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fbehrens / vpn_recommendations_by_claude.md
Created October 21, 2025 11:46
What reliable VPN providers can you recommend? Please provide a table with pros and cons and price information

I'll search for current information about reliable VPN providers, including their pricing and features.Based on current expert reviews and testing, here's a comprehensive comparison of reliable VPN providers:

Top VPN Providers Comparison

Provider Pros Cons Price
NordVPN Over 8,200 servers in 126+ countries; five-times-verified no-logs policy; includes Threat Protection (ad/malware blocking); speeds decreased by only 6% in testing; post-quantum encryption Prices quoted pre-tax and increase significantly on auto-renewal $2.99/month for Basic plan (27 months, $80.73 upfront)
Surfshark Unlimited device connections; fastest speeds in testing; excellent streaming reliability (unblocked all sites tested); audited no-logs policy; includes ad/cookie blocking Slower on long-distance connections; occasional IPv6 leaks; kill switch not enabled by default $1.99/month (27 months, $53.73 upfront)
Proton VPN F
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fbehrens / devcontainer.json
Created October 4, 2023 15:41
// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/dotnet-fsharp
{
"name": "F# (.NET)",
// Or use a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file. More info: https://containers.dev/guide/dockerfile
"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/dotnet:0-6.0-bullseye",
// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
"features": {
"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/node:1": {
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fbehrens / readme.md
Last active October 24, 2021 15:20
UISP Mobile

Product: LiteBeam 5AC Gen2

Webinterface setup.ubnt.com Captive Portal: insecure certificate (not thrusted) Serial: b3d5a4dc Thumbprint (sha1): 50933389 A677D7C3 0C125876 7AE9F0B5 8E299FBE -> Difficult to use because certificate is not trusted

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fbehrens / trigger.sql
Last active August 23, 2021 13:38
tsql autid trigger.sql
/*
DROP TABLE GUESTS
go
CREATE TABLE GUESTS (
ID int IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
NAME VARCHAR(50),
SURNAME VARCHAR(50),
)
DROP TABLE Audit
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fbehrens / profile.ps1
Created July 8, 2021 12:00
profile
ipmo Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleGuiTools
$global:sysCode="C:\Users\fb\code"
if( $null -ne (get-psreadlineOption).PredictionSource ) {
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History }
if( $null -ne (get-psreadlineOption).PredictionViewStyle ) {
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionViewStyle ListView }
function glg{
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fbehrens / barcodeLeb.fsx
Last active December 16, 2020 20:12
use Barcode lib
// Microsoft (R) F# Interactive version 11.0.0.0 for F# 5.0
// #r "C:/Users/fb/OneDrive/code/schnelltest/etc/barcodelib/BarcodeStandard/bin/Debug/netstandard2.0/BarcodeStandard.dll"
// #r "System.Drawing.Common"
// or
#r "nuget: BarcodeLib"
open BarcodeLib
open System.Drawing
let b = new Barcode()
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fbehrens / read musicmatch library.ps1
Created July 26, 2020 09:13
read musicmatch
filter Decode { [System.Net.WebUtility]::UrlDecode($_) }
filter Get-Songs{
$xml = New-Object XML.XmlDocument
$xml.LoadXml((Get-Content $_))
$disk = $xml.BPP.disc
$outFile = $_.name -replace "\.bpp$",".mp3"
$(0..($disk.path.Length -1) | % {
"$($disk.path[$_].src | Decode)$($disk.file[$_].src | Decode)"
} )> $outFile
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fbehrens / HashFromCsv.ps1
Created February 26, 2020 21:15
PSReadline Handler
Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Chord F2 -BriefDescription HashFromCsv -LongDescription "converts a comma separated String int a Hashtable" -ScriptBlock { param($key, $arg)
$line = $null
$cursor = $null
[Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::GetBufferState([ref]$line, [ref]$cursor)
$g = [Regex]::matches($line,"\S+") | ? { $_.index -le $cursor -and $_.index + $_.Length -ge $cursor }
if (!$g){ return }
$s = $g.value -replace ",",'="";'
$s = "@{$s=`"`"}"
$pos = $s.IndexOf('""')
[Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::Replace($g.Index,$g.Length,$s)
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fbehrens / csv.fs
Created November 11, 2015 09:50
Hourly filtering
module wba.csv
open FSharp.Data
open System
type Stocks = CsvProvider<"ES.csv", Schema = "Date(string),Time(string),Open,High,Low,Close,Volume">
let getTime (row:Stocks.Row) =
let iC = Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture
let s = row.Date + " " + row.Time
DateTime.ParseExact(s, "MM/dd/yyyy HHmm",iC)
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fbehrens / gist:2056193
Created March 17, 2012 07:35
Using multiple databases in Active Record
equire 'oci8'
require 'activerecord-oracle_enhanced-adapter'
require 'active_record'
class Db1 < ActiveRecord::Base
self.abstract_class = true
establish_connection YAML.load_file('config/database.yml')['db1']
end
class Db2 < ActiveRecord::Base