I host a server, I forward the port, my friends can connect to the open port on the VPN side.

My ISP does not offer port forwarding.

No port forwarding really kills the utility though - I mainly use the VPN to do port forwarding (e.g. for video games, Plex, etc.) as my ISP is shit.

Like I’m not worried about state-level de-anonymisation, I just want to be able to share services remotely and have a minimum level of anonymity.

All Cats Are Beautiful

They should really mandate open firmware and bootloaders, and even spec sheets, etc. for deprecated hardware.

People created fake photoshop images long before AI…

What is the Mastodon Lemmy.world equivalent? Like a big, neutral server with minimal censorship and bullshit, and access to most other servers?

It’s good, but I wish it were even more like X-COM with loads of deaths and managing a roster of heroes rather than just a small party.

Especially since BG3 has done the small party adventure thing so well.

Shadow Empire - best strategy game I’ve ever played.

It’s more of a tactics game than an RPG really.

Like D&D X-COM.

More that you’d never need to provide it, but many transactions will also require 2FA, even by the credit card.

Yeah, my ex was scammed this way too - exactly like Cory describes, they happened to ring right as she was going through the whole visa and tax process and pretend to be regarding the IRS, etc. and since she was dealing with a lot of similar calls it was an easy mistake to make.

More services available online and e-mail communication makes this a bit better.

The real answer here is to have decent digital ID as 2-factor authentication.

This scam would be practically impossible in Sweden with BankID for example.

At least it’s easier.

I think Mastodon kinda has the same setup too, but they had all the issues with server-level cascading blocklists and stuff that put me off.

I don’t want to be blocked from seeing the posts of someone I’m interested in on another server just because the admin of my server refuses to block another server which refuses to block posts from servers where some users have posted “offensive” content, etc. - like it’s so many levels of separation it’s ridiculous.

The free exchange of ideas.

The BlueAnon cultists don’t care about the truth.

It’s crazy how polarised these sorts of debates have become. I wish we could have sensible politicians with views like Andrew Yang, Lee Kuan Yew, Robert Zubrin, Nayib Bukele, Carl Sagan, Richard Dawkins, etc. - focus on developing technology and building up infrastructure and institutions for everyone.

The government and corporations are the same class of people. The government could have prevented that with more conditions and involvement in the grants - but they didn’t because they’ll get kick-backs from their friends later on.

To make it competitive with local Internet, so all services work well. On high latency connections lots of stuff like websockets, etc. will struggle too.

I like that you can follow scientists and authors directly at the source though.

What about rural farmers’ children who want a good education? What about Cubans who are denied deep-sea cables service by the USA?

This is incredible technology that can help tens of millions of people.

“Just be a rich urban American” isn’t a good answer for the rest of the world’s population.

What is the actual technical reasoning? These all have active tracking, I can’t imagine it ever being an issue for missions (compared to defunct Soviet satellites with no tracking, like Kosmos 2221 and Kosmos 1408).

It’d be cool if Starlink could also be used to replace some base stations, although I guess the huge power requirements are an issue there.

It’s a shame to see technology held back due to political interference like this though. Hopefully China will achieve it instead. Imagine how much this can help the developing world - like high-speed internet for Cuba (if the USA doesn’t block it) and rural Nicaragua, etc.