![]() Using this library was very straightforward. It is available through Maven using the JCenter repository: I found an old, but good, free Java AIML interpreter at. So, how do you use AIML in Java? As I expected, there are AIML interpreters for many programming languages. For now, all you need to understand is the format. There's a lot more to AIML and plenty of good online resources to learn about it. You can also add multiple possible answers per pattern and let the interpreter pick one randomly. The following is a possible conversation using this category: The value is used in the template with the tag. The wildcard character (*) represents what the user says they like. ![]() This would lead to the following possible dialog: The template defines a possible answer by the bot. The pattern element defines a possible input by the user. The category element defines an interaction unit. To give you an idea of what AIML files look like, study the following example: aiml extension) and an input string, and produces an output string-the bot's answer. Customer service is another business-oriented application that harnesses the potential of bots by providing answers to frequently asked questions or redirecting to human agents according to the customer’s answers.Īn AIML interpreter takes AIML files (typically with the. There's a good chance you have interacted with bots in, for example, lead generation processes where you answer a set of questions and in return get information or even products delivered to you. It is used in not only the gaming industry, but also education, marketing, and e-commerce. What is AIML?ĪIML is remarkably versatile. You can see the final app in action at and the source code on GitHub. In this article, I'll share my experience writing a web-based chatbot with Spring, Vaadin, and AIML. (Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity). Some years ago, I discovered AIML (Artificial Intelligence Markup Language), an XML dialect designed by Richard Wallace to create a bot called A.L.I.C.E. How could I implement something like this? Sure, I could code a bunch of if.else statements, but that sounded like a lot of work. I have a basic java implementation of the program that I will be working on soon also with OpenGL bindings and eventually I could incorporate Microsoft Kinect technology with JOGL and possibly build a robot one day.Ever since I played my first role-based video game, I’ve been interested in chatbots (aka chatterbots). Once all of this is done you can get on github and download aim files. Once pb init is used the underlying bot name you chose will be set. The name you choose for your bot is a private name that must be used with the other credentials and once it's hosted on Pandora Bots you choose another name, so just use the same name or you will use up your bot allowance. The host name can be left blank, but I believe it gives use of a url for instance if you wanted to use it on your own website. The app name and botname can be anything you want them to be. ![]() I think the tutorial for nodejs is on chatbots.io ![]() After every update you must recompile but the websites have the information strewn across different websites, so if you see any tutorials I would advise you book mark the page. Once you install pb-cli in usr/bin, compile and set up the program, you can train the bot from your mac terminal or linux shell server side and use pb upload to upload aiml files updating your Pandora Bots knowledge base. The original code you get, has a button on the same page where you generate your user key and app id.
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![]() Nojima notes that because of the “cartoon-like, stylized art” of the original, players had to use “their imagination to supplement portions that couldn’t be depicted” - like Cloud’s facial expressions. The subtleties to the interactions Cloud has with other people is also central to the narrative of Final Fantasy VII. How would he act toward Barret? What sort of distance would he keep while interacting with passers-by on the street?” “His attitude toward his childhood friend Tifa. “I revisited the experiences that he’d had in his life so far, thinking of the effect that each individual event would have had on him,” Nojima said. In a way, this will be something nobody has ever truly seen before.Įven the body language here communicates the nature of their lifelong friendship. Because we’re dealing in modern graphics, developers need to actually think about Cloud’s facial expression and how to project an air about him that communicates this complexity. He doesn’t care about helping the planet. In these early sections of the story, however, he presents himself as a self-assured, uncaring badass. He misremembers his own past and later gradually uncovers the tragic truth of his life, and this character’s journey is a big part of what makes Final Fantasy VII’s story so great. When the story begins, Cloud is in the midst of an identity crisis that not even he recognizes. Most adaptations and remakes are plagued by these kinds of nuanced distinctions, but if these and other comments from the development team are any indication, then we have every right to stay excited for Remake. This subtle, nostalgic difference is incredibly important. Remake will capture Cloud, Tifa, Barret, and the rest of their group as who they were rather than who they are. He’s become more human after all the trauma he’s experienced, adding a touch of gravitas to the character.