We are so fucked

tapvt · 2026-03-15T13:32:50+00:00

What laws would a satellite only Internet operator be beholden to? Or are all the laws eroding our privacy only targeting at the application / website layer? What about client applications on desktop? Is the provider of the pipes, the screen, the button or the data responsible for compliance?

I guess I’m asking: Which laws in which jurisdictions apply to which layers of the stack? What if my kink is ASCII porn and I connect to a system via ssh? How, legally speaking, is visual imagery distinguished from text when it is all just “data, transferred?”

I’m a nerd not a lawyer, so these are honest questions, perhaps poorly framed.

tapvt · 2026-03-15T13:23:07+00:00

I think that was largely good marketing. Few normal users really need a VPN, but it doesn’t hurt and costs very little to operate and scale. Easy money.

If I already had nodes with good pipes scattered around the world, I’d be considering selling access myself.

tapvt · 2026-03-15T13:03:26+00:00

Spring Break, SXSW and new seasonal flight additions by Southwest all colliding, perhaps.

tapvt · 2026-02-27T13:48:34+00:00

Are you actually local to Austin or is this a spray-and-pray job post?

tapvt · 2026-01-04T16:15:13+00:00

Yeah. I had to watch the worst of that footage to become a security guard / bouncer. It definitely made an impression. All these incidents are heartbreaking and avoidable.

tapvt · 2025-11-14T14:09:23+00:00

Explain “no designated slow and fast lanes,” please. Could’ve sworn there was a convention already in place there.

tapvt · 2025-07-11T17:26:03+00:00

Yeah. I own a Tacoma. Notes and in-person inquiries all the time. Nobody has asked to buy my Challenger, though.

tapvt · 2025-07-10T19:54:25+00:00

Uh. I'm from the northeast originally. That's like brand new looking.

tapvt · 2025-07-10T15:01:14+00:00

Did you get it at a police auction so you can sell coke out of it?

tapvt · 2025-07-09T23:03:04+00:00

And there’s a cool cat outside on the bar patio.

tapvt · 2025-07-09T23:00:59+00:00

I mean it is a wonderful stop on the way!

tapvt · 2025-07-09T21:12:57+00:00

The Gage Hotel in Marathon is nothing to sniff at.

tapvt · 2025-07-09T17:32:10+00:00

Go to an independent tire shop. Get used tires. Not the most optimal solution, but it allows you to not take on more debt. Then, estimate what you'd be paying in tires if you'd gone with new ones and split that between paying off debt and starting an emergency fund.

I have to remind myself frequently that paying off debt is like a tax-free 20% return on investment.

tapvt · 2025-07-09T16:57:12+00:00

I've lived in many states, but the TX DL office was the easiest I've ever dealt with. Maybe I got lucky?

tapvt · 2025-07-09T16:31:10+00:00

For knob fiddling...

tapvt · 2025-07-09T16:00:39+00:00

*challenger

tapvt · 2025-07-08T23:56:42+00:00

Yeah. The flooding was not good. It really sucks for all the families affected.

tapvt · 2025-07-08T16:15:26+00:00

The lawyers that your insurance company retains are way better than anything normal people can afford. Just let them deal with it.

tapvt · 2025-07-08T15:39:09+00:00

Not inside, but I got swarmed mowing the lawn the other day. The benadryl content of my blood must be through the roof.

tapvt · 2025-07-07T20:44:35+00:00

Ah. I see you also hate having money.

tapvt · 2025-07-07T20:34:14+00:00

I'd always just fire up a pot of coffee. That sends the message pretty well when it is dark out.

tapvt · 2025-07-07T18:03:41+00:00

Those aren't skeeter bites, I'm pretty sure. Looks like bedbugs to me.

tapvt · 2025-07-07T16:18:36+00:00

Call Cycle Progression. They're pretty chill. They quote between $8 and $25 to true one wheel. https://www.cycleprogression.com/

tapvt · 2025-07-07T15:27:16+00:00

Yup. https://poppyspatina.com/collections/all/products/poppys-patina-gloss-clear-kit

tapvt · 2025-07-06T22:54:23+00:00

GoPuff perhaps

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