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Dec 20th, 2020, 10:04 AM
#64921
Re: Post Race!
There is a chain of AYCE sushi places around here run by an extended group of Micronesians. They left an isolated tropical island to sell raw fish in a desert. Good place, though, I frequent the establishment.
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Dec 20th, 2020, 05:44 PM
#64922
Re: Post Race!
My VbLessons website was just advertised on the largest Libertarian podcast in the nation, The Tom Woods show.
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Dec 20th, 2020, 05:44 PM
#64923
Re: Post Race!
I'm super stoked about that.
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Dec 20th, 2020, 06:05 PM
#64924
Re: Post Race!
Congrats!!! Just remember who was here for you when you make your millions Don't forget the little people.
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Dec 20th, 2020, 06:27 PM
#64925
Re: Post Race!
Checkout the about page
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Dec 20th, 2020, 06:30 PM
#64926
Junior Member
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Good place, though, I frequent the establishment.
I misread "though" as "although".
On the bright side, I've still got pessimism and despair to fall back on.
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Dec 21st, 2020, 10:57 AM
#64927
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by wossy
I misread "though" as "although".
That works, too.
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Dec 22nd, 2020, 04:28 PM
#64928
Re: Post Race!
Too many hours between the last post and this one.
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Dec 22nd, 2020, 04:29 PM
#64929
Re: Post Race!
Very happy about the performance of VBForums after whatever fixes the IT guys made.
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Dec 22nd, 2020, 04:29 PM
#64930
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Dec 22nd, 2020, 06:17 PM
#64931
Re: Post Race!
Yeah, it's hard to complain about the recent performance. Partly, the change to VBF came at about the time I went from slow internet to fast internet, so I saw a boost above and beyond the forums.
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Dec 24th, 2020, 09:31 AM
#64932
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Dec 24th, 2020, 01:12 PM
#64933
Re: Post Race!
Happy Holiday to all !!
The best friend of any programmer is a search engine
"Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom" (J. Rohn)
“They did not know it was impossible so they did it” (Mark Twain)
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Dec 24th, 2020, 04:51 PM
#64934
Re: Post Race!
Thought I'd share my Christmas picture,
I've lost a little weight, it's been a good year.
Merry Christmas
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Dec 24th, 2020, 09:18 PM
#64935
Re: Post Race!
Chocolate?
CHOCOLATE?!!?!
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Dec 24th, 2020, 10:29 PM
#64936
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Dec 25th, 2020, 03:48 AM
#64937
Re: Post Race!
Chicken and dumplings and fried okra
The best friend of any programmer is a search engine
"Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom" (J. Rohn)
“They did not know it was impossible so they did it” (Mark Twain)
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Dec 25th, 2020, 01:08 PM
#64938
Re: Post Race!
Got up at 1:00 AM to wander the neighborhood leaving plates of fudge on neighbor porches. Some know who does this, some don't. I don't get to all of them, either. Good way to get rid of the excess, though.
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Dec 26th, 2020, 08:36 AM
#64939
Junior Member
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by dday9
Very happy about the performance of VBForums after whatever fixes the IT guys made.
They just needed to wind-up the rubber band again.
On the bright side, I've still got pessimism and despair to fall back on.
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Dec 26th, 2020, 08:48 AM
#64940
Junior Member
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
...I went from slow internet to fast internet...
Do tell. Fiber? What kind of bandwidth do you have now?
I'm currently obsessed with making my intertubes go as fast as it possibly can. Spent the last few weeks teaching myself computer networking skills (something I've been neglecting my whole life under the misapprehension that it was boring and expensive, which it isn't).
Bought a Mikrotik smart router to beef up the WiFi signal and handle all of the new firewall and network separation that I want to implement. Plus a local hardware DNS server to block out the more unpleasant and nefarious internet content (not least of which is advertising).
The Wifi is the biggest obstacle for me though, I'm in an arms race with my neighbours in this leafy suburb. On a bad day I can see as many as 30 other nearby WiFi networks, stomping all over MY spectrum!! So the Mikrotik will basically allow me to completely overpower all over those losers. Brute force for the win.
On the bright side, I've still got pessimism and despair to fall back on.
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Dec 26th, 2020, 10:27 AM
#64941
Re: Post Race!
Fiber??? I get plenty of that.
You misunderstand what I meant when I talked about going from slow to fast. Before this, I was using carrier pigeons to carry the packets back and forth. Now I have copper.
There are places in this valley where you can get fiber direct to your house, but I'm not in one of those places. I was told that I could get "up to 100 Mbps", but what they meant was that there were places where that was possible, and you could get that if you were in one of those places. I wasn't. So, I get 40 Mbps. That's a LOT faster than what I was getting, but it's only fast in a relative sense.
When I first got WiFi, I saw two or three other people out there, some of which were not secured. Now, it's over a dozen. I suspect it won't get higher than that. There has to be a saturation level when you have slightly more than 1/house within range, and I don't think I have more than about a dozen houses within range.
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Dec 26th, 2020, 11:11 AM
#64942
Junior Member
Re: Post Race!
40 MBit per home is actually pretty damn good if you share the upstream trunk with fewer neighbours.
I'd happily trade a good internet connection for having fewer actual people around here, when the next family is a single layer of brick away it grinds your gears after a while.
You can't even go outside to let rip a good boxing-day fart without appearing in the community newsletter the next week. I didn't even light it this time.
On the bright side, I've still got pessimism and despair to fall back on.
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Dec 26th, 2020, 02:09 PM
#64943
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by wossy
40 MBit per home is actually pretty damn good if you share the upstream trunk with fewer neighbours.
I'd happily trade a good internet connection for having fewer actual people around here, when the next family is a single layer of brick away it grinds your gears after a while.
