I have recently seen a video by Wendover Productions about the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

It presents that the Kingdom needs foreign investment to be able to thrive past peak oil. But the leaders take extreme offense and kill people based on what they write about the Kingdom.

So, yours …

Isso is a self-hosted alternative to Disqus (comments on websites).

I installed it. You can comment on my blog without loading third party sites or creating any accounts now. You can even comment anonymously. Please don't abuse this, or I will turn it off.

I argue that VPNs are bad for the user, especially if the user is a dissenter from the status quo.

A search engine has an immense influence upon the searcher. Let's explore the story of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong was a UK colony before being ceded back to China, who declared it will let Hong Kong "enjoy a high degree of autonomy, except in foreign and defence affairs which are …

On the surface, CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) present a great way of speeding up the loading of websites.

Without a CDN, requests take longer for users that are far away network-wise, but not a lot longer if users are near the server (perhaps on the same continent). Here are some …

Updated 2019-11-18.

The GDPR is legally convenient, in case you are a private person, and want the illusion of control over data gathered from you.

However, when considering its actual impact, and looking at it from different perspectives, it can appear strange, and perhaps even scary.

Broad definitions

I had …

Apple denies any possibility of data recovery after your device is not bootable. This is plainly false.

On top of that, they ban people who know how to recover your data from their forums. Jessa Jones was banned from the Apple forum for offering support to people. It's almost as …

The EU Parliament recently adopted a new copyright directive which makes a site owner responsible for what the site's users post (Article 17 AKA former Article 13).

As with most legislation nowadays, it must have been initiated by some group which would benefit from it - as opposed to "good" legislation …

The more I think about tech giants, the more I want to use self-hosted services.

On this blog, I will talk about what I want to do with my life.

The first and most important item on my list is self-expression.

When you use a private service like Facebook, Google …