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A pet peeve of living abroad is that content from my home country, the Netherlands, is often restricted by geo-blocks. I have a VPN installed on all my devices to bypass this issue but regularly forget to turn it on or am connected to the wrong country as I try to optimize for speed. I also want to be able to cast my phone or tablet to my TV but with VPN enabled my Chromecast does not recognize the casting device. To overcome these challenges I decided to set up a second WiFi network that routes all traffic via the Netherlands.

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I have always wanted to build my own PC and join the cool kids on /r/pcmasterrace, but I have never really had a need for a custom setup (+ I am not a gamer & have a strong dislike for RGB lights). Yet when our family laptop’s screen would no longer turn on I couldn’t stop myself browsing YouTube for PC building tutorials. My wife tried to convince me to give fixing the laptop a shot (in my defense I did open it up and re-plugged some wires), but my mind was already made-up: we must-have a new family PC

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