What a weird flex. Can we talk about how you managed this? I really hope you didn't go back and read pages and pages of my comments to find a gotcha.
This is HN, so I assume you've built a tool to do it. I'm really curious to hear about the method.
I don't "really enjoy sticking it to the government." First of all, I just chimed in on the other guy's comment. I made a joke about FPV drones.
Second of all, the guy who is supposedly sticking it to the government didn't make that claim himself. He was accused of that by the next comment. I think he probably just wants to check stuff out before it becomes illegal, and that doesn't make him a crank.
I have an odd memory for username/comment pairings (and other oddities like ten year old URLs, but don't ask me what I had for dinner last night), and find the "government sucks, cops rock" scenario frequently puzzling.
I personally find it quite easy to like parts of the government while disliking other parts of it.
My position on police is complicated. I don't speak to police. I don't like interacting with police. I've met some officers that were real dicks. I don't like our justice system.
I still can donate to the police retirement fund and the shop with a sheriff program, the latter of which is really about the kids, and the former of which falls in line with my some of my other beliefs.
I don't believe in the hate-motivated politics going around right now.
I don't personally feel very confused or conflicted by this situation, although I could see how others might view it as cognitive dissonance--largely because they're working with like 0.01% of the relevant information about me used to form my decision.
Edit: also, thanks for revealing your method. I confess I know a few usernames by heart, and recognize yours as familiar, but there's only maybe 2 commentors here I could nail down to an specific comment. I figured it was probably just some search-box wizardry.
2nd edit: Time to change usernames again, haha. I cycle them sometimes to avoid all the metadata.
Drones in general are regulated, I think for size and capability, and also where you are allowed to operate them. Operating a FPV based drone requires a certain license I think, as does operating a drone "out of line of sight"
The regulations are somewhat dumb. The issue is that drones took remote controlled flying things from being a niche hobby that required monetary, time, and emotional investment, which prevents you from doing as much stupid crap that can harm other people, and gave it to everyone. Predictably, a portion of "everyone" is an asshole who is so self centered they literally don't think about the ramifications of their actions, or worse, actively enjoy harming others. These people started flying drones in places like airports, and legislators suddenly got spooked that every idiot could cause a bird-strike equivalent issue, or just drop a poorly operated drone from 100ft onto someone, which would really hurt them.
Basically, "the public" is offensively irresponsible, so they lose their toys. Drones are just a modern day radio spectrum, with similar cutouts for kids to still play with toys.
Most people ignore the rules because the FAA doesn't police it that much, though they reserve the right to.
I mean, this is only true if you know your target is a raging Trump supporter.
Obviously, that's a very cherry-picked example, but generally, length IS entropy, even if the characters are somewhat predictable when seen by a human, as long as you have no reason to predict the password based on the things the person likes.
To give another example, "Inmyyoungerandmorevulnerableyears" is going to be an insecure password despite its length if your entire personality revolves around how much you like The Great Gatsy.
On the other hand, something based on random words like "defaultsocksillegalinstalledconnections" is going to be VERY secure, despite how readable it is, because it's still gibberish and is long.
The only site that has ever asked me to solve a CAPTCHA before browsing content was pcpartpicker.com, and even that one stopped making me solve a CAPTCHA.
Do you browse the web behind a VPN, Tor, or something else to hide your IP? That's been known to trigger CF's CAPTCHAs.
Yes, it's my VPN triggering it. I run my own Wireguard on a DigitalOcean box, and I'm the only user--so not exactly a lot of bad traffic coming off of my IP (may have in the past, though).
With the prevalence of Cloudfare now, it's pretty onerous to captcha every visit to a new site just because VPN. You would think Cloudfare could at least give me a "session" that persisted across the web, if they're going gatekeep the whole fucking thing.
> I run my own Wireguard on a DigitalOcean box, and I'm the only user
May I ask why you bother doing this? At best, unless Wireguard is also filtering your traffic, the only privacy you're getting is hiding your home IP address. Trackers will still track you by IP and build a profile based on it.
> You would think Cloudfare could at least give me a "session" that persisted across the web, if they're going gatekeep the whole fucking thing.
