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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.

TunnelBlick from MacOS cli

Create the the OSA script and save it with .scpt extension

tell application "Tunnelblick"
    connect "Your_existing_Tunneblick_vpn_name"
    get state of first configuration where name = "Your_existing_Tunneblick_vpn_name"
    repeat until result = "CONNECTED"
        delay 1
        get state of first configuration where name = "Your_existing_Tunneblick_vpn_name"
 end repeat

B209 firmware update for Huawei Ascend Y300

B209 was a regional firmware update for Germany & other European countries, officially released by Huawei in July 2014.

It fixed the dangerous Heartbleed bug and brought some other minor optimizations (e.g. improved RAM- and battery usage).

It's official package name is Y300-0100 V100R001C00B209_Firmware_West European_Channel-Others_Android 4.1_EMUI 1.0_05011KYP.

Download

Getting started with OMEMO

This is a short tutorial on how to get started with OMEMO. This is not to replace the XEP but to extend it and give you some clear steps to follow instead of a having to read through a formal specification.

Namespaces

Until OMEMO becomes an official XEP all current implemenations use the namespace eu.siacs.conversations.axolotl instead of urn:xmpp:omemo:0. Sub-namespaces are seperated by a . instead of a :. The device id however is sperated by :. So the namespace for a PEP device bundle for example will look like this: eu.siacs.conversations.axolotl.bundles:1234. You might want to define some constants in your code to have a central place to configure them later. Compare that to how Conversations does this.

The official XEP will also be based on Olm instead of Axolotl which means

Realtek 8153

Download

Current version: 1.0.19 ~~1.0.15 (as of 2018-12-10)~~

https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/network-interface-controllers-10-100-1000m-gigabit-ethernet-usb-3-0-software

~~http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=56&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false~~

	local jid_bare = require "util.jid".bare;
	local jid_split = require "util.jid".split;
	local os_time = os.time;
	local t_concat = table.concat;
	local smtp = require "socket.smtp";
	local vcards = module:open_store("vcard");
	local smtp_server = module:get_option_string("smtp_server", "localhost");
	local smtp_user = module:get_option_string("smtp_username");
	local smtp_pass = module:get_option_string("smtp_password");
	local smtp_daemon = module:get_option_string("smtp_daemon");


	/* How to Hook with Logos
	Hooks are written with syntax similar to that of an Objective-C @implementation.
	You don't need to #include <substrate.h>, it will be done automatically, as will
	the generation of a class list and an automatic constructor.

	%hook ClassName

	// Hooking a class method
	+ (id)sharedInstance {

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	set -e

	STAGING_LOCATION="$(brew cask doctor \
	\| grep -A1 '==> Homebrew-cask Staging Location:' \| tail -n1 \
	\| awk '{print $1}')"

	echo "==> Upgrading casks"
	for cask in $(ls ${STAGING_LOCATION})

	23.21.150.121:3478
	iphone-stun.strato-iphone.de:3478
	numb.viagenie.ca:3478
	s1.taraba.net:3478
	s2.taraba.net:3478
	stun.12connect.com:3478
	stun.12voip.com:3478
	stun.1und1.de:3478
	stun.2talk.co.nz:3478
	stun.2talk.com:3478

	@echo off
	setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

	ver \| find "10." > nul
	if errorlevel 1 (
	echo Your Windows version is not Windows 10... yet. Brace yourself, Windows 10 is coming^^!
	pause
	exit
	)