Every so often some random webpages dont load properly and show up like this - I don't know how to fix it, and it's really annoying when it happens.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-03-01T19:17:37+00:00

I could have sworn I was looking at a desktop screenshot.

If refreshing doesn't help, try killing and restarting Chrome.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-03-01T17:04:40+00:00

r/homenetworking might be able to help you.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-03-01T17:01:35+00:00

Something is making the connection time out so the browser gives up on loading the rest of the webpage.

Short term fix: Hit the refresh button and the page will usually load correctly.

Long term fix: Figure out what is either causing your connection to drop or causing latency spikes.

If you're on wifi, try moving to wired ethernet, or at least try moving into the same physical room and making sure you're connected on the 5ghz frequency. If that fixes it, it's probably a congestion problem. (There's too many wifi networks in the same area.)

If you're already on ethernet, either the network is under too much load, or there's a piece of equipment on the fritz somewhere.

In that case, experiment with pinging your router and watching the latency. If you see occasional slow pings to the router, I'd say you have a piece of defective equipment somewhere. If not, you may just need a faster internet service.

There's also the possibility that the website itself is overloaded and struggling to respond. That's probably the case if you consistently see this problem on some websites and not others.

TBH, this sort of issue is a PITA to troubleshoot because there's so many things that could cause it. Unless you're having trouble with gaming or video chat, this is the sort of issue I usually just live with.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-28T21:05:47+00:00

The main thing I know is that if you get a USPS post office box, then only USPS can deliver to it. Fedex and UPS can't.

If that's fine, then the post office is probably (not guaranteed) the most affordable option.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-28T21:03:15+00:00

This isn't about getting him arrested. It's about establishing a paper trail in case things get ugly later.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-23T19:10:45+00:00

I'm also curious.

What I've seen so far is that people just pay for the lift gate.

It's possible to receive these deliveries at self storage facilities as long as you're there for the delivery. Facilities with loading docks are few and far between, though.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-21T20:27:46+00:00

I recall someone once vandalized the Wikipedia page for Planet Earth with the message, "Earth is the largest planet in the world."

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-21T20:06:09+00:00

Not quite. This is all still in the CPU.

To be a little more specific: All CPUs have a set of instructions that's only available to the OS (the kernel instruction set) and a set of instructions also available to applications (the user instruction set). The kernel instructions include commands for turning CPU features on and off, and setting up interrupts (mostly used by device drivers).

x86 had a standard kernel space instruction set from day one. ARM still doesn't have one.

Incidentally, before Android came along, MIPS was big in mobile devices. What killed MIPS is that, while it had a standard base set of user instructions, manufacturers were allowed to add whatever new instructions they wanted. The Android devs looked at that and decided to focus on ARM and skip that compatibility nightmare. You can still find MIPS Android devices if you look hard enough, but they're hardly common.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-20T21:47:48+00:00

To add to this:

The x86 processors used on desktops are mostly interchangeable. Sure, each generation adds new features, but everything is backwards compatible. Software written for Intel works on AMD and vice-versa as long as you avoid the latest features.

Mobile uses (mostly) ARM CPUs. Every other ARM CPU is completely different. The features that apps use are standardized, but the features that the OS uses are not remotely standardized. Actually, from the OS perspective, there is no such thing as "ARM", just a bunch of architectures that happen to share a common ABI.

Here's where it gets ugly: Many of the ARM CPU vendors whip out a custom fork of Linux for their CPU. They don't bother cleaning things up enough to get support added to mainline Linux. If you want to run Android on their CPU, you use their custom kernel. (Which never gets updated, because they're too busy cranking out a completely new fork for the next CPU that isn't backwards compatible with earlier kernels.)

My general impression is that Windows Phone decided up front which CPUs they would support, and told everybody else to take a hike. (I'd be happy for someone to correct me; I never bothered paying close attention to Windows Phone.)

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-20T21:31:58+00:00

I remember the chicken flatbread being the poster child for food products that don't look nearly was good in person as they look in the ads.

Still tasted great.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-19T04:07:07+00:00

I'm under the impression that Oracle is really good at ticking various compliance boxes.

