A good analogy is commercial mayonnaise sold in jars. Good for several months in the fridge even if opened and good only for a few days if you make your own.

Comment Re:PHP not dying yet? (Score 1) 29

Yeah, that's exactly what I came here to post, well, basically. More precisely, I was going to post that the only way I could see php was going down in popularity is that the same developers segment with propensity to use php would use node, js and the likes.

Not for me anyway, I prefer using a "real" programming languages for anything above really small quick and dirty applications instead of interpreted scripting languages and I find it pays off in the long term. For quick and dirty, I simply use bash scripts.

Comment Re:But will it be any good? (Score 1) 36

Most VPNs over promise and under deliver on security. So, I wonder, who holds the keys? What length keys? Elliptical curve? Ehat curve? What encryption is used? What about quantum-proofing?

Maybe I should apply to beta-test?

Agreed, I use VPNs a lot but I never used even once a commercial VPN and I wouldn't use Firefox free one either.

As a matter of fact, those can just concentrate the watching and tracking to one more single point yet.

I use several VPNs at the same time that don't change the default route on my desktop and several others on my router which may change the default route or not. On the desktop, it's to access protected resources. On the router, it's usually to optimize latency and throughput by routing through more efficient gateways over the public Internet using servers I have control of.

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