Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF
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@Gribnit said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Polygeekery That's how I learned to swim!
On the other hand, that's the way I got pretty much the only real fear I have, which is deep water. The fact that the person who threw me in was not a family member or something but a random asshole might've also been a factor.
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@masonwheeler said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
I meant to take him to the vet to have him put down!
That is the sort of instruction that really needs clarifying one way or the other. Especially as it's not necessarily the sort of thing you want to ask about. "You mean to put him down?" "What, no! You monster. Get him sorted out!"
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@sockpuppet7 said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
You don't even need to download it, the cache is enough to make my 2Gb data plan to survive the month
How does it make it into the cache without being downloaded?
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@heterodox said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
Doing what?!
Reddit: 15gb
YouTube: 12gb
Plex: 9gb
Spotify: 4gb
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@Jaloopa said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@sockpuppet7 said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
You don't even need to download it, the cache is enough to make my 2Gb data plan to survive the month
How does it make it into the cache without being downloaded?
Correct that to "manually download". You don't need to make it explicit what you want to be downloaded.
The difference is that the free version, if I understood correctly, doesn't cache anything. That would quickly murder my 2Gb cap. I didn't try it.
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@swayde is there any browser feature to give a report like that?
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@Luhmann said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Steve_The_Cynic said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
Do you get paid extra for being on call during your personal "time off"?
In his case it's "owning the business"
Or being a shit-lord ... either way it's covered.
Hmm. OK, I guess.
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@sockpuppet7 this is from the built in android data usage view. I know my firewall does data pr. domain/application. I don't think any browser saves this.
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@swayde that's a better argument (for using apps) than all those "install our app" popups that keep annoying me on every website
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@remi said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
I don't have any amusing story but I've spent enough time around horses to know that they aren't monsters from a D&D playbook
They are giant assholes though. My grandparents's horse would scrape me off under low branches/prickly bushes, or just stand on my foot.
A friend was driving through a gate when one of his horses decided it would quite like to come through as well. So he opened the car door to block the gap, the horse just continued straight on and bent the door right back against the car...that was pricey!
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@Gribnit said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Polygeekery I don't understand how this is even a problem anymore. The FCC set it up so that most of rural America has broadband now, didn't they?
That's what the hotspot gave him access to.
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@Gribnit said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
The FCC set it up so that most of rural America has broadband now, didn't they?
affordable broadband.
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@boomzilla said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Gribnit said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Polygeekery I don't understand how this is even a problem anymore. The FCC set it up so that most of rural America has broadband now, didn't they?
That's what the hotspot gave him access to.
Yeah. While the rest of the world was revising their broadband standards upwards, we decreased the bandwidth requirement and added cellular coverage.
How fast does the cell coverage need to be? It needs to exist. Not subject to the bandwidth requirement at all (I think it technically needs to be 3G, but as half our carriers literally don't support 2G - cannibalized the spectrum for LTE - anymore that's a fait accompli)
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@Luhmann said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Steve_The_Cynic said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
Do you get paid extra for being on call during your personal "time off"?
In his case it's "owning the business"
Or being a shit-lord ... either way it's covered.
And tax-deductible!!
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@Polygeekery
I did mention shit-lord, no?
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@swayde said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@heterodox said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
Doing what?!
Reddit: 15gb
YouTube: 12gb
Plex: 9gb
Spotify: 4gb
PornHub: 8TBFTFY
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@Steve_The_Cynic said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Luhmann said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Steve_The_Cynic said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
Do you get paid extra for being on call during your personal "time off"?
In his case it's "owning the business"
Or being a shit-lord ... either way it's covered.
Hmm. OK, I guess.
Yeah, there are some positions that are essentially always on-call. Business owners, C-Level, maybe some on the rung below C-Level, etc.
It has been at least 15 years since I have had a position where I was not at least expected to take the occasional call when on vacation and answer urgent emails and such.
This is not really a problem if you know it going in to it and the pay is commensurate with the expectations. When it is expected of low-level workers I take issue with it. For those positions it is expected that when they are off they are off and when they are on vacation they are on vacation.
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@Cursorkeys said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@remi said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
I don't have any amusing story but I've spent enough time around horses to know that they aren't monsters from a D&D playbook
They are giant assholes though. My grandparents's horse would scrape me off under low branches/prickly bushes, or just stand on my foot.
I have a scar on my leg from a horseback ride as a kid. We were riding in a line on a country road and came up on a mailbox; I couldn't get my horse to turn or step out of line and cut myself on the tab. Ended my day pretty quick. :(
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@Polygeekery said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Steve_The_Cynic said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Luhmann said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Steve_The_Cynic said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
Do you get paid extra for being on call during your personal "time off"?
In his case it's "owning the business"
Or being a shit-lord ... either way it's covered.
Hmm. OK, I guess.
