I’d go with the DSL option before paying Comcast anything. I swore I’d never use them again in 2004 and every place I’ve moved since one of my requirements is an ISP that isn’t Comcast. When I moved into my house I found the Comcast cable buried in my back yard and chopped it. Fuck em!

God only asks for 10%… shows you what Apple thinks of themselves.

It works in Europe too. It uses LoRa (A Long Range radio protocol) to be able to send messages out to other nodes, which can bounce them out to further nodes. A node can be configured to relay through the Internet to reach people in other areas.

I ordered the radio shown below from a kit on Amazon (it’s a Heltec v4 and came with a battery that isn’t pictured) and it took about 5 minutes to setup. Attaching the antenna to the board was the hardest part.

Great points, and there’s some amazing discussions going on here!

One thing I’d like to add is EVERYONE needs to start setting up some meshtastic nodes. It’s really easy to setup (just hook up a USB cable from your computer to a esp32 board, visit a website to get the configuration, and that’s pretty much it), it’s cheap (as little as $30) and it is secure. Build 2 nodes (one to leave at home, and another for your backpack). This way you’ll be able to communicate should the Internet become unavailable or unsafe. You can also use this at a protest so that you still have a means of communication without needing to bring your phone that the Feds will be able to track.

Not them… their family members. Spouses, siblings, parents, kids. There are no rules any more.

Last year I was trying to get a new job and I wish I’d had your convictions to end the process when it was clear things weren’t going well. Instead I let them string me along for a total of 6 onsite interviews (on 6 different days) with around 20 different people. When I had an interview with the CIO I was certain that the job was mine… only to be told the next day they were going with someone else.

After the 3rd interview I was already thinking that it was excessive and when they asked me at the last minute to come in for the last interview a voice in my head told me that I need to tell them to either make me an offer or fuck off. Instead I showed just exactly how desperate I was, and ended up hating myself for it.

Pride doesn’t feed a family, but you should hold your head high for this decision.

True power comes from not using the power.

I can stand and piss… but for many reasons I prefer to sit.

Hardee’s used to have a chilli cheeseburger that was amazing. It’s been close to 20 years and I still think of that burger.

But, the best was at Swenson’s outside of Cleveland at 1 am after a NIИ concert.

I used to sleep in the #2 position, with my arms under my head. I’d wake up often with both arms completely asleep and I’d be unable to control them. Several times I tore my shoulder muscles trying to turn myself over while my arms were asleep. Then I got a CPAP and started sleeping in #16 position (like #15, but with arms on my belly/chest) and my back pain and shoulder pain has completely gone away, and with the CPAP I don’t snore.

I’m loving these comments, so many great albums! And a ton I’ve never hear of and will need to check out.

I have a few of these, but two that really jump out at me are

• The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of Niggy Tardust - Saul Williams
• Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By - Lovage
• Common People - William Shatner

These are albums that you’ve just gotta let play.

e: can’t believe I forgot Shatner!

I went all in on it… I fully drank that Koolaid and was an early backer, got an extra controller and really thought it was going to be amazing. But their whole launch was so bungled that by the time I actually got it I was so disillusioned with the whole company that I couldn’t enjoy it. It sucked to have bought into the kickstarter and financed the project, and then see the product on the shelves at Target while I was still waiting on mine to be delivered. I had mine for a couple of months before reselling it at a loss.

Several years later when Stadia was announced I felt that little familiar glimmer of hope pop up, but I didn’t let myself get too excited for it. I did eventually get a couple of Stadia controllers and really enjoyed that service (and I still use those controllers today).

The catch is it’ll be enshittified as soon as it can.

The crazy thing is millionaires have more on common with us normal workers than they do with billionaires.

I get what you’re saying, that they are millionaires are closer to being broke than to being a billionaire, but they still have more in common with billionaires than normal workers. Once you reach the mid to high single digit millionaire you can pretty much choose your own adventure.

Oh, I know … and that’s what makes it sad is because he could help to make the world a better place.

home canned pickles.

But… that costs money.

And the fact that the US dollar is the basis for most economies.

In fact, a new UN wouldn’t even be necessary, instead everyone would just have to stop recognizing the veto powers of any country. But, again, that comes with other consequence.

The US isn’t part of the ICC and has veto power in the UN. The US is quite literally above the law and there isn’t anything anyone can really do about it.

You need to read The Sphinx by Edgar Allen Poe.

It’s about a man staying in the country when he sees this gigantic monster off in the distance from his bedroom window. He freaks out about it and becomes paranoid.

Turns out it was a moth on the window. That’s what this looks like too.

Turn out your lamps Lemmy or the moths will return!

This study is from 2015.

Right?