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Airplanes are a common case where people have long stretches without connectivity, either due to not paying for wifi or any if the other reasons it might be una
by jkaplowitz 8y ago
Airplanes are a common case where people have long stretches without connectivity, either due to not paying for wifi or any if the other reasons it might be unavailable or unusable.
Being on a NYC subway train is an even more interesting case, because depending on the precise client setup there's often intermittent or bad connectivity but rarely a good sustained connection between stations.
As in most of the world, smartphones are pervasive in both of these contexts.
Mobile and computer apps used to support these cases a lot better. As Bay Area connectivity has gotten better in those areas where well-off techies congregate (e.g. not underground Muni Metro), apps have gotten much worse at this except for apps targeting developing countries like India and Africa.
- ahnick 8y agoAgreed, but these are planned events where you won't have connectivity, so you can copy the files to a local folder prior to the trip. I recognize that might not be as convenient as having the system perform a push to your machine to sync it. I think in those cases I'd probably just run rsync against the keybase folder.
- eropple 8y agoI know that in a day where I have to produce a live show, write a raft of code, negotiate a new job offer, and take my dog to the vet, I want to remember to copy files to a local folder. No, wait. I want my computer to do scutwork for me instead because that's its job.
- jkaplowitz 8y agoPlanned events in one sense, but routine daily life for those in NYC, or unplanned events in cases where airplanes unexpectedly lose WiFi. Among other examples. You're describing useful workarounds for the status quo when one can foresee dealing with these situations occasionally. Those are certainly good to document. But they're workarounds and not true solutions, especially not for frequent needs.
- marci 8y agoOfftopic but Africa is not a country.
- jkaplowitz 8y agoGood point. I realized at the time that it wasn't quite right, but didn't figure out how to fix it. I should have written "those in Africa," or even "most of those in Africa." Sorry for letting a rushed comment perpetuate the common Western stereotype of conflating all of Africa as if one single thing.