bagder

FOSDEMgeddon

(The rules were originally created for FOSDEM 2019)

• You get one point for each FOSDEM talk you mean to attend but cannot enter because there is a FULL sign on the door.

• The FOSDEM talk must be a talk in the official program to qualify for points.

• You are not allowed to hunt down such rooms with the purpose of finding FULL

joepie91

Don't use VPN services.

No, seriously, don't. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer.

Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose; that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does.

• A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.
• A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.
• There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.