I love how the other players say they don’t consider it cheating.

I wonder if there have been any ML approaches to anti-cheat yet. I could actually see that making a ton of sense.

The very rough idea is this:

I have a server with multiple services and only one open port (not counting the SSL port) on my router.

Traffic comes into that one port straight to my server. That server has a reverse proxy installed with a directory of subdomains and associated ports.

It internally routes traffic coming in on my open port to the internal services on the server without having to expose them directly to the internet.

The big advantage is that because it all goes through my reverse proxy, I can add SSL certs to just that and now all of my subdomain services get the benefits of the SSL cert on the host.

I’m sure there are other uses for reverse proxies, but this is how they work in my setup.

You made pretty much every point exactly how I was going to make it.

I will mention that even as a pretty experienced sysadmin, learning Docker, reverse proxies, and relevant config files took ages because there are treated as assumed knowledge.

Every YouTube video on Docker is 30 minutes shorter than they should be, and terminology for reverse proxies is really confusing if you’re not already familiar.

It’s great to say you shouldn’t use these if you’re not familiar, but these are also probably the most poorly taught subjects in computing right now from my experience.

I was referring to where the lettering meets the hat. There should be some tension around the letters where it’s pulled onto the hat itself. Here, it just looks like they’ve been laid on flat.

This might just be classic Photoshop. It’s pretty easy to generate semi-realistic embroidery previews and warp it a bit to match the hat.

Definitely not real though as there’s no bunching of the hat where the stitches meet.

Surely a direct stream from the internet straight onto host hardware can’t be exploited in any way. All you gotta do is put the stream in a file. How hard could it be? (/s)

Let’s not stand around and argue about who killed who…

Well, I like the way my DM does it. I would say I’m surprised, but the logic behind the rules is way too far beyond my understanding and I regularly am thrown off by the exceptions.

Is a nat 20 not treated as a critical success? At least that’s how my 5e DM handles those.

I have a file server for copy 1, an external drive with incremental backups for copy 2, and copy 3 is a physically unplugged copy in a firesafe lockbox that I update manually. I don’t use any cloud providers to back up anything.

You’ve said Eraserhead is your most spiritual film. Could you elaborate on that?

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Hi Frank!

I feel this. My car has a super straightforward drivetrain (2003 Miata) and pretty simple electronics that I can follow and understand.

Looking under the hood of modern cars, half the time it’s so enclosed, you just see plastic and once you get past that, it’s an intertwined rats nest of complicated components.

On top of that, modern interiors are just loaded with features I don’t need. Give me driving, climate and radio controls. I don’t need anything more.

Don’t even get me started on all the assist features. I’m driving. I’ll handle the wheel, thanks.

Kimi and Deepseek both seem to do a decent job.

Something funky is going on. They’re somewhat random each time I refresh. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t.

wanted to stay away from thermal paper on health grounds.

What grounds? First I’ve heard of this.

That’s so disappointing! One of my favorite channels!

I can vouch for Motortown, even if it’s not a ton like GTA. There’s a surprising amount of gameplay detail considering the assets look low-detail. Great roleplay experience.

My favorite is “Location Not Found”. It’s amazing that both Mac and Linux seem to do a better job on SMB than Windows.

I like David Cronenberg’s approach. Make it visually horrific, but so alien that you don’t know how to visually parse it and it just overloads your brain into ‘blech’ territory.

Loved The Thing and Videodrome for this style of horror.

Otherwise, give me omnipotent horror. Things like Oculus really get me.