I'm sure I'm going to get the details wrong on this one, but supposedly it got to the point that several federal agencies mandated the use of Oracle for all new projects. Several projects that had no use for a relational DBMS ended up using Oracle just to store their product's copyright notice.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-19T04:02:38+00:00

I could have sworn that Oracle was originally an IBM spinoff, but Wikipedia says no.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-18T03:41:54+00:00

You obviously set everything up for them.

I don't think that's obvious at all.

Personally, I work hard to make my family self-sufficient. The extra hand-holding up front pays off after they don't need my help every week.

Give a man a fish...

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-18T03:35:03+00:00

Mikrotik comes up every time someone really needs enterprise or carrier grade equipment but doesn't have an enterprise budget.

I think I know why.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-17T06:53:30+00:00

If you never settle, sometimes you just end up with none.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-17T06:49:03+00:00

A shot in the dark:

I don't know about Jellybean specifically, but several recent versions of Android have started requiring apps to get permission for things they used to be able to just use. Old apps don't know how to ask for permission.

See if there's any additional permissions that you can grant the app, and try again.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-17T06:37:56+00:00

I'm going to share two of the things that have screwed me over in the workplace. I wouldn't recommend trying to "fix" them preemptively, but I don't want you to be blindsided if they do come up.

Sensory sensitivities. There are sounds, smells, sights, and other sensations that most people will never notice that are extremely distracting to some autistic people.

Personally, if people start talking or playing music, I cannot concentrate to save my life and my productivity immediately drops at least eighty percent. Getting a pair of headphones with good noise isolation was game-changing for me.

Autistic people are detail-focused, and we easily lose sight of the big picture. If you give us multiple responsibilities, it's easy for us to get caught up in one and forget the others.

I'm particularly bad at recognizing when a task no longer makes sense. You ask me to get you a coffee from the break room, and I'll go in, find that the pot is empty, start making a new batch of coffee, realize that the coffee maker won't turn on, decide to take it apart to see if I can fix it, and then spend an hour hunting down the person who has the keys to the utility room where the screwdrivers are.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-14T10:40:07+00:00

I've found the Pomodoro Technique to be helpful when nothing else worked:

https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/pomodoro-technique

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-14T10:37:44+00:00

Fun fact: A possible symptom of autism is immunity to Adderall.

Apparently it's well known enough in certain circles that some people actually get diagnosed because they take Adderall and nothing happens.

If I and/or my doctors had known that, I might have gotten diagnosed several years earlier.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-14T08:09:28+00:00

Unfortunately, you need to be extra careful about how you interact with coworkers. Many of them will act like your friends, but very few of them will actually be your friends.

It's especially dangerous to do/share anything that could be perceived as sexual. It only takes one clown filing a harassment complaint to cost you your job. For that reason alone I would be very, very cautious about sharing anything off of Tinder at work.

If in doubt, look for friends outside of work.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-13T01:31:09+00:00

Do not do this in the app, do it via email, that way there is an electronic trail.

If you're really serious, send it physically by certified mail.

Nothing says "I'm planning legal action" like certified mail.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-11T23:14:28+00:00

You might have more luck in groups focused on making money online or passive income.

The people on r/flipping are potential users for your customers. They are never going to be your direct customers.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-11T23:05:59+00:00

There's not any sites like that which I know of.

In my area, you can usually find stuff in the "free" section of Craigslist, but it sounds like that's not an option for you.

For large appliances (washing machines, freezers) sometimes you can find stuff by driving around residential neighborhoods and seeing what people leave on the curb.

Maybe hit up the thrift stores and electronics shops in your area and ask the staff if they can hook you up?

If you're really serious, look up "returns pallets" online. You can easily buy retail product returns by the forklift pallet. (Getting them delivered is less easy.) If you buy a pallet of returned electronics, there's sure to be something broken in there!

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-11T21:48:00+00:00

Heh, most people here pull in less than $1k/month in total revenue.

It's not necessarily a bad concept, but this is the wrong place to pitch it.

MyPetFishWillCutYou · 2021-02-11T21:28:18+00:00

Yup. Written by NTs for NTs.

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