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willprice89

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About willprice89

Creator of Wallpunch VPN for China, Russia, and Iran (https://wallpunch.net or Telegram @wallpunch_bot)

Recent public activity

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    Comment #46314731

    Company is registered anonymously in another country. I also offer crypto payment options.

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    Comment #46314702

    Really? What country are you connecting from? It should be accessible in China, US, Europe etc.

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    Comment #46311191

    I'm developing Wallpunch, a censorship resistant VPN for people in China, Iran, and Russia. Userbase is pretty small as I'm still polishing things up, but I hope to expand my marke…

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    Comment #45729416

    It's amazing that they have remained around for so long. I guess they're cheap?

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    Killer WiFi cards can block VPNs

    tl;dr If your VPN isn't working and your computer has an Intel Killer series wi-fi adapter, try disabling the Killer software add-ons (https://wallpunch.net/windows-killer-troubles…

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    Comment #44938957

    The whole "developers developing development tools for developers to develop development tools for developers to..." ouroboros is exhausting.

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    Comment #44938926

    Cool video! I think it would have given the entire video more structure and a "plot" to engage the user if you started with the original "Jeremiah Johnson" clip, and then explained…

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    Comment #44938849

    It's definitely a useful code assistant for some tasks (Bash scripts wow). Search-wise I think it's just brought us back to the level Google results were at before the SEO apocalyp…

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    Comment #44938838

    It's an interesting idea, sort of a more persistent Omegle. For me though 48 hours would be far too much time. I'll either make a connection and want to remain in touch (on some ot…

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    Comment #44930150

    > You get a rejection email: 'Write a rejection email. Make the message sound particularly caring and empathetic. Make no mistakes' That part actually made me LOL.

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    Comment #44809644

    > You have to be willing to be direct and to the point. Beating around the bush only shows you don’t believe that what you need to say is valid or worthy. Stuttering or dancing aro…

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    Comment #44793623

    15, I beat the chimp!

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    Comment #44784108

    This is awful. How about instead of increasing traffic by generating mountains of useless "humanized" filler content you create some novel, useful content?

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    Comment #44784092

    But he is both recursing and xenodochial, apparently

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    Comment #44783581

    I don't need them to convert it into fiat immediately. Even a single lump sum at the end of the month would be acceptable if it allowed more users to pay.

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    Comment #44783575

    That's an interesting idea! Do you think it would be easier (for the user) than adding a crypto payment link on my website?

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    Ask HN: What crypto payments options should I offer for my VPN?

    I run a VPN service designed to get around censorship. Customers are mainly people in countries like China, Iran, and Russia. Unfortunately those countries don't have easy access t…

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    Comment #44768620

    > Wage growth has severely lagged compounded capital, causing ordinary people increasingly see their best shot at real upward mobility in negative EV jackpots. Online gambling, 0DT…

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    Comment #44768026

    I feel like the celebrity owners with multiple jets should be combined into one!

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    Comment #44756108

    To clarify, they are discussing ending the "Direct File" program, which assists low-income people from certain states in submitting their tax returns. The "Free File Fillable Forms…

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    Comment #44753470

    It may be that the "denialists" persist and are so vocal because of the excessive hype, most of it marketing driven, around AI. Personally I think it's good to hear some counterpoi…

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    Comment #44752904

    Those early machines really were impractical. From the Wikipedia article: "The typewriter employed 36 keys divided into four banks: the first was numbered 0 through 5, and the othe…

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    Comment #44744964

    > After all, [gaming] was one of the first sectors to deploy A.I. programming in the 1980s, with the four ghosts who chase Pac-Man each responding differently to the player’s real-…