Yeah, there are some positions that are essentially always on-call. Business owners, C-Level, maybe some on the rung below C-Level, etc.
It has been at least 15 years since I have had a position where I was not at least expected to take the occasional call when on vacation and answer urgent emails and such.
This is not really a problem if you know it going in to it and the pay is commensurate with the expectations. When it is expected of low-level workers I take issue with it. For those positions it is expected that when they are off they are off and when they are on vacation they are on vacation.
Sounds like another reason to not be an executive or run my own business. I'm a firm believer of when you're on vacation you're on vacation.
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@boomzilla said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Gribnit said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Polygeekery I don't understand how this is even a problem anymore. The FCC set it up so that most of rural America has broadband now, didn't they?
That's what the hotspot gave him access to.
Well, to be fair, there are options for wire internet out here. There are just none at the cabin we are staying at. Also, if we were 10 miles any direction I could use Sprint to take advantage of our "unlimited" internet through our phones.
But once you get out in the sticks Verizon is King.
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@mikehurley said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
Sounds like another reason to not be an executive or run my own business. I'm a firm believer of when you're on vacation you're on vacation.
To each their own. I only wish that when people complained about executive comp they would realize that the people in these positions are at work 24/7/365. No vacations as you would define it. No actual time off. You are always on.
My wife is an Executive HR Director. In addition to managing the people under her and setting policy and managing risks she handles all of the tough cases. The terminations that might result in lawsuits, large layoffs, etc. The large layoffs never come along without notice but on occasion an over-40, black, disabled, pregnant, lesbian will decide to lose their fucking mind and have to be terminated. If that happens when we are on vacation then I have to keep the kids busy while she is on the phone with counsel and managers getting a plan together to terminate the person without the company getting sued in to oblivion.
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@Polygeekery said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@mikehurley said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
Sounds like another reason to not be an executive or run my own business. I'm a firm believer of when you're on vacation you're on vacation.
To each their own. I only wish that when people complained about executive comp they would realize that the people in these positions are at work 24/7/365. No vacations as you would define it. No actual time off. You are always on.
My wife is an Executive HR Director. In addition to managing the people under her and setting policy and managing risks she handles all of the tough cases. The terminations that might result in lawsuits, large layoffs, etc. The large layoffs never come along without notice but on occasion an over-40, black, disabled, pregnant, lesbian will decide to lose their fucking mind and have to be terminated. If that happens when we are on vacation then I have to keep the kids busy while she is on the phone with counsel and managers getting a plan together to terminate the person without the company getting sued in to oblivion.
Or you just run a business that isn't service contract based. For instance if you run your own bakery you can be fully on vacation. Worst case you make no sales during that period which hopefully you're accounting for.
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@mikehurley said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
Or you just run a business that isn't service contract based. For instance if you run your own bakery you can be fully on vacation. Worst case you make no sales during that period which hopefully you're accounting for.
No. Worst case scenario is that you are running a bakery that does not have any contracts to fulfill. The successful bakeries around my city all have contracts that need filled. The bread makers supply rolls and bread to local restaurants. The cupcake bakers and cake bakers all supply restaurants, groceries and events.
In all businesses I can think of you have incomes that pay the bills and you have incomes that make the money. For us the retainers pay the bills and projects make the money. For bakers the contracts pay the bills and the other sales make the money. You have to have income you can depend on and those you supply need suppliers they can depend on. Without that the graph of your income will look like a profile of the Rocky Mountains and that is difficult to manage.
In order to get around that and still spend time with your family you are going to need to have employees and occasionally when you are away shit will go awry. Raw materials will not be delivered. An employee will go AWOL. Shit happens and you cannot let things crash and burn in your absence because you will lose all you have built.
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@Cursorkeys said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@remi said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
I don't have any amusing story but I've spent enough time around horses to know that they aren't monsters from a D&D playbook
They are giant assholes though.
Yes, they produce an ungodly amount of shit, especially at the worst possible time/location.
(in the middle of the yard that you just cleaned, and positioned such that not only you will walk in it, but they will also, that being before you've cleaned their foot so you get some on your hands while doing so -- to be fair, horseshit isn't as bad smelling or disgusting as cat/dog shit and has the added advantage of making wonderful compost, so it's not unbearable).
My grandparents's horse would scrape me off under low branches/prickly bushes, or just stand on my foot.
That's part not really being aware that you're there (in particular the branches stuff), and in part badly trained horses/humans that don't get the proper relationship going. Like with dogs, if you behave as the leader, they will act accordingly without needing any force. Stand in their path when they try passing you, push them back a couple of times when they come too close, they'll quickly learn that you're not one to be messed with. Well, most of them will... The Horse Whisperer is a nice movie, but also reflects very effective horse training techniques.
A friend was driving through a gate when one of his horses decided it would quite like to come through as well. So he opened the car door to block the gap, the horse just continued straight on and bent the door right back against the car...that was pricey!