įor Nojima to describe him as “fiery” with “aggression in his eyes” perfectly captures who Cloud is supposed to be at this point in time - a superhuman badass plagued by amnesia, who literally thinks he’s someone else - rather than the more sensitive hero we all see him as. The deaths of Zack and Aerith from the original game weigh heavily on him, making him more sensitive and kind. ![]() While most of the major characters have more or less retired from fighting at this point in time, Cloud remained sharp and restless, picking heroic fights and working constantly. More than 20 years after the release of the original game, we’ll all have to reckon with who Cloud became through the course of Final Fantasy VII, but many of us will also be haunted by the version from Advent Children, which takes place two years after the original game. I knew right then: “Oh, this is it.”Ĭloud begins 'Final Fantasy VII Remake' as a badass and total jerk. “Rather, here was a young man with fiery features, looking straight at me through the screen with aggression in his eyes. “It wasn’t post- Advent Children Cloud, with kindness brimming from within,” Nojima wrote. Some comments from scenario writer Kazushige Nojima in particular about the first time he saw protagonist Cloud Strife’s redesign have me even more excited for a gaming experience that sounds familiar yet totally refreshing. In a lengthy post published Monday to the company’s official blog, various members of the Final Fantasy VII Remake team wrote about their approach to making the new game. A challenge of any remake is honoring the story that came before and keeping the experience fresh for fans of the original, and some inspiring new comments from the Square Enix development team show a holistic approach that sounds totally unlike Advent Children in every way. The final product is subject to change without prior notice.The initial batch of trailers and gameplay previews for Final Fantasy VII Remake have sparked numerous visual comparisons to the maligned animated sequel film, Advent Children, something that could be a source of concern for tentative fans. Fusion sword*1 (can be combined, split, a total of 6 pieces) Left hand red armband*1 (inlaid metal wire for modeling) Left hand cuff (removable, cuff inlaid with wire for styling) Sleeveless top * 1 (collar with inlaid metal thread for styling) Mobile phone * 1 (screen wallpaper 20% chance random Sephiroth version) GTBD-006 (half body soft glue, using medical grade silicone) - doll display bracket*1 Picture height is about 32CM - Brand new independent development of GAMETOYS male body *1 Material: ABS, PVC, Silicon, Alloy & Fabric No doubt a masterpiece for Final Fantasy die-hard fans!! ![]() Sure that his iconic 6 in 1 buster sword (made with alloy) is also included. This time cloud's body was greatly upgraded into a seamless version with medical-grade silicone material. ![]() Game Toys is proud to present another collectible figure 1:6 Cloud Strife AC Version action figure after the good reputation of previous sets of FF figures. ![]() All the curves tend to merge to the same collector-emitter voltage V CE once breakdown has occurred. When the transistor is biased to operate in the forward active mode, I C begins to increase significantly before the actual breakdown voltage is reached. Typical l C versus V CE characteristics are depicted in Fig. In the CE configuration, the breakdown voltage mechanism also involves the transistor gain, as well as the breakdown phenomenon in the PN junction. ![]() The maximum rated voltage in a BJT is generally associated with avalanche breakdown in the reverse-biased base-collector junction. The maximum rated collector current l Cmax may be related to the maximum current that the wires connecting the semiconductor to the external terminals can handle, the collector current at which the current gain falls below a minimum specified value, or the current that leads to the maximum power dissipation when the transistor is biased in saturation. Typical current gain-collector current characteristics for the 2N3055 power BJT at various temperatures are shown in Fig. The current gain is generally smaller in power transistors, typically in the range of 20 to 100, and may be a strong function of collector current I C and temperature. Table 26.3 compares the parameters of a general-purpose small signal BJT to those of two power BJTs. The relatively wide basewidth implies a much smaller current gain β for power transistors in comparison to that of small switching transistors, and large area device implies a large junction capacitance and hence a lower cutoff frequency for a power transistor compared to a small switching transistor. Power transistors must also be large-area devices in order to handle large currents. A relatively large base width is required to avoid punch-through breakdown. A large base-collector voltage implies a relatively large space-charge width being induced in both the collector and base regions. The base region is also