SoleInvictus

Great article! I've been trying to explain VPNs to my family members for years and it just doesn't stick. I'll send this their way next time.

As far as I understand, a certain level of data hygiene will do wonders for even a basic setup.

For example, on our server, we have a container that maintains a kill-switched connection to a subscription VPN. Several other containers, including one with a browser, can only route their traffic through that container, and we don't use any of them for anything personal or outside their intended purpose. We basically act as if there are completely different people on that connection, like we have a secret second family. Remote activity is done through a self-hosted VPN to the home network, then VNC to the containers.

If we want to use the subscription VPN on other devices, we connect to a different location and possibly use Tor browser for extra anonymity. No activity or information overlap, ever.

You can totally nix the pineapple! I've made it without when I didn't have any. The dominant flavor is the corn and all spices. The drink tastes kinda like a very complex Kool Aid.

I have an unhealthy love for corn. Ever try chicha morada?

Onions make me ill in quantity so, uh, yeah.

The only reason my partner and i could is we lucked out and bought our house at the bottom of the housing market during COVID. Interest rates hit the lowest point just as we began financing but people hadn't quite started buying yet so prices had bottomed out. It "appreciated" by over 50% within two years, like fucking magic.

If we had waited until now, we could not afford to buy our two bedroom, one bath, <1000 square foot, old-as-fuck, not fancy house. The monthly payment would be almost 2.5x higher and the FHA minimum down payment nearly killed us already at the lower price.

My partner and I both have advanced degrees and now make over $200k a year (disclaimer: we live in one of the top 5 highest cost of living areas in the US). We still don't make enough to adopt kids. The market, economy, and country in general are just super fucked.

I miss the old days, when the opposite seemed true about every other major release, though the early bars were low so that was straight progress for 1.0 through 95.

I put on my robe and wizard hat.

I find the new interfaces to be less user friendly. I'm not a child: I don't want my BIOS to look like a fucking sports car. My bed, sure, but not BIOS.

I'm sorry for being emotionally caring and caring about the durability of your own bedroom.

My thoughts exactly. I can't wait to see the controlled opposition "accidentally" fumble a guaranteed win.

I assume the spiders would have died, and now you have delicious, brined cooking bananas!