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That’s true and that all makes sense. I guess I kind of forget because generally the IP address is physically very near to where I’m testing from.

I just switched to a Swiss DNS resolver regardless. I like Quad9’s malware blocking but it’s more important to me to keep the DNS server in Switzerland (despite it needing to query outside the country regardless).

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Everyone’s so fucking obese here that most people don’t notice.

…yet it’s perfectly fine when the federal agents wear masks and/or fail to identify themselves. Fucking hypocrites.

Right, I understand all that but I still can’t figure out why DNS is going to a 14 Eyes country instead of staying in Switzerland.

This confuses the fuck out of me because my VPN in Switzerland using TLS DNS shows Germany as the country in DNS leak tests.

The Swiss DNS provider doesn’t have servers in Switzerland?

I was about to write “no shit Sherlock” but you’ve essentially beat me to it!

As a generic white guy born and raised in the Midwest I’m so happy that the school system there forced me to learn a foreign language.

Spanish has been by the far the most useful skill taught to me. Having moved to Los Angeles I quickly befriended many people, some who only spoke Spanish and I got to hear their stories firsthand. It’s rather depressing how other white people here don’t know Spanish at all despite being surrounded by it.

My wife is from Mexico City and I’ve gone to parts of Mexico to visit her family there. It’s liberating spending weeks thinking, speaking, listening and conversing in another language. With an open mind the weird cultural ticks you might see in others begin to make sense.

All this to say: learn another language! I hated it initially and without it being required I would’ve never discovered so much later in life.

I’m not sure how this is even possible but I’m dying to see how the federal government would react once this hit them.

I suppose. But with no insulation the A/C has to work nonstop to keep the temperature at say, 78°F. You can start it off when it’s cool in the morning but by the time the real heat comes around the A/C is choking, unable to make any progress at actually cooling the space.

I’ve never understood this—why in an area with constant power outages and energy usage problems would this be the norm? It’s the same thing with dishwashers—we’re all still washing dishes by hand and wasting crazy amounts of water.

(Sorry, I could rant about this all day. Tired of living in the “tech” state where emergency vehicles can’t even change the traffic lights for themselves.)

You shouldn’t be. Ideally we’d have central air/heating or a heat pump. These window units I see cranking everywhere are absolute garbage for the environment.

I’m not sure why you’re downvoted. You perfectly described the 1960s-era shit box (barely insulated with three window air conditioners) I pay over $2,000 per month to live in in Los Angeles.