I'm just tunneling, really. I prefer the logs on my WG box vs the local ISP and whoever else in-between. I don't think my webhost is really in the business of tracking down VPN users and selling out their browsing history, although it's possible. I do think my ISP probably is cashing in on people's browsing history, though, in some form or fashion.
I use a pi-hole as well to block the trackers etc as much as possible, and so I don't leak DNS requests to the ISP either.
If you do not have one, buy a dock! I have a sp6 and 4 , and having the dock makes it quite the device. Speakers, multiple external monitors, keyboard, mouse -- a full desktop setup, I can grab and either stick a keyboard cover on or just use as a reading device on the couch.
Back to work? Sit on table, one cable and it's back to a desktop and charging up again.
I've already decided the same, and my current vehicle is a 2015, before they started this new wave of nonsense.
I drive a truck. I think I'm going to get my favorite body style of F150 (late 70s/early 80s) and put a brand new engine in it, and whatever else it needs to make it 100%. I don't need any tech except one of those things that turns AUX into FM radio.
When I bought this truck, it replaced a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 318,000 miles (512,000km). I can live without luxury. I'll miss my heated steering wheel, though.
As a young man I used to drive a 1980s Ford Ranger. It had manual transmission, an AM/FM radio, shitty A/C, bare metal interior, crank windows, and a bent driveshaft that meant it could really only safely go about 50 mph. You had to carry a few gallons of water in the bed in case the radiator needed a refill.
It was genuinely, with no sarcasm, my favorite vehicle I ever owned. It was mine and it felt like freedom. (Also, with no upholstery, no amount of smoking could stink it up, so an extra helping of freedom).
I miss the shit out of that busted old pile of junk.
For someone considering this, to expound on I don't need any tech except…
• depending on your era the radios are easily replaceable with something that has aux in and bluetooth.
• towing insurance, the kind that actually pays for the tow, not the garbage my insurance includes which will pay part of a really expensive tow leaving you with more than you will find if you shop around.
• a flexible schedule.
• a greater than average tolerance for vehicular death.
I use a 1990s F250HD when I need a truck, love it, can't stop to put fuel in it without someone coming over to talk truck stories. It has more miles on it than the Artemis space capsule. But, it does strand me from time to time (water pump bearing, transmission, instant total brake failure on a downhill grade into a contested intersection with 4 tons of boat on the hitch…)
As much as I use it for its truck super power, I would be money ahead to sell it and just rent Home Depot/Menards truck for in town use and an Enterprise 3/4 ton for long distance towing. But, its "my truck", and I'll keep it until the next transmission or engine.
>instant total brake failure on a downhill grade into a contested intersection with 4 tons of boat on the hitch…
You're free to drive into a tree of your own accord, but please don't let your personal choices kill my girlfriend or mother. If you drive an old vehicle, especially if it's a large truck used for towing, ensure before any drive that the brakes will not fail, and that you have the requisite backups required by local law.
I totally agree! The truck was recently safety inspected for the state, and brake systems are supposed to fail front and back independently. Front and the rear failed in different ways, though the front failure was precipitated by the extra pressure when the rear failed. The mechanical emergency brake was fine.
Old cars are nearly always grandfathered in to those kind of things. In my state we have yearly inspections, but they are waived if you have an """antique""" which is 25 years old or if you go through the work to get it certified as a "hot rod" type vehicle, IE a custom build.
I've seen I think a single one of the RimWorld endings and honestly "beating the game" is so not interesting to me at this point after hundreds of hours played.
Starting up new colonies and getting established to the point of "yeah I can handle all the raids thrown at me at this point" is when I move on to start a new colony with a new religion/race/theme. Actually going from "solidly established colony" to "you win!" credits is I think the weakest part of RimWorld, although I haven't tried being a nomad yet which has what sounds like a way more interesting path all the way through to the victory screen.
Yes, and one of the victory conditions is to make it to a far away tile to hitch a ride with a ship. Well suited for a nomadic play style.
It's supposed to be a pretty solid way to play as you're never that worried about raids and are consistently hitting up ancient dangers for high-end gear.
One of the self-imposed play styles I've seen in youtube playthroughs is more of a band of mercenaries or bandits. They go from one settlement to another raiding the bases there and only survive on what they can steal. They basically ignore the colony management and base building aspects of the game and focus on building a team of absolute combat monsters all addicted to luciferium.
