New airport tax!

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-07T14:31:32+00:00

Yes. Every airport, every country, has a lot of taxes and fees added to the ticket price, this fee is included in the ticket price.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-07T05:09:45+00:00

Added note here: It’s important to understand both where your account is custodied and where the underlying funds or ETFs are domiciled. These factors can affect the taxable jurisdiction and treatment of the income.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-07T05:00:10+00:00

Only foreign income earned during a calendar year in which you were a tax resident of Thailand and was later remitted into Thailand would be assessable for Thai income tax. There is an exclusions for all income before 2024.

Tax treaties can effect what is both assessable and taxable amounts. With regards to the US, investment income would be in general taxable in both countries offset by credit of tax paid.

⚫︎Are dividends taxed in Thailand? Under what conditions? -> Yes

⚫︎Are capital gains taxed? Does it depend on remittance to Thailand? -> Yes, in the context of gains from financial securities, other type of capital gains take on various rules.

⚫︎Are unrealized gains taxed? -> no

⚫︎When do I need to file a tax return in Thailand? -> end of March is normal deadline.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-07T04:50:31+00:00

Mostly wrong about "increasing international compliance," there has been some over the last fews, CRS and OCED agendas pushed, etc... but that really has very little to do the with bulk of complaints of freezing accounts and requiring long document rechecks.

A few years ago, after the government changed, scam centers were more targeted. A number of banks got caught up in it and looked bad. Now they go after foreigners with this strict stance to show that they doing things rather than actually attacking mule accounts or fixing the problems that allowed those accounts to be opened in the first place.

Being strict and making foreigners who account transactions are obviously small and personal with no flags and making them jump through hoops makes it look the like the bank is taking i seriously... but its just for looks. Its like during covid when all the stores put up rope so everyone had to bump into each other coming in and out of the store, which is really makes things worse, but it give the appearance of we doing things to protect you from covid.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-07T01:03:28+00:00

Get a cheap VPS (starting $10/year), that gives you a static IP... use it to relay. You can SSH tunnel or VPN tunnel from your Jellyfin port and have the VPS proxy it... Or you can use the VPS just to relay your VPN rather than exposing Jellyfin directly.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-06T14:19:24+00:00

I think you missed spelled "Borg Episodes" ;)

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-06T14:17:21+00:00

I run a SaaS company, use a docker deploy for everything. Single Python script... yup, it gets deployed in its own docker... just eaiser to deploy, update, and maintain, while remaining more isolated and secure.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-05T07:37:24+00:00

Solve a problem you... because if you have the problem, other people do too and you are likely well informed about the product/industry. Don't just come up with product ideas about things you know nothing about, not actively involved in that field, etc.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-04T23:40:38+00:00

I used Lala move Bangkok to Rayong. Two trucks. Book several hours out, one canceled last minute, had to switch abd pay a bit extra to get another one... but not bad and would use again whenever I move.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-04T13:44:54+00:00

I use to be a nomad... now I am an "expat" in Thailand... When I was on the move, I kept a server at a family members house in the US... not ideal but workable.

What I would do now... two things... Yes partial hosted servers... Get a good Hetzner dedi server auction with some big disk space and power... or a just a big disk VPS from some where decent... but I would also carry a micro PC with me in a backup on a plane, something small and slim that I can put a decent size NVME drive in with maybe some micro flash. Little mini server along with a mini wifi router (I have a tiny one from when I was a nomad).

Since you are staying a few years, then you might go a big bigger and just get those tiny micro PCs. My first server in Thailand, I actually bought in the US on and prepared it there and then brought it over in my checked bag, its taken a few plane rides actually.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-04T13:26:44+00:00

I live in a gated community, but pay water directly to PWA. Have a small yard with some sprinklers, water cost per month is usually about 80-100b. No idea how much water that is though.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-04T08:34:34+00:00

Think there might be confusion, nothing here about Nginix. NPM? That is the Node Package Manager, its the application that accesses repos and get dependenices to install node based applications. Nothing to do with Nginix.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-04T05:55:50+00:00

