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  • I don’t have experience with rust on cars since I live in California and the main conditions where cars rust (high humidity, snow / salt on roads) aren’t a thing here.

    I’ve got a 13 year old Mazda 3 that doesn’t have any issues though. No rust, and no major repairs needed so far. I’m getting rid of it soon (replaced it with a BMW iX) but it’s served me well for a long time!




  • Encryption would prevent it - that’s what I meant :)

    I think the trick is to convince someone to send that string, so the modem sees it coming from the computer. Similar to tricking someone into pressing Alt+F4, or Ctrl+Alt+Del twice on Windows 9x (instantly reboots without prompting).








  • I think the most feasible solution is municipal internet, where the city owns its own fiber lines and essentially runs it like a non profit. Good cities that do this don’t see it as a profit center; they see it as providing a critical service to their residents. Some of the maintenance cost comes from taxes, just like roads, public schools, etc.

    Palo Alto California is doing this. They’re modernizing their electricity grid, so they’re also running fiber at the same time as running the new electrical lines. Electricity in Palo Alto is run by the city, and as a result, electricity there is less than 1/3 of the price of electricity with PG&E, the investor-owned utility company that supplies most of Northern California.

    More community run mesh networks

    That’s kinda what settlement-free peering at an IX (internet exchange) is. Multiple networks agree to connect to each other for free. Of course, the networks are usually large ones, so that kinda goes against your other points.






  • At least there’s some competitors now, which could be used as drop-in replacements if Let’s Encrypt were to disappear.

    I suspect the vast majority of certificate authorities will implement the ACME protocol eventually, since the industry as a whole is moving towards certificates with shorter expiry times, meaning that automation will essentially be mandatory unless you like manually updating certs every 90-180 days.