Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
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Pro-tip:
Change your DNS servers to:
9.9.9.9
1.1.1.1
On your router.
You be surprised how often this bypasses your isp's problems with domain name services. It also enhances your protection against mistyped URLs and phishing websites
You're making those suggestions like these aren't being controlled by the Deep State. 9.9.9.9 is owned by the Swiss, who we know are very untrustworthy. And Cloud Flair, really? They were built as a weapon to take down independent protestors who would try to take down websites by visiting them. For a while, it truly was We The People who ruled the internet. Now it is being scooped up and given to the elites.
I'm making that suggestion as an IT professional that has been in the field since the 90's
I'm making the suggestion as someone that knows ANY of those options are better than your default ISP DNS servers which your ISP SELLS YOUR BROWSING HABITS while not working nearly as well as those other suggestions.
I'm making that suggestion not for primarily security purposes (which are better than your Isp's anyways) but uptime, speed and reliability.
If we were talking about anonymous browsing and NOT downtime it would be different recommendations.
Try to think in categories.
Thanks for sharing your Sage Knowledge.