I need to get a new VPN setup. Been using OpenVPN through OPNsense for years but I’m fed up with the abysmal performance of the OpenVPN client on iOS. Open to suggestions but it has to be fully self hosted.

The gift card people have absolutely no motivation to fix this problem. They are making bank.

More than half of Americans reported receiving at least one scam call per day in 2024.

Bullshit.

Pretty sure I dated you for a couple weeks last month.

No. I have a type and I’m not it.

We use Skype.

No you don’t.

Tool - Triad
Faith No More - Woodpecker From Mars
Star Trek II soundtrack
Batman (1989) soundtrack

Stick Figure (reggae) has some of his albums as instrumentals only on youtube. I can also say you might try listening to his regular albums. It certainly helped me get through a rough patch recently. I find his music and lyrics to be very uplifting.

Would be so much better without the “Don’t piss me off” line.

I’d probably remove the knife and plunge it into my own chest. This all feels like way too much work to deal with.

I’ll just say you probably shouldn’t take dating advice from people who haven’t done any dating for the last 30-40 years. The world has most certainly changed.

That is one of the sickest burns I’ve read in a while.

Buy a faraday bag and keep your phone in it at all times unless you’re using it or sitting at home. That’s what I do.

It’s extreme, but I don’t see any other defense except not having a phone.

I. HATE. SAUERKRAUT!

I retired a little younger than that. Got into IT in the dark ages when nobody knew what the hell was going on yet, and I was good at it. Timing and luck.

They have been institutionalized.

I saw so many people like that when I worked for a major telco. These people worked for the same company their whole lives and were brainwashed to hell and back. They weren’t just drinking the Kool Aid, they were serving it to other employees. It was sad.

We do, it’s called Social Security and the goons currently in charge are trying as hard as they can to dismantle it. Even then, it’s barely enough to survive on for a lot of people since it’s tied to how much income you made during your working life. And we all know the state of income inequality.

No idea man. I retired in January, about the same age as you. Have barely thought about work since. Don’t miss it at all.

Sometimes. It’s just reflex or muscle memory. Recently I did it reflexively while riding my motorcycle and wearing a full face helmet!

It’s white collar crime. They’ll pay a fine which will mean nothing to them, and nobody will go to jail. That’s how it works.

He should know, he’s the one that put a shotgun in its mouth over a decade ago.