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You can use this FOSS tool to automatically claim those games.

https://github.com/vogler/free-games-claimer

Some even work pretty well on Linux using the Heroic Launcher.

WireGuard is now even part of the Linux kernel. The protocol and the reference implementation are fully open source, you can just download a WG profile from your provider and you won't even have to use their application.

On the pros, some offer DNS blocking

You can also set that up without a VPN, or independently of your VPN. The standard WireGuard client doesn't interfere with your DNS setup.

Yeah. Proton, Mullvad and IVPN are the three best providers out there. That's also why they're recommended by privacy/security enthusiasts: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/vpn/?h=vpn#recommended-providers

It matches all the criteria I outlined. IVPN too btw: https://www.ivpn.net/

They're also on Mastodon, which is also a plus in my opinion (not really significant though) @ivpn@mastodon.social

Pros:

• Websites can't see your real IP and thus can't figure out your real location that easily
  • You might also be able to blend in with other users who use the same VPN server
• Your ISP can't see what you're websites you're connecting to
• Your Network operator (e.g. a coffee shop offering public wifi) and you're ISP can't see your unencrypted connections (e.g. HTTP, Telnet)
• You can bypass regional censorship or other forms of content unavailability

Cons:

• Your VPN provider can see everything you're connecting to (but not the content if you use HTTPS, which thankfully has become very common), so you need to be able to trust them
• A good and trustworthy VPN usually costs money
• Slightly slower connection and higher latency

Things to look out for when choosing a VPN provider:

• No-log policy
• Regular security audits
• Open source client applications
• Private/anonymous payment options (crypto currency)
  • Monero is the best option if you want to stay fully anonymous
• Minimal information required for signing up, ideally none (some providers don't even require an email address, they just give you a random generated Account ID)

Please use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME (and other XDG base dirs)

The GOP is full of rapists, and it's nothing new.

Anna's Archive allows new uploads though. From their website:

We have the full Sci-Hub collection, as well as new papers.

https://annas-archive.org/scidb

I'm seeding around 10TB of Anna's Archive data

Doesn't Anna's Archive already include a full backup of Sci-Hub and distribute it via Torrent and IPFS in addition to their website and the providers and mirrors they usually use for uploading?

WordPress does have an ActivityPub plugin, and it works with Lemmy. https://dbzer0.com/blog/this-blog-is-now-federated-natively-to-lemmy/

A good example is dbzer0.com which is federated to !dbzer0.com@dbzer0.com

Happy cake day!