You’re not an outlier, but it’s where the current political climate sits. State governments have to do something because the federal government, headed by a facist, has withheld funds from states it deems enemies.

The difference between trying to get rid of a leech on the government and just sitting there and taking it is pretty clear to me. If they leave… so be it, billionaires don’t create jobs, the companies full of employees do. At the point they become billionaires, they are likely trying their hardest to reduce jobs as well.

But also California is a very nice place to live and people want to live here. It’s not like you can just say “I don’t reside in California” and not pay the tax either. The FTB has the 5th largest economy in the world behind it, it will determine if you have residency in CA or not regardless if you say you don’t. And it’s in their best interest to put the time and effort into proving it for the billionaires that want to try.

Bezsel, simple and easy, constantly having new features added.

I’d put a flap on the outside, just like some siding or something…

Tailscale and the other tools people mention is an option.

Another one that’s a bit more costly unless you already have it is UniFi gear can do site-to-site VPN which can make it pretty easy as well. Other router gear has it as well, UniFi just makes it easier. This would put each others networks next to each other and you could access them as if they’re in the same home.

And then of course just wireguard direct connection.

There’s a lot of options, matters only how DIY you want to make it.

Unless you have fiber at the house with the server, you’ll probably run into issues with streaming these ways without transcoding, even with transcoding gear… cable upload speeds and reliability can be middling.

I mean… Steam drm is like hiding a car behind a wet paper towel.

The thing that’s annoying is that it’s still licensing the game and not selling it to you.

It’s a sinking ship because they don’t want to do the right thing to build trust with the consumer. It’s just over and over they do something good and then they jam the price of ultimate up and ruins the good will of all the good things they do.

Short term stock market quarterly brain rot.