much wider than normally encountered in small devices. ![]() Another N region, with a higher doping concentration, reduces collector resistance and makes contact with the external collector terminal. The primary collector region has a low-doped impurity concentration so that a large base-collector voltage can be applied without initiating breakdown. ![]() Fugaku runs on Fujitsu’s 48-core A64FX SoC. That is hundreds of thousands of times faster than your typical desktop computer. One petaFLOP computer system can perform one quadrillion floating-point operations per second. While only IBM ThinkPad computers are onboard the space shuttle, HP and Dell computers are commonly found on the space station. However, Nasa does offer discounts for students and educators who are interested in purchasing a PC for themselves. It is not uncommon for a new Nasa PC to cost upwards of $10,000. Nasa’s PC’s are some of the most powerful and expensive on the market. Japan has reclaimed the world’s fastest computer title after a five-year drought caused by its losses to American and Chinese rivals. The K Computer, a system developed by Fujitsu and Riken National Laboratory, runs at 8.162 petaflops, or 70,000 times faster than an XBox. NASA failed to properly delete sensitive data from its computers and hard drives before selling them as part of its plan to end the Space Shuttle program, according to a NASA audit released on Tuesday. It now ranks 15th on the list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, and a lot has changed in the world of supercomputing since then. ![]() When NAS debuted in 2008, it was the third most powerful planet in the world. ![]() NASA PCs typically have multiple redundant systems that can take over in the event of a failure, and they are often designed to be used in conjunction with other types of spacecraft equipment. The computers are built to be highly rugged and reliable, and they often come equipped with specialized software and hardware that allow them to operate in extreme conditions. NASA PCs are often used by astronauts and other personnel in the space agency to control spacecraft and perform other critical tasks. Curiosity is now about 20 feet (6 meters) from its landing site, called Bradbury Landing, and more than 16 feet (5 meters) from the scour mark called Goulburn, which scientists are currently investigating.A NASA PC (also known as a NASA protected computer) is a type of personal computer that has been designed to withstand the rigors of spaceflight and the extreme environments found on many planetary surfaces. The total drive distance was nearly 23 feet (7 meters). Finally, Curiosity rolled backward 8.2 feet (2.5 meters) and snapped more pictures from its final location. The rover then rotated 120 degrees, stopping again during the turn to take more pictures. It then continued forward another 12 feet (3.6 meters), totaling 15 feet (4.5 meters) of forward motion. To start its forward drive, Curiosity's drove about 3 feet (90 centimeters), rotating its wheels 180 degrees, before stopping to take pictures of the wheels. The drive demonstrated that the wheel actuators, or motors, are working. The tool shows the sped-up plan for the drive the actual drive took place at 7:17 a.m. The visualization component of the RSVP tool is called Hyperdrive. This tool, called the Rover Sequencing and Visualization Program (RSVP) helps engineers plan the rover's drives, modeling pebbles and bumps in the terrain. 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Much love anyway lads/lasses I will be jumping back into the development side of things within the next couple of weeks. I'm feeling 100x more confident than ever and I'm seriously thinking about restarting my dream of making a conquer private server, 2011-2014 me did manage to "Make" and I mean actually make a server from ground up unfortunately It's in my mediafire and I can't login due to me not being able to remember the email or password. Big loves to you guys if you see this post. ![]() On another note, Fang and Jacob if you're still out here I'd like to say a big thank you for inspiring and motivating me to pursue my programming career when I was just 14 years old. I'm not necessarily saying there bad servers but yeah the player base issue shocked me. I checked out servers from 2 down to 13 and every single one of them are lacking in player base which shocked me. Now it just seems that Immortals is the King server and everything else despite there botted/paid for votes are seriously lacking in player base. Always heaps of people online active servers ect. Whatever happened to the days of Shadow conquer? Man I feel like that's when Conquer private servers were at there prime. This post if anything is a rant about the state of private servers in 2023, I've spent the last month jumping back into things and jumping on various servers and I have to say I'm highly disappointed. Hey guys, I'd consider myself a bit of a veteran when it comes to this sub forum on elitepvpers, My original account was made in 2010. ![]() “It’s no secret that for Eugene Fama the sort of null hypothesis is that markets work well and he is willing to believe that until he is proven otherwise whereas for Robert Shiller, I think his null hypothesis is that there are periods of excessive optimism and pessimism,” Englund said. However, Fama and Shiller have different “interpretations of the real world,” he added. property market suffered a crash in 2007 that helped fuel the global financial crisis.