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30% performance hit? I'm sure that heavily depends on the workload... and I'm also sure you lose performance when HT is on, depending on the workload as well.
deepl is much better than Google Translate.
Evidently.
I certainly do. Supporting free speech means supporting the right to say things you (and the majority of the population) find unsavoury.
I support free speech.
I disagree with you. The majority of users don't care about being behind a CG-NAT (what you call "crippling"), and CG-NAT offers a very big layer of protection that avoids problems like the one on this article.
8chan, I believe, is not a "racist" message board, rather a free speech message board, which means they host racists among other users.
But after reading the thread I see the intended public: https://twitter.com/DevinFaux/status/1127956035552120832
This is not a problem if you are behind a CG-NAT. If you are not (that should be the default) then ask your ISP to put you behind one. If they don't offer that service, then it's time to shop around.