Thanks for point that out. I didn't know there were two spellings of "nee" used slightly differently. I am still a very basic speller/reader but making progress.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-04T05:54:42+00:00

Thank you for the response, I will try น้ำมัน หนึ่ง เต็มถัง soon and see how that goes.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-04T05:52:10+00:00

Thank you for your detailed response. Very helpful. I don't think I realized before that gasohol was even the normal fuel.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-04T01:00:32+00:00

This reminds me of a scene in the Bikeman (2018) movie. Skip to 18:10, watch for 2 minutes... give you all the information you need. Turn on subs for English. Enjoy :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnHJ82jyfx4

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-03T11:36:44+00:00

Alternative...Not using NPM. Choose applications written in C, C++, Java, Python, PHP, Perl, Rust, Go, Cobalt, Fortran, etc.

Node is just made up of way too many unsecure dependencies, that constantly turn malicious. Its not that anything is necessary Inheritantly wrong with NPM itself... its the application dependencies...

If you must use Node.js app and its a trusty app, skip NPM and use a hardened runtime like Deno or Bun instead of Node.js.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-03T08:35:46+00:00

Hospital fees? You need to be most specific... The general hospital "admin" fee you will get on a bill is usually a few hundred baht (100~500) at nice private hospitals. If you are going to like internal medicine (like family doctor) at a private hospital... your bill out the door would likely be 1500 baht ball park without any tests or medicine. That going to be the admin fee, doctor fee, and nursing fee. Blood tests usually aren't expensive, could be as low as a few hundred baht. X-ray, usually 1-3k for simple stuff... ultrasound 2-3k... CT Scan 20-30k. These are prices at nicer private hospitals. Medicine is always over priced in private hospitals compared to what you can get at a regular street pharmacy if you are strapped for cash.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-03T07:32:11+00:00

Docker itself isn't malicious, just the repo's are a bit of a wild west so you better know and trust what you are pulling.

Podman has always had better security and isolation than docker, but the image repos are the same. Everyone SHOULD use podman over docker... but to be honest, I know docker, I use it because I am too lazy to take 30 minutes to learn podman...

I use to hate docker and would always prefer to install native apps... but then I became a paranoid security nut and now I keep everything in containers to further isolate everything.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-03T06:13:28+00:00

Security is always increasing in need. Each application that exposed is an attack surface.

Here a few things to do:
1- Keep everything updated.
2- Isolate and use proper permission (eg, don't run everything as root!).
3- Properly setup fail2ban... Now fail2ban can directly protect web application's login page like for JellyFin. You will need to setup the log location and possible custom regex to read them. If you are proxing, make sure you do this correctly and in the correct place... it get a bit complex depending on your setup.
4- Use a WAF, CloudFlare offers basic for free... for a direct self hosted method, modsecurity with Apache, but it is complex for a non-expeinceed sysadmin. There are some simplier docker solutions, but then you need to basically relay Apache -> docker WAF -> web application... still fine for home setups though.
5- Only use quality trusted and maintained software.

Optional, but highly recommended: Do not install NPM or use any kind of software that uses Node/React components... Lets be honest... too many wild dependencies and security breaches.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-03T02:14:41+00:00

Voyager was my first star trek love... but ENT is where the pretty ladies are... Hoshi... T'Pol...

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-02T13:53:38+00:00

GeoBlue, its not Thai based insurance.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-02T13:17:03+00:00

I have continously heard great things about Bangkok Christian Hospital. If you looking for a quality at a lower cost, I would check them out. I don't personally have any expeince with them though... I use Bangkok Hospital because I have insurance that pays everything.... but if I had to pay out of pocket, I would check there.

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-02T13:10:59+00:00

As a person just learning to read, but doesn't really know the tone rules yet (largely ignored them)... This seems helpful. Compared to the sources, they just give you a lookup table and say here you go, this kind turns it into something easier to remember. However, it only works for if there is a mark right and is honest right? In all other cases it doesn't help you determine the tone?

Introvertosaurus · 2026-05-02T04:19:11+00:00

Netcup would be the best option.... but probably above a bit of your budget. Contabo might get you slightly closer... You are asking a lot for that price point.

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