Įnglund said he believes the three laureates agree on the findings for which they were awarded. “He also predicted for a long time that the housing market was overvalued and again he was proven right,” Englund said. In the late 1990s, Shiller said the stock market was overvalued “and lo and behold he was proven right” when the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, said Nobel committee secretary Peter Englund. That encouraged the creation of institutional investors, such as hedge funds, that take bets on market trends. Shiller showed that there’s more predictability in stock and bond markets in the long run. That led to the emergence of index funds as a common investment. Probably hundreds have been told that,” he said to The Associated Press.įama helped revolutionize the practice of investing by showing it was difficult to predict individual stock prices in the short run. ![]() “People told me they thought I might win. original sound - Aye Yo Quan.Shiller, an economist famous for having warned against bubbles in technology stocks and housing, said he reacted with disbelief when he got the call. #blackparents #blackmen #blackwomen #parentialalienation #manipulation #towtnd #blackloveisbroken #evil". Vet people properly before you start buss’n in them. The lady is right, you hyenas don’t belong in the culture, go to massa. Matter of fact, don’t get mad when his baby momma does the same “indoctrination” to their child that you did…I got more to say. But that’s too much right? So when your son grows up and becomes a bum ass niggah and disrespects women men and the family dynamic. You can be a single parent and still show a form of respect. In love with what? Any broad that talks bad about their child’s father is doomed for consistent failure. You’re mad that you opened your legs to an individual you knew was not fit to be a father. And most of y’all wonder why you balding on your edges. Bad mouthing, down playing and disrespecting your child’s parent is a form of child abuse. TikTok video from Aye Yo Quan "This is the type of behavior that continues the generational trend. #blackparents #blackmen #blackwomen #parentialalienation #manipulation #towtnd #blackloveisbroken #evil ![]() This is the type of behavior that continues the generational trend. I Got 5 On It - Tethered Mix from US - Michael Abels & Luniz. #blacktiktok #blackcommunity #blackculture #blackmedia #blackfathers #blackfathersmatter #blackmothers". Nevertheless it’s great to see a parent check their child behavior. Too many parents allow their children to act like what they see on online, perhaps because the parents act like what they see online. Parents we need to emphasize that what our child see on TV and the internet should not be guideline on how they should behave. TikTok video from Broken Traditions "I’m glad to see this. #blacktiktok #blackcommunity #blackculture #blackmedia #blackfathers #blackfathersmatter #blackmothersġ.6K Likes, 184 Comments. ![]() Fish stalls are located in Rellekka, Miscellania, and Etceteria (all accessible only after doing Fremennik Trials quest). The Rellekka Fishmonger functions the same (only accessible after completing the Fremennik Trials quest). They sell fishing equipment and various types of fish. For more information about the Guild, check out our Fishing Guild guide.įishing shops are located in Catherby, Lumbridge, Port Sarim, and Shilo Village (only accessible after completing the Shilo Village quest). Within the Guild you can also access the Deep Sea Fishing Hub. You need 68 Fishing to enter you can boost at 65 with a Fishing potion or at 63 with an Admiral pie. It can be Fishing bait, Feathers, Fish parts, Roe, or Caviar. You have to use bait to catch these fish. You can also use a Heavy rod to fish for 3 types of fish. After completing Barbarian training you can will be able to catch several types of fish with your hands instead of a Harpoon. When you have reached 48 Fishing and 35 Strength you can start the Barbarian training. These gloves are obtained from Reggie for 200 Fist of guthix tokens at the Fist of Guthix mini-game. ![]() Refer to our Cooking guide for more information on how much they heal. Below is a table showing the different types of fish and the level required to catch them. You will only be able to catch fish in dungeons with a Complexity level of 2 or above. All fish require feathers and a fly-fishing rod to catch. While training the Dungeoneering skill, you will occasionally come across fishing spots where you can fly-fish for food. If your Constitution is lower, then it will heal significantly less than the values in the table above. *Fish will only heal the maximum amount when your Constitution level is equal to or higher than the Cooking level required to cook the fish. Fishing Guild - Catherby Shore - West of Oo'glog - Anachronia Taverly Dungeon - Lava Maze in Wilderness Fishing Guild - Catherby Shore - Anachronia Karamja Dock - Brimhaven - Fishing Guild - Catherby Shore - Wilderness (level 36/37) - Anachronia