wizardSep 9, 2019
I'm not legally allowed to self host things without violating my ISP's AUP

https://www.xfinity.com/Corporate/Customers/Policies/HighSpeedInternetAUP

The rest of it generally sucks too.
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@wizard
my laptop runs nginx

fuck the police

Sep 9, 2019 at 3:07amWeb
Show threadwizardSep 9, 2019
@haskal I guess this is a compliant configuration, as long as I'm not running dedicated hardware I could still self-host for non commercial purposes

Unfortunately that defeats the whole purpose
Show threadwizardSep 9, 2019
Imagine a bunch of 8 year old kids setting up a spare laptop to run a minecraft server to play together, then Comcast shutting their internet down because they violated their policy against running dedicated service hosting hardware. Any potential for them to learn about networking technology gets cut off right at the political level.
Show threadBradleySep 9, 2019
@wizard I've hosted stuff from home for years with comcast
Show threadwizardSep 9, 2019
@brad I don't think they'll ever give me a problem, but it's still technically against the rules
Show threadBradleySep 9, 2019
@wizard that is unfortunate
Show threadwizardSep 9, 2019
@brad It pisses me off when there are so many dumb rules in the book that the higher-ups can pick anything out to bully you with whenever they feel, I guess.
Show threadBradleySep 9, 2019
@wizard authority is a spook
Show threadwizardSep 9, 2019
Honestly I kind of hate that I posted this as a "think of the kids" post but it's more approachable, relatable, and simpler to understand than other examples.

Like if I wanted to setup a self-hosted way of sharing photos between me and my family, it's still against their terms. Not as many people want to do that though and it's much more niche than a minecraft server.
Show threadGordon Freeman  🖲️Sep 9, 2019
@wizard My friend and I ran a Terraria server in middle school, and when we started to get a lot of players, our ISP started switching our IP address when we got a lot of traffic.