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Don't use VPN services.

No, seriously, don't. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer.

Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose; that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does.

A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.
A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.
There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.

Code is clean if it can be understood easily – by everyone on the team. Clean code can be read and enhanced by a developer other than its original author. With understandability comes readability, changeability, extensibility and maintainability.

General rules

Follow standard conventions.
Keep it simple stupid. Simpler is always better. Reduce complexity as much as possible.
Boy scout rule. Leave the campground cleaner than you found it.
Always find root cause. Always look for the root cause of a problem.

Design rules

I believe the following is the best way to work with Nagle's algorithm / TCP_NODELAY / TCP_CORK.

It is described in this RedHat manual and the verdict is:

Set TCP_NODELAY = 1, always.
If you can batch data for sending by creating a buffer manually, or using writev(), prefer that.
If you cannot (e.g. "when using different libraries that provides abstractions for layers" from the above manual):
- Set TCP_CORK = 1, then write the data, then set TCP_CORK = 0.
This builds a packet in kernel space and then flushes it out.

Bible Bot Christian Companion AI Prompt

You can copy, translate, modify, and distribute this resource, without restriction, and without needing to ask permission.

Background

I'm not the first one to think about a Bible AI chatbot. Many, many people have done it. Few have done it well to keep the AI focused on the Truth of God and not hallucinate.

I am no prompt engineer and am newer to the AI space. However, I've used prompt injection techniques

macOS 10.15 System Preference Panes

Below are a list of System Preference pane URLs and paths that can be accessed with scripting to assist users with enabling macOS security settings without having to walk them through launching System Preferences, finding panes, and scrolling to settings. Not all panes have an accessible anchor and some are OS specific.

To find the Pane ID of a specific pane, open the System Preferences app and select the desired Preference Pane. With the pane selected, open the ScriptEditor.app and run the following script to copy the current Pane ID to your clipboard and display any available anchors:

tell application "System Preferences"
	set CurrentPane to the id of the current pane
	set the clipboard to CurrentPane

	/*
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	* DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
	*
	* This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
	* under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
	* published by the Free Software Foundation. Oracle designates this
	* particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
	* by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
	*

Service	Type	Storage	Limitations
Amazon DynamoDB	⚠️ Proprietary NoSQL	25 GB	⚠️ Payment method required
Amazon RDS	⚠️ Proprietary RDBMS		⚠️ Only free for 1 year
Azure SQL Database	MS SQL Server		⚠️ Only free for 1 year
👉 Clever Cloud	PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis	256 MB (PostgreSQL)	Max 5 connections (PostgreSQL)

	// This post referred to this git. I just trimmed cam and wifi part.
	// https://github.com/v12345vtm/CameraWebserver2SD/blob/master/CameraWebserver2SD/CameraWebserver2SD.ino

	#include "FS.h"
	#include "SD_MMC.h"

	//List dir in SD card
	void listDir(fs::FS &fs, const char * dirname, uint8_t levels){
	Serial.printf("Listing directory: %s\n", dirname);

	; Press Ctrl+Shift+Space to set any currently active window to be always on top.
	; Press Ctrl+Shift+Space again set the window to no longer be always on top.
	; Source: https://www.howtogeek.com/196958/the-3-best-ways-to-make-a-window-always-on-top-on-windows

	^+SPACE::
	WinGetTitle, activeWindow, A
	if IsWindowAlwaysOnTop(activeWindow) {
	notificationMessage := "The window """ . activeWindow . """ is now always on top."
	notificationIcon := 16 + 1 ; No notification sound (16) + Info icon (1)
	}