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Okay, I got a little more information. Looking into it Mozilla VPN is a fork of Mullvad VPN https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/products/vpn/resource-center/vpn-servers-around-the-world/ Which is funny because the Mullvad Browser is a fork of the Firefox Brower, so the two of them are doing the spiderman meme The differences are slight but interesting. Mozilla VPN offers a cheaper yearly subscription than Mullvad's monthy subscription does, and comes with some interesting features if you use the Firefox browser, such as allowing you to use different servers for each tab. Mullvad VPN doesn't require an email to sign up and allows anonymous payment via cash or crypto, however Mozilla VPN according to some sources I've found is a bit more user friendly, though Mullvad has a greater server selection. I'd say that ultimately which one is better is up to individual preferences, though which browser you want to use Mullvad or Firefox is probably a good way to pick between the two of them, though any of the other VPN services will work.

Anytime. What're you working on?

As an older sharder who does know you, I have another question. Sorry to bring politics into this, but who would win, Mistborn or 5th ideal Radiant?

Personally I've looked into both. Traditional publishing has a great deal more marketing potential, however I've become more concerned lately with the amount of influence they can have on the book and its success. I recently spoke with another church member who works as an editor, and they warned me that if you go with traditional publishing you have to beware the cultural Babylon that's dominant there. Self-publishing avoids a lot of these issues, but as a result you have to fight for marketing the entire time. I'm still not sure what I plan to go with short term. Long term I want to start an independent publishing company, which will give me a lot more control over the process while also helping to break the stranglehold the big companies have on the industry.

This honestly should have been one of my first entries, but better late than never. Permissions in their most basic form are the ways that your devices manage what apps can access what sorts of information. Managing what applications have access to that information is necessary for any sort of privacy. The exact permissions your device recognizes depends on your OS, but generally they have the following SMS Contacts Photos and Videos Nearby Devices Camera Phone Music and Audio Call Logs Microphone Location Calendar Notifications Account info And several others In general, no apps should have permissions that they don't need to work, and they should not have access to those permissions when not in use. However, even a standard look at your device's permissions history may not reveal everything, as certain pre-installed apps have access to all of your devices permissions and these may not appear by default, and these permissions have to be manually removed. Now obviously I can't list all the permissions to watch for and disable on every device there is out there, so instead I'll link some videos here for your reference. Note I do not necessarily agree with all of the recommendations they give, and many times I go a few steps further to turn settings off, however I think they serve as a great baseline for how to navigate these types of situations, and individual preference can go from there. iPhone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQE-OBW9hkk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HpwfWTucUM Android(Samsung in particular) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yr_BHQpBfw Windows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlwYKbEfFpM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0pXFwCkF-k <- Disable Microsoft Recall is a must Mac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wm6F66aLM0

You don't need them to cook, just to keep the bubble up, others can cook. That's something I hadn't thought of, but the biggest problem is actually that Wax can't afford it, with the resources he has that shouldn't be a problem. I mean Marassi always has plenty of Cadmium. I suppose she does say that Wayne uses his frivolously for no reason, so that's part of it, but not enough. Eh, they can spend the time at their job now, or later. Just pay them the same with the wages adjusted to their time perspective.

Of all three this is my favorite

It's a large up front investment, but it's a fixed cost, so the more customers you have the better it gets. I mean, if you had a fast food joint that no matter what always has your food in under a minute it'd be an instant success. Just put as many stovetops inside the bubble as you can.

Did you read the broadsheets? They had a couple of ads asking for metalborn to apply for positions.