Karamja Dock - Brimhaven - Fishing Guild - Catherby Shore - Piscatoris Fishing Colony - Anachronia Lumbridge River - Ardougne River - Barbarian Village - Shilo Village - Seers' Village Lake - Anachronia Mort Myre Swamp - Lumbridge Swamp cave/dungeon Lumby River - Ardougne River - Barbarian Village - Shilo Village - Seers' Village Lake - Anachronia Catherby Shore - Fishing Guild - Anachronia Catherby Shore - South West Al Kharid - Karamja Dock - Draynor Village Brook South of Tai Bwo Wannai Village - North West of Shilo Village Lumbridge Swamp - Catherby Shore - South West Al Kharid - Karamja Dock - Draynor Village The required bait is rainbow-colored Raw karambwanji. Must have begun the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio Quest to use. You must use Feathers when fishing with a Fly fishing rod. You must use Fishing bait when fishing with a Fishing rod. This is an augmented version of Fishing rod. This is an augmented version of Tavia's fishing rod. With Crystal tool seed and 150 Harmonic dust after unlocking the ability through the Waterfall Fishing Shop for 3,000 points. This item is created by using an Augmentor with an Crystal fishing rod. This item is created with Crystal tool seed and 150 Harmonic dust after unlocking the ability through the Waterfall Fishing Shop for 3,000 points. ![]() Temporary level boosts and Quest rewards. I suppose you could use a timing light and watch when the strobe flashes. Now, slowly rotate the distributor until the plug fires. Use a spark tester or even a spark plug that is grounded.put the #1 plug wire on it. You know you have 20 in the distributor, so you'll need 16 degree initial.īump, use a socket, or otherwise set the timing mark on the crank to 16 degrees on the timing tab. So you're going to set the intial, or base, timing.ĭecide what you want your timing to be, in this case, let's say you want a total of 36 degrees. Here's the easiest way to set timing without the engine running:įirst, you have to know how much advance (centrifugal or vacuum) your distributor has.Ī typical performance or OEM dist. ![]() ![]() And that'll make the TDC mark appear to move, as you mentioned. It's kind of like convergence on a CRT, you get one edge perfect, and the other edge is too red, make that edge perfect and the other edge that used to be perfect is now too blue.Ĭlick to expand.Technically speaking, the light flashes at the exact same time regardless of what the timing is.īut yeah, you are changing WHEN the #1 plug fires in relation to the piston by adjusting the timing. What makes it tricky with mechanical ignition (distributor) is adjusting timing over the whole range, not just idle. Almost a must when you are timing at high RPM for top end, as the tab isn't wide enough or the pulley/hub/balancer isn't degree'ed that far to show dynamic timing advance at wide open. You always time the mark on zero on the tab, so if you want 18 deg advance, you set your ignition to 18 degrees advance (which would show the mark 18 degrees ahead of zero with a regular light) program the gun with 18 degrees of delay (ie: make the strobe 18 degrees behind or out of phase with the actual spark) so that you are still timing to the same 0 mark instead of a scale. These require a timing light that has a degree dial. Some don't have scales on the tab, they just have a single mark. If it was 12 deg instead, you'd adjust the distributor (or knob or whatever means the ignition system allows) to advance more, and you'd see the stationary line move under the strobe and you'd dial it in until it showed 15.Īll it's doing is showing you a freeze frame of crank position in degrees BTDC at the time the spark occurs, the definition of ignition timing. Say you want 15 deg BTDC and wanted to confirm, you would note if the crank mark is at the 15 deg mark on the tab. ![]() But if you were to adjust timing while firing the strobe you would actually see that stationary line move up and down the scale on the tab in proportion to your timing adjustments. If you just strobe the crank pulley you will see a static line landing at some spot on the stationary indicator tab. When you adjust timing, you are changing the part of the crank that is captured on the strobe by making the light flash early or late. It will also flash in the same spot every time making the crank appear to stand still. Not sure if it's clear to you yet, but when you change ignition timing you also change when the light flashes since it uses the spark plug wire as a trigger. ![]() A hinge area left on either side of the spine strip allows for the movement of the cover boards on the shoulders of the textblock as the book is opened and used. The inside of this space is stiffened with a spine strip. An example of this would be plastic comb, double loop wire, a coil, etc.Ĭover spine - the space between the boards of a case to accommodate the thickness of the textblock. It is known as perfo-, burst, or perfopunch binding.īinding Element - The supply that your binding machine uses. Sections with perforations along the fold (for adhesive penetration into the folds to hold each section together) is a type of adhesive binding. This type of binding is also called perfect binding. In traditional systems animal glue or polyvinyl acetate glues are mostly used, in the modern Fastbind method a hot melt adhesive is used. ![]() ![]() 19 ring wire is also known as Spiral'O® wire.