hpca01

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[–] hpca01 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Funny thing I had a paranoid freakout too before I got hacked on AWS, I had bought a visa gift card and that's what I put in as a payment card on AWS. Of course they know where I live and could still screw me, but they would have to do it on their own dime.

They make it really hard to leave or just use a specific service only. I use them for DNS, objectively it's supposed to be cheap AF pay yearly, but now I have to pay $2 a month just to do all the auxiliary stuff to notify me that I got hacked.

I'm buying a server rack soon and just got a full symmetric fiber line put in so I can do my own hosting.

[–] hpca01 72 points 10 months ago (9 children)

It's not fun, I got hacked through an archived git repo, for when I was learning to use AWS, following tutorials and whatnot.

Forgot about it for years, then out of nowhere got hit for 27k...needless to say I said good luck collecting that shit.

They waived it all granted I logged in and deleted all resources that were running as well as removed all identities. Sure as hell I did that and saw a ton of identities out in the middle of nowhere. Fucking hackers ran up a shit ton of AWS sagemaker resources trying to probably hack some dude's wallet.

Every time I see a tutorial on how to deploy x in AWS, I get pissed. The newbies need to learn about administration before they start deploying shit on cloud infra.

[–] hpca01 5 points 10 months ago

You underestimate the stupidity of boomers, they'd rather vote to increase SS taxes for the younger generation than to realize they've been Stockholm syndromed their entire life.

[–] hpca01 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Probably should sue the town for violating 1A rights.

Right wingers love to pull that one out of their arse, would be funny to see them trying to cope with that.

[–] hpca01 1 points 10 months ago

I don't like the fucker either, but you don't have to be a libertarian to see that our government isn't working right now. We need to find a way to fix our government in such a manner that bad faith actors cannot survive in it. Otherwise we're just throwing money at them which they can then use to enrich their friends.

[–] hpca01 -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No it won't, the ratio of retirees to the workforce is getting higher and higher because of all the shit that this fucked up country does to burden the current generation for all the problems caused by the boomers. I'd much rather let the boomers experience the finding out phase after they've been fucking around so much.

What's worse is that the life expectancy of those boomers is going to add unsustainable strain to the system. As society progresses you'll eventually have less births, which means this problem might be getting even worse in the future. The only way it would be sustainable is that you have constant growth in both people and the economy. That's literally not possible.

Yes, it's ok to take more from you because it's how social security can be offered to everyone, including you.

I'd much rather take my chances, take whatever you've taken from me I don't want it back, but let me do my own investments and leave me with more disposable income. Fix the government before dumping more tax money into the money pit. I'll happily vote for the guy who will try.

[–] hpca01 -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This doesn't equate, if you get a proportion based on what you've put in, your kids would get a larger amount vs the poorer family. Assuming we're equating to SS.

Would you be happy if you put in 30k every year for your life and you're only getting 15k back every year during retirement?

Should I get a lower property tax because I am a person without kids despite having a higher income and higher valued property? Or should I be taxed relative to my ability to support the community? Should a family that makes a quarter of what I do but have four kids pay more than me?

Personally I think that the family of 4 that makes a quarter should probably not be having kids... it's not good for the kid or the parent to be in that situation. I know because that was my childhood. Shit left quite a few scars well into adulthood.

[–] hpca01 2 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I'm sorry but this disproportionately affects W2 workers who live in HCOL areas. I've paid into social security since I started working in HS. I'm now a 34 year old, and am expecting nothing during my retirement years as I've been told. Naturally I'm saving up with a 401k and Roth IRA, and you're saying it's okay to drain more from me because I am planning on there being nothing left for me?

I don't agree with that. Why can't we do a wealth tax first and see where we are, why must we hit W2 folks over the head every time.

[–] hpca01 5 points 10 months ago

Wow I'm surprised how low the corporate tax revenue is compared to everything else. Someone should really look at that.

[–] hpca01 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think it's the kind of chart they used... You can't fit 2 same sized circles like that... They could have used a bar chart.

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