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My New York and Miami tunnels are now down.   I think the company is having problems.  I don't use the IPv4 reverse proxy feature (which would be extremely valuable for people trying to self host in NAT jail), so the way forward is to allocate IP6s on VPS providers.  Virmach.com provides no IP6 at all (I was depending on ipv6.rs).    
  
1\. ramnode provides a limited number of IPv6, similar to what ipv6.rs provided.  I was using openvpn to distribute to clients, but ipv6.rs provided practice in wireguard - even simpler to configure than openvpn IMO.  
2\. I have a /48 he.net prefix.  He.net has been faithfully providing free beer ipv6 for decades.  I've been using openvpn to distribute /64 prefixes to sites with braindead ISPs (no usable ipv6).  But my home data center is FAR from 24/7.  In fact, atm I have one unresponsive (via USB) UPS and 1 complaining about low battery (last replaced in 2023).  (NOTE: he.net will not provide free service to data centers - they do draw the line there.  And they ask you to keep complaining to your braindead ISP.)

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sdgathman · 2/17/2026, 5:36:23 PM · permalink

on Microplastics! Sometimes the sky's not falling! in health-fitness

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sdgathman · 1/20/2026, 11:54:44 PM · permalink

on Microplastics! Sometimes the sky's not falling! in health-fitness

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sdgathman · 1/20/2026, 11:52:58 PM · permalink

on Microplastics! Sometimes the sky's not falling! in health-fitness

Well, proposed remedies for the individual, like "eat more kimchi", can't do much harm.    
  
Aside from the microplastic issue, the only tenable disposal method for plastic is incineration.  Here in NoVa, trash gets incinerated by Reworld (formerly Covanta - name changes are stupid).   Plastics burn with no residue (at incineration temps - don't burn at home) vs 10% ash residue for burning wood/paper. In CA, they ordered their trash to power plants to shutdown (" 'cause CO2! "), so their plastic is going in the landfills again.  A quick web search of waste to power shows incinerators in Europe and Skandinavia as well.  
  
Friends visiting from NY state (no incinerator) bring compacted plastic "fuel bricks" to "donate" to Reworld.  The marginal fuel cost is negligible.  
  
So campaigning for incinerators is one way to reduce plastic pollution of all kinds.  Waste to power companies can make a profit incinerating landfill trash if the removal/transportation cost is low enough.   Transporting "plastic islands" on the ocean to a land based incinerator is cost prohibitive.  However there are some projects for building the incinerator on a barge - the problem there is what to do with the electricity.  Losses for charging industrial batteries (e.g. liquid metal) eat up any profits.

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sdgathman · 12/17/2025, 12:23:16 AM · permalink

on [deleted by author] in christianity

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Replacement for ipv6.rs?

Checkout broken on ipv6.rs

IPv6.rs Missing Reverse DNS

Cheap VPS + ipv6.rs -> WIN!

P2P apps enabled by ipv6

Ashburn data center problem

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