Īdhesive binding - The type of binding in which single leaves are secured together with an adhesive applied to the textblock spine. 19 ring wire is also known as Spiral-O wire.ġ9 Ring Wire - 19 ring wire is double loop wire that has been made to fit through holes made by a plastic comb binding machine. 19 Ring Wire - 19 ring wire is double loop wire that has been made to fit through holes made by a plastic comb binding machine. 32 total holes along the long edge of a paper.ĥ:1 - Five holes punched per inch. 21 total holes along the long edge of a paper.ģ:1 - Three holes punched per inch. ![]() You may distribute, use, modify, translate, and license it in any way.īefore you comment: Be aware that any non-constructive comments will be removed. ![]() This post is licensed under the WTFPL or CC0, at your choice. So yes, VPN services do serve a purpose - it's just one that benefits the provider, not you. You don't even have to know what you're doing, because again, nobody can verify what you say. You can make every promise in the world, because nobody can verify them. You just set up OpenVPN on a few servers, and essentially start reselling bandwidth with a markup. So why do VPN services exist? Surely they must serve some purpose?īecause it's easy money. Statistically speaking, it is more likely that a VPN provider will be malicious or a honeypot, than that an arbitrary generic VPS provider will be. But how is that any better than a VPN service?Ī VPN provider specifically seeks out those who are looking for privacy, and who may thus have interesting traffic. I will not recommend any specific providers (diversity is good!), but there are plenty of cheap ones to be found on LowEndTalk. If you absolutely need a VPN, and you understand what its limitations are, purchase a VPS and set up your own (either using something like Streisand or manually - I recommend using Wireguard). However, in practice, just don't use a VPN provider at all, even for these cases. In the second case, you'd probably just want a regular proxy specifically for that traffic - sending all of your traffic over a VPN provider (like is the default with almost every VPN client) will still result in the provider being able to snoop on and mess with your traffic. You want to hide your IP from a very specific set of non-government-sanctioned adversaries - for example, circumventing a ban in a chatroom or preventing anti-piracy scareletters.a public airport WiFi access point, or an ISP that is known to use MITM), and you want to work around that. You are on a known-hostile network (eg.There are roughly two usecases where you might want to use a VPN: That can be anything from a useragent to a fingerprinting profile. Marketers will almost always use some kind of other metric to identify and distinguish you. Marketers have gotten wise to these kind of tactics, and combined with increased adoption of CGNAT and an ever-increasing amount of devices per household, it just isn't a reliable data point anymore. Your IP address is a largely irrelevant metric in modern tracking systems. But I want to confuse trackers by sharing an IP address! And remember, the VPN provider can see and mess with all your traffic. From the VPN provider onwards, it is the same as it would have been without a VPN. When using a VPN, the only encrypted part of the connection is from you to the VPN provider. If the endpoint expects plaintext, there is nothing you can do about that. ![]() VPNs can't magically encrypt your traffic - it's simply not technically possible. Use SSL/TLS and HTTPS (for centralized services), or end-to-end encryption (for social or P2P applications). when your traffic leaves the VPN server). If somebody wants to tap your connection, they can still do so - they just have to do so at a different point (ie. VPNs don't provide privacy, with a few exceptions (detailed below). You're still connecting to their service from your own IP, and they can log that. But I pay anonymously, using Bitcoin/PaysafeCard/Cash/drugs!ĭoesn't matter. The reality is that most of their customers will either not care or not even be aware of it. They gave up their users years ago, and this was widely publicized. I'll believe that when HideMyAss goes out of business. But a provider would lose business if they did that! The $10/month that you're paying for your VPN service doesn't even pay for the lawyer's coffee, so expect them to hand you over. In short: the only safe assumption is that every VPN provider logs.Īnd remember that it is in a VPN provider's best interest to log their users - it lets them deflect blame to the customer, if they ever were to get into legal trouble. There is no way for you to verify that, and of course this is what a malicious VPN provider would claim as well. The VPN provider can see all your traffic, and do with it what they want - including logging. There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.īecause a VPN in this sense is just a glorified proxy.A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does. Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer. |
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