Before we begin I would like to thank today's sponsor Nord VPN! Okay, jokes aside it's been a second since I did one of these, and in part it was me looking into more information, and just dealing with life things. Please forgive me. Now I need to address some misconceptions. VPNs do not enhance your cybersecurity, your browser should automatically update your http connections to https connections. If not, I can walk you through the steps to configure that. A VPN cannot keep your passwords secure, or hide your identity on a website you've logged in on. What VPNs do, is enhance your privacy, however do not confuse privacy with anonymity. For starters I need to talk a little about Domain Name Services, or DNS. This is basically a protocol necessary for internet access, and contains information like your IP address, and the physical location of your ISP. If you remember this link from the first blog: https://dnsleaktest.com/ you might recall that this information is available to every website you visit. Likewise your ISP can see and record any and all websites you visit, and anything else that you use the internet for. Now, if like me you don't like the feeling of someone watching your every move online, there is some hope, enter the Virtual Private Network(VPN). How a VPN works is the VPN company will set up a computer server somewhere, and any VPN user can then connect to, sending encrypted data to the VPN host server. Your ISP can see that you are connected to a VPN, but not what you are doing online. The information you send to the VPN is decrypted once it reaches their servers, and sent out to the internet as if their computer was the one using the internet, all websites seeing their IP address, and location. It's for this reason, that despite the fact that I am nowhere near Seattle right now, that's where the Shard thinks I am located. The VPN server's ISP can see everything that the VPN server does on the internet, but cannot associate it with you, giving you a measure of privacy. Now some of you might have seen the obvious flaw in this system, that being that the VPN provider can see everything you do, and link it to you. That means that you need to have a lot of confidence in your VPN provider that they aren't recording any of that information, which is termed as a no-logs policy. Since any VPN with a no-logs policy is effectively the same in terms of privacy as any other, there will be no levels given here, I will instead give a list of functional VPNs along with their various prices and advantages if any. There are also so many VPNs I cannot possibly list them all, so instead I'll just list some standouts here that have some interesting features. Proton VPN All paid plans have a strict no logs policy which has been backed up by annual third party audits. The VPN is open sourced and has severs in over a hundred countries around the world. They have a free plan available for your experimentation, while they don't promise a no logs on the free account I do still recommend it for anyone new to VPNs looking to learn more. Note that if you use Proton for email or another service, you might want to look into getting a different VPN provider, so that your information and your VPN aren't from the same company, however you can also bundle the purchases, which may be easier on your wallet, and thus be preferable. Proton VPN's cheapest plan is for $71.76 which covers the first two years, renewing annually for $83.88. Alternatively you can find it in the Proton Unlimited plan for $191.76 to cover the first two years, and $119.88 for each following year. https://protonvpn.com/pricing Nord VPN Probably the biggest name of any of these VPN providers, and easily one of the most famous outright. Nord has undergone six independent audits of its no-logs policy the latest being in 2025. The report is only available to customers, but was successfully passed. Nord VPN has a host of options you can choose from, some plans will include things like cloud storage, fraud monitoring, and other services. I however only recommend the two most basic plans unless you have a reason to do otherwise. The basic plan starts at $83.43 for the first 27 months, and renews for $139.08 per year, with the Plus plan starting at $96.93 for the first 27 months and renewing at $179.98 per year afterwards. https://nordvpn.com/pricing/ Mullvad VPN You might recall the Mullvad browser from previous entries, which was designed to be used together with this VPN. When used together their anti-fingerprinting abilities stack, making it basically an impossibility to tell any two users apart, if you use both, and don't do anything to undermine the protection there is little anyone can do to track you between websites, or tell you apart from another user. If you use the Mullvad browser this might be the correct VPN for you. Being open sourced, and having passed several third party audits this is generally a great VPN. It does come with quite the price tag, being 5 Euros a month, regardless of how long you have the VPN for, and no alternative payment plans(for comparison, most of the others charge the equivalent of less than $4 a month) https://mullvad.net/en/pricing IVPN This open sourced VPN service takes an interesting approach, in that they don't have any sort of affiliate program, which makes them hard to find. They do however have some interesting features, including options for a three year plan for $140, as well as other plans that include a self hosted DNS system, and a packet manager. This allows you to see all of your web flow, and to build your own web filter to block certain sites. Additionally there is no email required for account setup, which is really nice. All things considered this is one of the more unique options, and long term, one of the cheapest. https://www.ivpn.net/en/pricing/ OVPN OVPN is one I know the least about, but they have proven in court that they don't track any information from users, in fact they claim that the entire system is built so that not only are logs not stored, but that they cannot be. Within their current legal jurisdiction they cannot be forced to log users data, and if the laws changed they have already promised to move corporate headquarters. Their cheapest plan is for three years totally $151.92. https://www.ovpn.com/en/pricing There are several others, and I'll list a relevant site that has a Q&A style log of various VPNs along with some relevant information about them here: https://torrentfreak.com/best-vpn-anonymous-no-logging/ Of all of these I have listed(Not including the link above) the cheapest option is Proton's free plan, which does not contain full functionality. For full functionality the cheapest would be to use the first two years of Proton VPN, followed by switching to IVPN's three year plan. Now should you use a VPN? Despite the advertising VPNs are not the end all be all of internet privacy, and it is far more important to change your browser and search engine as well as related apps as those can collect far more data from you than most other sources could. However, if you don't want to easily be tracked from site to site, or for a website you visit without an account to be able to build a profile of you, or simply just to get around geo-restrictions or government censorship, then VPNs are very helpful, and I highly recommend.

Yeah most of the study guides aren't really well built for individuals, but you can still do the readings

I also miss Priesthood quorum hymns, Ye Elders of Israel is now criminally underplayed.

I know this is a hot take, but I honestly miss the three block schedule. I don't know what to do with myself on Sundays anymore.

Okay, to save myself the pain this causes, I've figured out that zinc ferrings, would be better accountants, and bronze ferrings better long distance drivers

You know, as a kid I was often told "words will never hurt me." Clearly they have never read this paragraph

It was still a draft, and honestly I love Sword and Sorcery, and while I agree that Fires of December is better, I can still wish for this. I'll second this, though I don't feel the negatives were that present

Brandon wrote this slightly before FoD, it comes way after Mistborn.

Thinking about this a little more, there are some similarities to other things Obviously Cosmere But also some things we've heard mentioned like the zombies on the Island of Death Nicki Savage spoke of, as well as the mummies Isac keeps promising in the Book of Nails.

I also found this to be amazing, and if I'm honest I prefer this to the Scadrial we got. The midnight dead I agree are of Ruin, but I found them more similar to Midnight Essence than to Cognitive Shadows. I'm really sad Brandon probably won't ever finish this.

Indeed, it is one of the great mysteries. A greater one is why Chaos decides upon what order is here.

Well there are examples of some native Rosharan fauna that don't have carapce, such as the Sharpenthyn. I honestly don't know how eels would have come through the elsegate. When we see it it appears to be exclusively on land when they are on Ashyn, and we know it drops them in Shinovar. Personally I think the most logical explanation is that they are native to Roshar, though I suppose we can't rule out the possibilty that they are not.