Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/lawmakers-want-ban-vpns-and-they-have-no-idea-what-theyre-doing

I'm gonna be honest here: banning VPNs is not the solution. People who want to find content like porn will get it one way or another. It is going to harm legitimate users who use VPNs for security reasons, like on public WiFi or for getting inside a corporate network. I can't log into any of our servers/cloud w/o a VPN. All remote employees use a VPN. We replicate data between 2 data centers using a VPN

the ultimate showdown

I'm really hoping for Fediverse help here.

I have a 14 year old niece. She's incredibly smart and extremely motivated when it comes to engineering things.

I want to get her some electronics stuff, like an Arduino kit, but maybe something with wearables, etc. to make it more relevant to her than just a breadboard.

She'll also need some books on electronics, since she doesn't have the background in that.

Sadly, some limitations:

- I can't help her. Her mother won't let my wife or I talk to her. This gift itself will have to be given through a third party.

- She has a learning disability around reading- likely dyslexia, and so we need material that's easy to read

- Her English is not amazing, especially because of the learning disability.

So I'm looking for a kit with a ton of instructional material. Programming, electronics, breadboard, the whole kit and kaboodle.

If you have ideas, please share, and boost!

#Maker #Arduino #Wearables #FediHelp #Electronics

In a little more positive news..

Just successfully uploaded and ran a MacOS build version of my game via #Steam

Only Linux / SteamOS & Android is left!

iOS / MacOS (AppStore) is also working fully

Also changed the name to match the page

now that it's almost 2026, let's rename "lead-free solder" to "normal solder" because cmon it handles just fine and we should really try to put lead in fewer things

No one writes documentation. No one reads documentation. Everyone complains about lack of documentation. The equilibrium is mutual suffering. But sure, your startup is going to solve documentation.

“Do you find yourself unskilled in any particular area? Become the most mediocre of generalists by asking AI to do things for you!”

This is the most punk thing I've ever heard of. This guy got his physics phd then proceeded to use it to create open source plans for everything you need to start a civilization.

Definitely going in my digital apocalypse kit (wait, you don't have one?!), and this guy is now one of my heroes.

https://www.opensourceecology.org/

#OpenSource #solarpunk #diy #punk #RightToRepair

I'm participating in no-vember. it's where I cease to exist for a month.

possibly the greatest cat photo ever. happy halloween

After this morning's walk.

"disable your ad blocker" is the "take off the condom" of corporate media

Well, @virtuosew is at it again:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/804515238988899

Quoting:

"The point of #sketching isn't to produce a finished piece. It's to capture a memory, a feeling, a fragment.

"Don't ask, "Is it good?". Instead, ask "Did I enjoy doing it? Did I manage to be there, in one place, paying attention? Does it remind me of something? “

"Good comes with practice, practice is pleasanter if you stop trying to be good!"

#ShamelesslyStolenFromTumblr

ALT https://effinbirds.com/post/798945414800982016

#PixelArt