[–] 22 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

You're not missing anything. Mullvad and probably some of the others lets you download a client config and use it in whatever app you want.

The ones that don't allow that are probably shady or just don't care about your freedoms, behind a guise of "our app is more convenient/safe/etc".

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  • [–] 1 point 21 hours ago (1 child)

    I agree, though my biggest headache has been with systemd handling mounts. You have to modify a ton of units to add After and Required to make sure the NFS shares you have in fstab get mounted before starting services that depend on them. And then if the package maintainer updates their unit files, all your changes disappear!

    Such a huge headache compared to the classic init.d that mounted everything very early -- with just the occasional "boot delayed a couple seconds because your share was offline" or such.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Cool, a new way to smuggle viruses into corporate environments. Everyone makes sure to disable USB sticks, but you can apparently do similar stuff via HDMI or DP?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago* (1 child)

    Plumping is just injecting saltwater into the meat after it has already been killed. And that's fine, as neither salt nor water are forbidden in Islam. The only thing that could matter is that it's clearly labeled on the packaging how much percentage the meat is vs how much saltwater was added, as you're not supposed to be deceptive.

    But considering some countries generally lax product labeling laws, I assume you could still get a greyzone, where it could be labeled as "halal-slaughtered chickens" - but the actual product wouldn't pass a stricter control due to undisclosed brine.

    So it's also likely you have a good grocer, but just know that you can't automatically trust some halal-stamp if you want to avoid plumping.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago

    Depends what the shoulder is? The traffic rules for all EU countries still lack a bit of harmonization, but the general idea is that:

    Our edge lines (used on smaller motorways) are usually spaced out, so you are able to drive over it. But it's still usually better you pull off somewhere instead if possible.

    If you're driving on a large motorway that doesn't have an acceptable amount of space to pull over to the shoulder, it's usually a solid line with rumble strips. It's unacceptable to stand on the shoulder of a road with 110+ km/h limit.

    And yes, solid line - even a single solid line - may never be crossed.

    Many years ago I failed my license test only because of that: I merged off from the acceleration lane before it became a dotted line.

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