What use to drag my internet connection was both of my kid's Windows 10 laptops and their smartphones, including my wive's phone, all connected to the internet at the same time. I've remember reading somewhere that Windows 10 calls home around 5,000 times a day, and many of these connections remain to record what the user is doing online until they turn off their computer.
I fixed this problem by blacklisting all Microsoft URL's and their third party partners, but for Microsoft, I only block them 6 days a week, but allow Win 10 to connect to them on Sundays to check for security updates.
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Dec 26th, 2020, 02:35 PM
#64944
Junior Member
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by Peter Porter
I've remember reading somewhere that Windows 10 calls home around 5,000 times a day, and many of these connections remain to record what the user is doing online until they turn off their computer
5000 times per day is about once every 17.3 seconds. Multiply that by the number of Windows users in the world currently online and I think it would become obvious that this kind of traffic would be unsustainably huge, especially if there were a persistent connection.
You don't have to believe things that you read online (including this post!). You can gather your own information.
There's a free open-source tool called "wireshark" (among many others) that will allow you to see all the traffic on your own home network (coming or going) and judge the situation for yourself.
However, do remain skeptical, that's a good trait to have.
On the bright side, I've still got pessimism and despair to fall back on.
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Dec 26th, 2020, 03:35 PM
#64945
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by wossy
5000 times per day is about once every 17.3 seconds. Multiply that by the number of Windows users in the world currently online and I think it would become obvious that this kind of traffic would be unsustainably huge, especially if there were a persistent connection.
You don't have to believe things that you read online (including this post!). You can gather your own information.
There's a free open-source tool called "wireshark" (among many others) that will allow you to see all the traffic on your own home network (coming or going) and judge the situation for yourself.
However, do remain skeptical, that's a good trait to have.
More than 500 hours of videos are uploaded to YouTube every minute. That's about 8 hours of videos per second. I think the internet can handle it.
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Dec 26th, 2020, 03:38 PM
#64946
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by wossy
40 MBit per home is actually pretty damn good if you share the upstream trunk with fewer neighbours.
What do you think I am, an elephant?
Upstream is not 40Mbps, it's more like 2.
I'd happily trade a good internet connection for having fewer actual people around here, when the next family is a single layer of brick away it grinds your gears after a while.
You can't even go outside to let rip a good boxing-day fart without appearing in the community newsletter the next week. I didn't even light it this time.
HA!
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Dec 26th, 2020, 03:49 PM
#64947
Junior Member
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by Niya
I think the internet can handle it.
Yes, the internet can, for sure. But can the average home network?
On the bright side, I've still got pessimism and despair to fall back on.
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Dec 26th, 2020, 03:53 PM
#64948
Junior Member
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Upstream is not 40Mbps, it's more like 2.
Yes, I understand how ADSL works, I meant the total bandwidth... nevermind.
On the bright side, I've still got pessimism and despair to fall back on.
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Dec 26th, 2020, 08:16 PM
#64949
Re: Post Race!
I can't say that I really understand it. I'm not even quite sure how much I'm paying for this change. I'll have to wait to see the bill to figure that one out. They think I have a leased router. I think I don't have a leased router. I can't ask them, because if I'm right, they'd want to charge me for the new router they gave me. If they're right, then I can get a cheaper router and save about 20%. I think I'm right, but I'll know in a couple months (the first month is...hard to calculate).
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Jan 12th, 2021, 12:25 PM
#64950
Re: Post Race!
For some reason, people just don't seem light hearted, lately.
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Jan 12th, 2021, 12:49 PM
#64951
Re: Post Race!
I have noticed some unusual hostilities lately.
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Jan 12th, 2021, 03:34 PM
#64952
Re: Post Race!
Send me their names, I'll take care of them for you.
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Jan 12th, 2021, 04:28 PM
#64953
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
Send me their names, I'll take care of them for you.
Well this Shaggy Hiker fellow and his accomplice wes4dbt are a just a few.
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Jan 12th, 2021, 05:00 PM
#64954
Re: Post Race!
It's a new year, but it feels kind of old to begin with.
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Jan 18th, 2021, 05:27 PM
#64955
Re: Post Race!
6 days and no one has anything to say. Anyone hear from FunkyDexter lately? We need to do a health check.
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Jan 18th, 2021, 05:58 PM
#64956
Re: Post Race!
Yeah, I was wondering about that.
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Jan 20th, 2021, 03:24 AM
#64957
Re: Post Race!
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
Yeah, I was wondering about that.
Really am starting to worry about FD.
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Jan 20th, 2021, 04:19 AM
#64958
Re: Post Race!
I sent him a PM, waiting for his answer...
The best friend of any programmer is a search engine
"Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom" (J. Rohn)
“They did not know it was impossible so they did it” (Mark Twain)
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Jan 20th, 2021, 07:09 AM
#64959
Re: Post Race!
I'm sill here and thanks for the concern
Cough's not bad but I am feeling really tired and sleeping alot. I've been managing to drag my sorry ass to the desk to work a couple of hours in the morning and a couple in the afternoon but I'm basically spending the rest of my time in bed and I reckon I'm sleeping (or drifting) about 16 hours a day.
Officially my 2 week quarantine ends on Friday and I assume that means I'll be out of any danger. I am worried the tiredness might be a long symptom though. That would totes suck.
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter - Winston Churchill
Hadoop actually sounds more like the way they greet each other in Yorkshire - Inferrd
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Jan 20th, 2021, 07:36 AM
#64960
Re: Post Race!
My prayers are with you
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