What Are You Doing Right Now
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@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Besides getting used to the new interface here, who hit it with the ugly stick? (I use one of the dark themes, so maybe it's just me.)
Got two call outs this morning, been doing more driving than billable things this morning, yuck.
Been using the default theme for awhile now because the dark themes doesn’t look right to me.
how is driving not billable? If you really need to be onsite, that seems like a billable thing to me - otherwise do it remote, don't waste the time traveling...
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@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Besides getting used to the new interface here, who hit it with the ugly stick? (I use one of the dark themes, so maybe it's just me.)
Got two call outs this morning, been doing more driving than billable things this morning, yuck.
Been using the default theme for awhile now because the dark themes doesn’t look right to me.
how is driving not billable? If you really need to be onsite, that seems like a billable thing to me - otherwise do it remote, don't waste the time traveling...
New policy after a company merger. Doesn't make sense to us either!
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Heading to the airport in about an hour. Time to get packed
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Heading to the airport in about an hour. Time to get packed
Is this for the permanent move to Nica?
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@travisdh1 if travelling time isn't billable, charge them for fuel.
We used to charge 75c / Km. -
got asked if I could get some data off a 3.5" floppy yesterday.
thought about it and thought, if it's on a 3.5" floppy then the info can't be too important, otherwise it would have already been transferred onto something else. Also thought, if the data is only on that then there's a very good chance the data isn't what they think it is.
Sorry, can't help.
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reading this
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/att-lobbies-against-nationwide-fiber-says-10mbps-uploads-are-good-enough -
I can't be the only person who does this.
- Start a ML post.
- As you're writing it, realize you need to a bit more homework so you can actually have an intelligent discussion concerning whatever the post topic was.
- Realize it's late and you're tired. Aforemetioned post can wait until tomorrow.
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@eddiejennings nope you're not. I often start typing a question and the problem becomes clearer as I type & I end up solving the mystery myself.
It's a very useful thing to do, while typing you're focusing on the problem more than just thinking about it.
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On the Marta. Working my way to Norcross.
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@eddiejennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I can't be the only person who does this.
- Start a ML post.
- As you're writing it, realize you need to a bit more homework so you can actually have an intelligent discussion concerning whatever the post topic was.
- Realize it's late and you're tired. Aforemetioned post can wait until tomorrow.
I actually train my team that this is one of the reasons that we post our challenges. The act of posting alone helps us to find the answer.
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Groovin' on some Cosmic Gate.
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Just ordered an Uber. I bet I've not done that in five years. Lol
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@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
reading this
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/att-lobbies-against-nationwide-fiber-says-10mbps-uploads-are-good-enoughI don't like AT & T. My dealings with many of their various types of business have left me unhappy. I read the article as AT & T going wah, wah, we'll fix our mistakes, wah, wah, we need more money, wah wah, we don't want to do the extra work.
While I do get the fact that if they have to build out fiber infrastructure in the Middle of Nowhere, that it will take longer to see a ROI, so they really don't want to do it. I say stay out of it and let cities that want to roll their own do it. There's been a few cities that have done so and have gotten good results and happy customers. (According to this recent-ish article from TechDirt.
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@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Besides getting used to the new interface here, who hit it with the ugly stick? (I use one of the dark themes, so maybe it's just me.)
Got two call outs this morning, been doing more driving than billable things this morning, yuck.
Been using the default theme for awhile now because the dark themes doesn’t look right to me.
Yeah, there's something not 100% about the theme I'm using (Darkly)... but they are sorted with my Dark Reader browser extension.
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Sifting through Procmon.
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
reading this
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/att-lobbies-against-nationwide-fiber-says-10mbps-uploads-are-good-enoughI don't like AT & T. My dealings with many of their various types of business have left me unhappy. I read the article as AT & T going wah, wah, we'll fix our mistakes, wah, wah, we need more money, wah wah, we don't want to do the extra work.
