You use vpncloud to connect across different Hetzner data centers (DE + FI)? I thought/assumed Hetzner provided services to do this at little-to-no cost.
Not the GP, but I also use Hetzner, but use Tailscale to connect securely across different Hetzner regions (and indeed other VPS providers).
Hetzner does provide free Private Networks, but they only work within a single region - I'm not aware of them providing anything (yet) to securely connect between regions.
No, I use vpncloud for a local (within a datacenter) VPN. This lets me move more configuration into ansible (out of the provider's web interfaces), avoid additional fees, and have the same setup usable for any hosting provider, including virtual clouds. Very flexible.
What are some downsides in the past 2 years that you have seen living in SF? Any reliable sources online (bloggers, social media account, etc) of what city life is like in SF?
It’s certainly not a cheap city, but IME expenses aren’t high proportional to tech salaries. (Side note: …which feeds the “techbros” criticism.) Yes, it costs more to live here than where we were in Nebraska. It also pays a much higher percent more than the average salaries there, so the number of hours I have to work to buy a thing is significantly less.
That aside, SF is a world city with an enormous amount of interesting and fun things to do. And if you get bored with that, it’s a short trip to see giant redwoods or hike through forests or climb mountains. There is a lot to see and do.
In case you have elderly relatives and T-mobile is available in your area, it might be useful to contact T-Mobile (via X.com or retail service) and ask for the "Basic Mobile Internet 30GB" plan (Service Order Code: MI30TI or MI30TE)
It is $10/month for 30GB with auto-pay. Then get an unlocked phone and put in the T-Mobile Sim card and activate the hotspot (or via USB tethering since Wifi is too complicated for them). Although, I am not sure how you would limit the speed down to 56k to prevent them from going over the 30GB limit.
The caveat with this is that many people on dialup are the ones who live too far from civilization to get cell coverage. The only reason they have phone service at all is government incentives in the mid 20th century.
He was a psychiatrist and did in-person corporate trainings on understanding and maximizing interpersonal communication in companies and teams. Myers-briggs types of things but I like to think his stuff was more valuable.
I read Erich von Däniken's Chariot of the God when I was 8 or 9 and eventually became incandescently angry when I eventually realised it was all made up...
On a more positive note I read Catch 22 when I was about 13 or so and I think that gave me some inkling that the world wasn't really going to make much sense!
The odyssey because it's the basis function for most of western thought (wily male human outsmarts gods, witches, and suitors on a long journey home). The best implementation of the monomyth, imho.
Moby Dick because it's not just a book about whaling, it's a book about world philosophy with crazy tangents.
Fire Upon the Deep because it is the best representation of post-singularity technological implications. Was a big inspiration for me going into machine learning and biology.
