RiderExMachina

Modern roads having subscription services aren't even new: we pay for our roads with gas tax, registration fees, parking fees, and congestion pricing... And it's still not enough, so we take from income and property tax to make up the difference.

You get a silver star for trying. This article is just too much for AI to re-write.

This is it. This is the comment that makes me realize that I'm old.

"Technically correct" is the best form of correct. Though having tried setting up Wireguard in the past, having a dead-simple solution like Tailscale might be worth trying it out, especially with the 100 device free tier

IoS - internet of shit

With the enshittification of streaming platforms, a Kodi or Jellyfin server would be a great starting point. In my case, I have both, and the Kodi machine gets the files from the Jellyfin machine through NFS.

Or Home Assistant to help keep IOT devices that tend to be more IoS. Or a Nextcloud server to try to degoogle at least a little bit.

Maybe a personal Friendica instance for your LAN so your family can get their Facebook addiction without giving their data to Meta?

I haven't used Tailscale myself, but it seems like it's basically just a Wireguard frontend.

I got a Purple Mattress: you get the stability of spring coil but the softness of memory foam. I really like it.

Here's a relatively short video of a real-world review. This guy also later reviewed a Nectar mattress, which is memory foam, but he didn't like it and returned it.

Are you sure its removing those packages and not updating them?

To quote one of the commenters in the HN discussion:

You will have to solve the epidemic of homelessness and crime in high-density areas of the United States before people will accept using mass transit. I fully support doing so - I would for example support a national project to build cheap concrete housing for all who need it - but that's the barrier.

I've straight up had people tell me that even if Public Transportation were convenient and consistent, they still wouldn't take it because Public Transportation is famous for being pretty dirty and having large potential for crime.

I'd like to have some sort of quick, easy solution, but I think changing that perception is going to take time, and the time the US is taking to revitalize Public Transportation isn't making that happen any faster.

This was my first thought as well

You're coming at it from the wrong angle. The reason it's worth more is not because the owners are paying more in taxes, but rather, the costs to maintain the neighborhood are less, allowing the money to be used for other improvements.