thisisawayoflife

thisisawayoflife, 9 months ago

Drug culture is pervasive here. Just take a look at how many bars and liquor stores there are. We like our drugs and we like easy access to them. No different for alcohol, meth, cannabis or opioids. Some, like alcohol, meth and fentanyl are just more destructive than others.

thisisawayoflife, 9 months ago

You did the math for liquor stores (without really quantifying density, given there are dry countries and large swaths of empty land), but what about bars, wineries and distilleries? What are we up to for deaths related to alcohol (addiction and DUI killings) every year, have we exceeded 150,000 yet? It was just under 100k a few years ago, but covid might have changed it. Probably what meth/fentanyl/opioids do combined.

Some quick numbers from the NIH, 93k is the number from all non-alcohol related overdose deaths in 2020, versus just over 140,000 alcohol related deaths.

I’m curious why folks seem to harp on some drugs, but not others?

thisisawayoflife, 9 months ago

… and I’ve got news for you: you’re wrong. Conservative estimates suggest that at least 1/4 of the homeless in the US feel pretty to addiction through alcohol. Since meth is fairly available and much less expensive than a fifth or half gallon of booze, it’s also available to help you forget how cold it is sleeping on the street. If you’ve spent any time in Portland, you’d remember just how bad it was when the city would open the drunk tank and dump the homeless alcoholics back out onto the street - pissing and shitting themselves on the bus, Max or in the first of a business. This was commonplace in the mid 00s, I can’t imagine it’s any different now.

Drugs are drugs are drugs. If we’re going to restrict, we need to restrict them all appropriately. We already know that the drug war on alcohol AND narcotics was a massive failure (saying nothing about how it’s turned virtually every country south of our border into narco states), so what’s next? Trafficking is still a felony in Oregon, why don’t cops enforce the law?

thisisawayoflife, 9 months ago

If other drugs have the same percentage of impact, or less (which is the case statistically, than alcohol, then what is the problem of the drinks aren’t the problem? If fentanyl users make up only 5% of the homeless, why go after them rather than the alcoholics?

thisisawayoflife, 9 months ago

Secure SSH. You should disable all password login capability and tighten the ciphers, KEX and MAC requirements. This will force modern SSH terminal use, something a lot of bots don’t do, so they won’t even get to the point of key exchange.

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On your client, you can define an SSH config with a list of friendly host names that include direct IP addresses, the key to use to initiate login and whatever other properties you need. This way, you can just type in “ssh” and you don’t need to specify the key or IP address every time.

Finally, configure Fail2Ban to ban/block on first failed SSH attempt. You won’t be falling to login if you’ve configured a config definition file and are using keys.

thisisawayoflife, 9 months ago

I’m going to bail out of Multnomah county too as soon as rates drop enough. I’m already seriously looking. I’m ok keeping a Portland address as long as my property taxes aren’t going to Multnomah county. As long as I can access downtown easily, and have more outdoor space, that’s all I care about. Westside here I come!