Allow me to list all the reasons why the government cares and all the repercussions that will come out of it:

Removed. Someone else already said this before. Also, please ensure you stick to the stlye guides next time, and be less ambiguous. SO could mean a plethora of things.

Don’t forget setting up a second instance, UPS, and health checks with automatic failover and load balancing.

L5 and L6 is a label for career progression, like getting promoted from staff to senior, just with different words. TC is total compensation.

I like that none of my local devices are externally addressable unless an outgoing connection has been established. You can (and should) achieve the same thing with ipv6, but then it’s essentially just maintaining a NAT table without the translation piece. I think that makes sense in both protocols.

Ha, yeah that sucks and I’d absolutely hate it if I were behind a CGNAT. But I believe most ISPs don’t do that. None of mine ever have. Just like how most ISPs provide you with an ipv6 address range, but not all. Fact is that crappy ISPs can screw up your network no matter what ip spec you’re using.

And I’ve never heard of a business network being behind an ISP controlled CGNAT. A NAT you control can be nice.

Idk man, NAT makes a lot of sense once you get used to it. And it’s pretty cozy with its firewall features. And somewhat human readable ipv4 addresses are nice.

That’s “C:\\Users” to you

Agree, that’d be awesome. However, it’s probably not worth their time to create/maintain/support a self-hostable backup server/integration since this has been possible for many years now via Signal’s existing backup functionality. You can backup Signal to device storage, then sync that to a remote server using Syncthing or whatever else. Not super user friendly, but neither is hosting your own server.

EDIT: At least on Android

CLI and Quadlet? /s but seriously, that’s what I use lol

Alarm systems are often unnecessary. However, if you need one, I’d go with an old-school hard-wired system from a company like DSC. I’d avoid any “smart” devices unless you really want the convenience. For cameras, you can get a real CCTV system with beefy cameras that record to a local hard drive.

Wireless systems, like Simplisafe, are hilariously easy to bypass with even a weak radio transmitter. The devices run on very low power so put out weak signals that are easy to drown out.

Security companies will try to charge you insane monthly fees for crap you don’t need. There are companies out there that will tie into your wired system and do things like call you and the police when things go wrong for less than $20/mo. If you want the police to actually respond, I’ve heard you’ll need a camera system, otherwise they’re going to assume it’s a false alarm and get to it when they get to it, if ever. Any additional upgrades, like connecting additional smart devices to a security app managed by your provider, are generally scams imo.

Once you add networked connectivity to any of this, they tend to lock things down so they can charge you unnecessary fees to access your devices. The nice part of a dumb wired system, besides being unhackable, is that you can wire an esp32 up to it yourself and connect it to home assistant. I’d check for device compatibility with esphome before buying anything.

That’s all for actual security, though. It’s going to be overkill for 99.999% of people. The convenience of smart and/or wireless devices should not be overlooked. For something like windows, a few zigbee contact sensors from Aqara would have you covered for very cheap and the install is just sticking them on. I wouldn’t consider it a true security system, but it’s easier and more realistic. Throw in a smart camera and doorbell and you’re golden. Eufy lets you store video locally without a subscription, which is nice, but that doesn’t actually mean that it’s private.

Why use a virtual desktop when you can simply buy more monitors?

No sir, officer

Well, maybe not properly

As it should. Ignore all other comments in this thread. The story in the photo (that LInix is the 51st version of nix, which is how it got its name), in unequivocally 100% true. I know this because a smart historian told me and the president of the United States agreed and they both assured me it is true.

And if you do have insurance and get a bill over a few thousand, there are pretty good odds insurance will deny paying for it and drag you through many levels of confusing and auto-denied appeals over the course of 6+ months! Even if your procedure is clearly covered in your summary plan description or required by law.

Cancel culture getting out of hand smh