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[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

I have 10Gbit and hunted that whale. But I didn't build my own router. Electricity is $0.51 Kw/h. Ouch.

First, 10Gbit hardware is more available now than years ago, so you have more options. I started off with the router my ISP gave me. It worked, but it was 1Gbit. Not going to do for me. Plus, basic function was paywalled. Booooo! Snagged a broken Asus router and got it working great.

With IDS/IPS enabled, I get about 3.5Gbps. There is newer router tech today that looks interesting with fewer bottlenecks that would have been nice years ago, but not worth the upgrade right now.

My desktop hits about 2Gbps downloading Steam games/updates, but my partners desktop lags behind with SATA SSD storage. Definitely need NVME with that speed.

I will say my experience with 10Gbit Ethernet cards is not positive. I have a lot of intermittent disconnections and there are a lot of bugs vs 1Gbit switches. They do not like sharing with 2.5Gbit devices. I keep my server on 1Gbit connections. It's plenty fast for my needs though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

The law says all vehicles must yield to them, even if they were "breaking the law".

Source? I'd like to read that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Oh yeah, not disagreeing with that!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Insurance varies a lot with what you drive, where, amount of coverage, and history of driving.

Mine is around $800/year and I drive nothing to brag about. (Well, except cost of ownership and safety record. Knock on wood). But my partner pays more because they have more coverage and a newer car worth covering.

But if you think $350/month is high, let me introduce you to private health insurance. 😂

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I sort of do this because I own my domain. I generally pick an annual keyword email filters can lock on, followed by an identifier with whom I'm contacting.

It's easy to trace if addressed get breached, especially unreported breaches, and add to a burn list if they get spammed.

Also, if I have no intention of responding I give fake info or if I need that rare password reset link I know when to look in the spam.

Yeah, using my domain is it's self a bit trackable, but enough friends and family use it I figure poisoned data is sweet justice.

Fun fact, but for some reason old fake accounts have boomed in popularity; like data brokers with bad information bounce verifications off each other, linked it to some poor sap in another state, and snowballed into an actual profile. I'm going to use that identity as an alt profile for something someday.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

fry.jpg

Shut up and take my resume!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ha! You think you can scare me with a haircut?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I second this. It's an amazing utility for video encoding.

Used it for converting class projects back in the day. The queue feature saved my arse back when prores to HEVC conversions took days.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Excited for that jump. How do I buy tickets?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Weeeelllllll.... Yeah I guess you have a good point. If something did happen, finger pointing starts.

Gestures at wires

But it's right there! I need a 1-day OSHA permit just to yank crap out!

[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (9 children)

I kinda want one of these. I could load it up with my collection. It'd be awesome. I can imagine my SO's blood boiling already at the sight of "more useless junk"!

And what do you need an electrician for? Turn off power, open a panel, and disconnect the wires. Snip snip. Frankly, I'm surprised a dedicated switch/breaker for a 3rd party kiosk isn't mandatory.

If only I had the space ...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

The graphic designer has a misinformed idea about engineering.

Cars are not meant to travel fast through cities.

This is true. City traffic planning was designed to maximize efficiency, not speed. This is no longer the case of many cities which now engineer congestion into design.

Rush hour traffic still goes to a crawl

People assume traffic represents failure, but the road still holds capacity, even if flowing slowly. Government data collection on infrastructure utilization and traffic recovery is prohibited in my area by vocal minorities to obstruct studies countering their goal objectives.

... Something something Trains

Trains are fun!

Just one more lane will fix it

I agree adding one lane won't "fix" traffic. Cities are organic and traffic balances out with infrastructure pressure and necessary.

On the other hand, many lanes around my area have converted to dynamically priced toll lanes; the resulting increase in congestion for remaining lanes drives up the cost of tolls. This has been very profitable for the government and flies in the face of this argument; if it were true, it wouldn't be so lucrative.

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