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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I have a local fiber group (just my city, maybe a few neighboring ones) and it's killer. 500 symmetric for 50 a month, no caps, instant support to somebody local (minus the odd 3 am calls those might get bounced to a pretty high quality over seas group, but that's not a big window), no contract and knowledgeable staff. Meanwhile my last cable Internet was Comcast and I think I'd rather swallow glass then willingly give them business

 

Every holiday, at whichever house is hosting, there is nothing but a laundry list of DIY tasks and shit that my family just expects help with. I get it, helping family and all that, but I really don't want to buy a plane ticket/driving across the midwest into a different state, use my limited PTO, then what time I have installing lights, a toilet, a storm door, a TV mount, and god knows what else instead of watching movies, sports, reading books, relaxing, boardgames, etc.

There is never a thank you, never respect that my time is going into somebody else's project, not attempt to learn to do it themselves, nothing. Just another errand to run or project to install. It would be one thing if my family members weren't able-bodied or the projects couldn't be done safely solo, but that is not the case. The thank you, if there is one is when I am leaving. My time doesn't feel appreciated, my talents or skills are expected and not respected, and when I'm annoyed by a situation I'm the problem.

There are a million reasons I should be thankful for a family that cares and gets together over the holidays, but I am so incredibly over not being appreciated or respected that I am just angry and bitter instead.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

That is horrific...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

If you're within probably 1.5 hours of the Minneapolis/st. Paul you're probably among sane folk, maybe within 30 of Duluth as well, but if you're out in the boonies and such you might be finding people who, while polite, might be flying a trump flag and think "city/colored folk" are the problem.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This might sound bad but I wish I had a similar level of resolve. I tolerate far too much insanity from people in my family.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

So he put himself in the position of "I'm not smart" or "I talked to Putin"? Imagine putting yourself in checkmate like that

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

"is usually written by an over worked engineer"

I'm in this post and I don't like it.

But really these scada systems are rarely well defined by the time implementation happens. Often the architect has a great plan, but by the time it's passed to a manager, a non-software engineer, to the product engineer to the automation team to the contractor the end result is "X data is pushed in With Y form and we use either a,b,or c date time stamp any nobody knows"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Well, it wouldn't change the gravitational field of any given planet so the atmospheres around planets would exist still but they might become more air saturated. The other thing to consider is that since this air would be so far away from the gravitational fields of many planets that it would actually get pulled into the sun over time, increasing the mass of the Sun and further accelerating the collapse of the solar system. By how much I could not tell you, but eventually the extra mass being dumped into the vacuum of space around our solar system would increase the mass of our star.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 months ago (3 children)

As they should be. Walz is a veteran, sensible and overwhelming attentive to his constituents compared to most political figures, a teacher, a coach, and genuinely wants the best for people. Not Democrats, not Republicans, but people. Why wouldn't you be swayed by somebody who has proven again and again they want the best for everybody in the limits of the situation?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Minnesotan here, been very pleased with the direction of policy and commitment to constituents he's had. Bummed he won't be the gov when he's VP but that's just me being a little selfish.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Definitely not an expert but it looks like a rough strawberry root weevil

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

American here and by no means an expert so take this with a grain or 1000 of salt. It's not segregation (at least not enforced any more) as much as a cultural thing. Many black churches likely started during segregation and the culture has definitely shifted over time which heavily influences things like music (look up soul gospel or soul music) and I believe tend to be more colorful in clothing and decor. There are aspects of elements of a service, and without a doubt influences on the topic of the sermon (thinking about it... Sermon might be a very Catholic word so I am not sure if that translates well). There might be some social do's and don't's that I don't know of as well but I don't have first hand experience

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Being somewhat adjacent to that with my work, there is a good chance anything in a critical area (hopefully fields like utilities, petroleum, areas with enough energy to cause harm) have decently hardened or updated equipment where it either isn't an issue, will stop reporting tread data correctly, or roll over to date "0" which depending on the platform with industrial equipment tends to be 1970 in my personal experience. That said, there is always the case that it will not be handled correctly and either run away or stop entirely.

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