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It's just a first step. Transferring crypto from a DEX to a fiat offramp may be restricted or illegal in the future.

Opera has a built-in 'VPN' option, which is actually isn't a real VPN, but merely a proxy server for web browsing.

It's easy to use and if it's just about hiding your IP address to a web host, this may be sufficient.

> to track down who paid for what

The 'for what' part actually isn't that easy, meaning LE at least needs additional data points. And then there is Monero.

I don't see an advantage in holding Bitcoin over say, stocks, other than speculation, if for every transaction you have to choice to either identify yourself or produce tainted Bitcoin.

Privacy coins aren't. The problem with Bitcoin is, that it CAN be regulated to death.

I had similar experiences with DT. When taking RAW+JPG I always struggled to create an edit of the RAW in DT that is more satisfying than the out of camera JPG - and I watched quite a few videos and read a few guides, also trying to work with scene-referred workflow introduced in DT4. I'm currently giving Capture One a shot (Express version is free for Sony users) and I'm really pleased how accessible the UI is. Applying default adjustments already gives a great starting point for further tweaking (similar or better than the OOC JPG). Recovering highlights also works way better than in DT. It just felt like the algorithms in DT are sometimes not quite on the same level.

I never tried RawTherapee.

Well, I didn't mean that Canon products are particularly bad in quality.

I own a perfectly functioning 40D from 2007 myself, which I replaced by a Sony A7III just recently, as I hate the fact, that Canon tries to force their customers to buy their own expensive RF lenses.

Of course cameras are impressive pieces of technology. Still I understand the sentiment of the above commenter. My last comment was an overstatement, still there is a substantial chance of a hardware failure.

I'm pretty sure these devices won't last more than a few years before some electronic component fails. Same as for 'modern' cars.

What I meant was exposure compensation, sorry. Filmulator might be worthwhile to try, I'll check it out.

Gonna check it out, thanks for the tip.

I gave Darktable a try (never used Lightroom), and as an amateur, it is still kind of hard for me to achieve something better than the "out of camera" JPGs when post-processing RAW photos from my rather old Canon DSLR camera. I don't want to do elaborate stuff like working with masks / applying filters to sections of the photo only. Only thing I usually do is increase saturation, and, rarely, brightness/aperture. Saturation is maxed in OOC-JPGs anyways leading to clipping if it's increased more for the overall image. And what I almost forgot, lense correction and rotating towards drawable vertical or horizontal lines are great features.

So what it does for me is basically barely noticably adjusting the saturation/contrast values, fixing the horizon and applying lense correction.

good way to obtain tainted btc.

I'm also speaking of e.g. the junkware running on automotive headunits. These systems are expected to be shut down at least once a day, so overall focus on (not only long-term) stability is really low.

Even with perfect hardware you will still have to reboot due to software instability. Lots of software isn't even tested to run for weeks/months/years.

Botnets are playing a big role in CPU-based mining as well.