While I do get the fact that if they have to build out fiber infrastructure in the Middle of Nowhere, that it will take longer to see a ROI, so they really don't want to do it. I say stay out of it and let cities that want to roll their own do it. There's been a few cities that have done so and have gotten good results and happy customers. (According to this recent-ish article from TechDirt.
From what I recall reading last night - this was mostly about rural.... It's hard for me not to side with them on the expense to supporting rural America - they likely never make up the expenses...
the incoming satellite solutions should help a lot! -
@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
reading this
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/att-lobbies-against-nationwide-fiber-says-10mbps-uploads-are-good-enoughI don't like AT & T. My dealings with many of their various types of business have left me unhappy. I read the article as AT & T going wah, wah, we'll fix our mistakes, wah, wah, we need more money, wah wah, we don't want to do the extra work.
While I do get the fact that if they have to build out fiber infrastructure in the Middle of Nowhere, that it will take longer to see a ROI, so they really don't want to do it. I say stay out of it and let cities that want to roll their own do it. There's been a few cities that have done so and have gotten good results and happy customers. (According to this recent-ish article from TechDirt.
From what I recall reading last night - this was mostly about rural.... It's hard for me not to side with them on the expense to supporting rural America - they likely never make up the expenses...
While I will not side with AT&T on this, or anything really, the point about the cost of supporting rural with fixed line services is valid. It is stupid expensive and no company should be forced to do it with no recompense.
The family of the woman I was dating in 1994 had a small farm in south central Missouri ( @pchiodo specifically, outside Licking, MO). The road the farm house was on had 5 houses. It was still on a party line. They finally got distinct dial tone in 1995. I am 100% certain that AT&T (local provider) will never earn back the cost of putting in that copper.
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@jaredbusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
reading this
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/att-lobbies-against-nationwide-fiber-says-10mbps-uploads-are-good-enoughI don't like AT & T. My dealings with many of their various types of business have left me unhappy. I read the article as AT & T going wah, wah, we'll fix our mistakes, wah, wah, we need more money, wah wah, we don't want to do the extra work.
While I do get the fact that if they have to build out fiber infrastructure in the Middle of Nowhere, that it will take longer to see a ROI, so they really don't want to do it. I say stay out of it and let cities that want to roll their own do it. There's been a few cities that have done so and have gotten good results and happy customers. (According to this recent-ish article from TechDirt.
From what I recall reading last night - this was mostly about rural.... It's hard for me not to side with them on the expense to supporting rural America - they likely never make up the expenses...
While I will not side with AT&T on this, or anything really, the point about the cost of supporting rural with fixed line services is valid. It is stupid expensive and no company should be forced to do it with no recompense.
Agreed completely - so my next question is - do you think this should be done at the taxpayer's expense?
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@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jaredbusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
reading this
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/att-lobbies-against-nationwide-fiber-says-10mbps-uploads-are-good-enoughI don't like AT & T. My dealings with many of their various types of business have left me unhappy. I read the article as AT & T going wah, wah, we'll fix our mistakes, wah, wah, we need more money, wah wah, we don't want to do the extra work.
While I do get the fact that if they have to build out fiber infrastructure in the Middle of Nowhere, that it will take longer to see a ROI, so they really don't want to do it. I say stay out of it and let cities that want to roll their own do it. There's been a few cities that have done so and have gotten good results and happy customers. (According to this recent-ish article from TechDirt.
From what I recall reading last night - this was mostly about rural.... It's hard for me not to side with them on the expense to supporting rural America - they likely never make up the expenses...
While I will not side with AT&T on this, or anything really, the point about the cost of supporting rural with fixed line services is valid. It is stupid expensive and no company should be forced to do it with no recompense.
Agreed completely - so my next question is - do you think this should be done at the taxpayer's expense?
Well that is how it is done now. That is one of the reasons for the USF (https://www.fcc.gov/general/universal-service-fund).
Rural access is number 1 "high cost"Do I think it should be? Yes. But like most things it is not done well in the U.S., because we are a republic of semi-independant nation states that are only nominally under a larger authority.
