seanp2k2

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by seanp2k2 8y ago
The difference is that I have one choice of ISP and many choices of over-the-top content, none of which can e.g. restrict my ability to access things unrelated to their service as an ISP can. It's apples v oranges.
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
As of 2016 this is a diagram showing what went where and how it's back together now: https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/24/13389592/att-time-warner...
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
“But I don’t want inner-city crime coming to MY neighborhood!” See also: why BART doesn’t go down the peninsula to San Jose like it was supposed to. Original BART system plan: https://io9.gizmodo.com/5866928/a-map-of-sa
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Or even worse, they transfer their Prop 13 to a “replacement property”: https://blog.yonathan.org/posts/2017-10-transferring-prop13-...
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Crazy when apartments in the city have no parking and you have to factor in an additional $300/month for a parking space that might be a 10 minute walk from your apartment. It’s like US cities maybe aren’t actually the best in the worl
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Yeah, and to be clear, we’re talking “luxury” apartments here, not anything single-family. Bay Area developers ALWAYS pull this: promise “affordable” housing and only sometimes get stuck accepting affordable housing programs into their othe
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Except instead of a bunch of bright lights and shady characters, there’s a Bowlmor, Coldstone, and a kind of neat eye glasses store. No offices or living spaces YET, but “luxury” (overpriced) apartments and townhouses are just down the stre
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Yep, never understood why they don’t convert malls into office spaces. Then again, in the Bay Area (at least South Bay) there are TONS of empty office buildings for rent. I’m guessing that they all just want too much. Maybe it’s a zoning th
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
AFAIK they don’t exist for USB-C PD since it’s quite a bit more complicated than previous protocols (switchable source / sink, variable voltage
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Within the context of USB Power Delivery , it needs more than simple power and ground to actually work. While it’s theoretically possible to make such a device that would determine which device is the source and sink, determine voltages and
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
I5-2500k at 4.6ghz on big air that I bought when it came out was running great with a GTX 1080. Upgrading to a Ryzen 7 1800x@4ghz was a marginal perf game (and ~0 FPS gain in most games). The m2 SSD from a SATA SSD seems like it helped the
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Yep, time zones are lame and we’d be much better off if everyone just got used to saying the time in UTC. But then an “9 to 5” would become a “regular 8-hour shift” and be less fun to talk about, school might let out at 0300, and the times
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
It didn’t do the bad thing until after it was assigned, so no one cared when it was allocated.
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Given the above, consider the future of semi-autonomous and fully-autonomous vehicles.
915.
by seanp2k2 8y ago
Get / make a breakout board http://www.elabguy.com/displayport.php
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
There’s also the difference of OTT services showing less ads, letting you watch what you want when you want, and having much more variety than a single channel. It’s not a valid comparison.
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
My solution to this is to realize that this is exactly why modern broadcast sports even exist; as a means to make money. All of the rivalries, drama, and theatre around it exists to reinforce the idea that you must watch to see who wins t
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
I’ll believe it when I see it. I very much doubt that the incumbents will let that happen, be it through legal chicanery or otherwise.
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
My Comcast went down yesterday for about 18 hours (I have zero other options at my apartment for high speed Internet) and I tried tethering on Verizon LTE to play some games. Latency was between 60ms and ~900ms with some random disconnects.
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Also, from what I’ve been able to deduce, the AWS services are all just built on top of EC2 [un]modified open-source software until they reach a level of complexity where they roll their own, which leads to lots of issues that can take ye
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
https://goo.gl/images/MFrL2h
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Also, making machines that do the work in bulk is IMO a much better use of time than e.g. organizing beach cleanup efforts where a dozen people come out with grabbers: https://youtu.be/A_ESkZmbL2c What would also be neat wo
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
FWIW that phrase has been around for a long time. It’s fairly common in the aviation industry, but it’s used in others as well: https://ask.metafilter.com/91579/Who-came-up-with-this-joke
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Related: The classic: https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/...
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
The problem likely is that he can continue to do this basically forever, and probably even get promoted along the way.
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Eh, I’ve seen it work well at the director level too, at least for a while until the VPs figure out that you’re the problem, not everyone under you. Sometimes that takes years though. Strategically throwing those who oppose you / see t
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
They’re busy people and in many cases very influential (and probably also wealthy), but famous people are still people at the end of the day. As a fan of few people in this world, when I do get the chance to meet them, I try to approach the
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Telcos can’t cut you off, but ISPs can. I guess dial up is potentially still an option, but internet access is much more relevant than telephone access in 2018.
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
Auberge in Napa requires a valid CC to make a reservation https://aubergedusoleil.aubergeresorts.com/dining/ Funny enough they also use OpenTable, so no need for this Google stuff — just use the API or book through the
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by seanp2k2 8y ago
2018: customer support becomes telephone robot arms race. It’s hard to keep believing that capitalism is actually a productive worthwhile pursuit for humanity.

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