OK, that one was a pure asshole, no doubt about it.
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What is he so happily rolling around in?
If you answered "shit", please come claim your prize.
This is why we bring dog shampoo on vacation.
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@Polygeekery I know that look. Such contentment, and such incomprehension at your madness... "that was a wonderful roll-in-poo, why don't you seem to appreciate my new smell?"
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@remi said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Polygeekery I know that look. Such contentment, and such incomprehension at your madness... "that was a wonderful roll-in-poo, why don't you seem to appreciate my new smell?"
I don't even get mad. It doesn't do any good. You just give them a bath and go about your day.
I got mad when he went to dry himself on the cushions of the chairs on the deck. Now they are all wet and smell like damp dog.
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@Polygeekery Our dogs never rolled in poop. They just ate it. Sometimes it was fresh cow manure from the pastures, sometimes it was straight from the kitty litter box. Meanwhile, I had extended family who let dogs lick them all over because "dog mouths are even cleaner than humans'."
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@Weng 10Mbit as self-reported by the carriers, but not subject to the easily-circumvented speed testing of its land-line 25Mbit counterparts.
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@Polygeekery said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@boomzilla said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Gribnit said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Polygeekery I don't understand how this is even a problem anymore. The FCC set it up so that most of rural America has broadband now, didn't they?
That's what the hotspot gave him access to.
Well, to be fair, there are options for wire internet out here. There are just none at the cabin we are staying at. Also, if we were 10 miles any direction I could use Sprint to take advantage of our "unlimited" internet through our phones.
But once you get out in the sticks Verizon is King.
Have been doing road rallies lately and have been considering switching back to VZW. I’m AT&T and, at one point during the winter rally this year found myself navigating with no maps by the seat of my pants in the dark in a downpour on twisty roads in the literal middle f nowhere with no visibility and didn’t see another car for 2 hours.
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@Gribnit said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@mott555 without fiber broadband a farm can't stream out separate video of each plant growing all the time
The farmers I know stream a ton of weather and crop data. My grandpa was a farmer and had a computer/internet long before anyone else I knew did. He was pulling weather and crop data in order to plan when to plant or what to expect.
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@theBread That sounds like digested data coming down, which is "small" and coming "down".
Monsanto's going to kill this market in 2020 anyway with the corn mesh wifi, even though that can only hit
g
speeds.
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@Gribnit Wait I thought the corn itself would be a processor, and the entire field would be a super computer. Isn't it what they mean when they talk about genetic computing?
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@theBread You need to read the product catalog, not the whitepapers, man. Corn Hyperconverged Processing is 2025 at the soonest.
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@Gribnit the theory that you are a Markov bot is gaining more credibility by the day.
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@Polygeekery That's neat. Tracks right along with the theory that some people are fucking dense as shit and can't manage with any novel anything whatsoever, tho, and by the same set of experiments too.
Compute the stats on this, please, fuckwad.
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It has been a rough day of rolling in poo.
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The fish here won't set any records but they are hungry and consistently bite.
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@Weng said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
point during the winter rally this year found myself navigating with no maps by the seat of my pants in the dark in a downpour
OsmAnd is cheapish, and where I've used it it's almost as good as Google maps.
Google maps also support s offline maps, but they expire
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@Polygeekery said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
on occasion an over-40, black, disabled, pregnant, lesbian will decide to lose their fucking mind and have to be
terminatedbrought to the vet.FTFY.
@Polygeekery said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
The fish here won't set any records but they are hungry and consistently bite.
Shall we create a "Fish bites" thread?
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@TimeBandit said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Polygeekery said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@lolwhat said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
Right, because your work involves listening to music and watching RedTube.
Yours doesn't?
No, but it involves browsing WTDWTF
<Insert XKCD about compiling>
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@Polygeekery said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
What is he so happily rolling around in?
If you answered "shit", please come claim your prize.Well, he looks too cute to really be mad at him.
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Welcome to rural America. Oh, you need premium fuel? Good luck, plan ahead.
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@Polygeekery I love the fact that you still have to press the button to select your choice
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@Polygeekery Yeah, well if you decided you needed your engine to need isooctane then there's a tax to pay, similar to buying all Apple devices.
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@TimeBandit said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
@Polygeekery I love the fact that you still have to press the button to select your choice
I never even thought about that. Good point.
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@Polygeekery doesn't your engine have a knock sensor?
Iirc most modern cars can use almost any octane, with reduced effiency.
Fake edit: seems I'm wrong: https://oppositelock.kinja.com/the-real-impact-of-using-wrong-fuel-octane-1785829176
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@swayde said in Internet access in rural America and StraightTalk Wireless WTF:
most modern cars can use almost any octane, with reduced effiency.
With my RX-8, it can also damage the engine.
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@TimeBandit rotary opens a very different can of everything