I’m a 7 minute drive from downtown and my options are satellite, cellular, or fixed wireless. Everyone around me has gigabit ethernet, but due to costs involved in running fiber and the fact my little community is mostly old folks (and thus likely not going to buy in) ISPs don’t want to “invest” in us.

Before any tankies claim the word is a blanket slur against communists: “tankie” was coined by British communists that were disgusted by the attitudes of some of their so-called “fellows”.

“My pronouns might be they/them, but yours are about to be were/was.”

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Because they’re arguing in bad faith.

Oh, is it because decades of incompetence and corruption weakened their already crumbling military? Their lack of a strong economy to support the war effort? Is it because they’re relying on Soviet leftovers instead of modern equipment? The fact their enemy is a motivated, supplied with actually decent munitions by modern/rich countries, and has a competent chain of command?

What do I win?

They’re not insane: everything they’ve done are things they sincerely thought they could get away with, and up until Ukraine Putin has been correct in that regard.

Pretending to be crazy is an effective strategy: ironically Nixon popularized it during the cold war.

Attacking targets in NATO countries (even if “justified”) is going to drastically increase the odds NATO gets directly involved in Ukraine – something Putin absolutely doesn’t want.

Clearly we need to spam pictures like this on social media. It’s a totally normal thing to do when your preferred political candidate is convicted of a crime.

The microwave is more efficient because you can do all the steps at once. Put teabag in mug, cover with water, microwave, leave and let steep. And if you forget about your tea it’s already in the microwave – just push the “add 30 seconds” button.

I keep my Splenda and non-dairy creamer next to the microwave for added convenience.

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It’s a great question that reinforces critical thinking.

Having the tools is one thing, learning to apply them correctly to a problem is another.

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Huh, they actually do:

And Matt Monson — who moved from the Dragon project to SpaceX’s satellite internet service Starlink — posted that Starlink uses a lot of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), and that they too have a lot of experience with Linux. “For some level of scope on Starlink, each launch of 60 satellites contains more than 4,000 Linux computers. The constellation has more than 30,000 Linux nodes (and more than 6,000 microcontrollers) in space right now.

https://thenewstack.io/the-hardware-and-software-used-in-space/

It’s like they say: when you’re making an orange juice you’ve gotta break a few eggs.

I bought a run down, 900 sqft “starter home” in 2018, with the original plan of doing repairs and selling to upgrade in several years.

Now? – fuck that. I’ve fixed it up and I’m going to live here until I die.

Predators? That sounds expensive, complicated, and could negatively affect profits.

Can’t we just spray the trees with massive quantities of something cheap and effective like DDT?

The one that pops up when you’re talking to someone: the floating translucent panel with dialog choices.

… Do you not have one of those?

He’s not a tankie: “tankie” only really applies to people that call themselves communists. The insult “tankie” was invented by communists calling out the hypocrisy of some of their self-proclaimed “fellow communists”.

Calling someone a tankie is saying “You’re a piece of shit not only because you support these atrocities, but you dare call yourself a communist while doing so.”

“unbacked”

I’m assuming those quotes are referring to fiat currency. Faith in the solvency of the issuing government, widely agreed upon exchange rates, and regulated prices of goods are all forms of backing. Sure: you can argue that’s “not enough” but crypto “currencies” don’t even have that. Hence why their values fluctuate by the minute – which defeats the entire purpose of “money”.

unregulated

… government controlled central banks and entire bodies of law exist to do just that. Nobody is regulating crypto.

Crypto lacks the features that make money “money”. It doesn’t have a relatively stable, agreed upon value. It’s not easily exchanged for goods or services. It technically can be used as “money” but that’s true of anything – trading cards, a pile of gravel, etc.

Crypto is an un-backed and unregulated security – the value of which fluctuates wildly. Turns out most people don’t like being paid in something that can drastically lose value in the span of hours.

The few people and institutions that accept crypto as payment either immediately convert it back into real money or are “investors” treating it like the security it actually is.