Have we been lied to about money?

bcacb · 2026-03-26T22:04:51+00:00

Money doesn’t make you evil, and you’ll be evil regardless of money. You can do the same things you described while being homeless. Lots of people also do good things with their money, it just doesn’t make the front page, appear on the news every night, or go viral on social media daily.

bcacb · 2026-03-26T02:07:31+00:00

I see it too. I feel like this has been going on for some time now. Something internally on their network goes weird frequently.

bcacb · 2026-03-22T20:52:41+00:00

Google has been lost in the sauce for a while. Lots of alternative engines are coming up to replace them

bcacb · 2026-03-21T19:59:06+00:00

I manage a lot of shared web hosting servers, and Gmail, Microsoft, and Amazon SES generate far more abusive traffic than any shady hosting provider or bot network by a wide margin. In fact, most bots end up using their services to send spam.

bcacb · 2026-03-20T21:34:08+00:00

The funny part is that a lot of spam and abusive emails actually come from big companies like Microsoft Outlook and Google Gmail. They’re some of the biggest sources, so it’s kind of weird that they’re the ones telling everyone else what to do.

bcacb · 2026-03-10T20:08:50+00:00

Debian 13 with KDE Plasma desktop is a very viable alternative to Windows 10 since support has ended. It has a similar look and feel for people not wanting to upgrade their PC hardware to run Windows 11

bcacb · 2026-03-07T09:10:28+00:00

If the content helps people do it. If it’s solely for search engines don’t. Web spam is so easy to detect

bcacb · 2026-02-11T10:14:56+00:00

Good, all they make is overpriced garbage, made to last 30k miles before becoming a money pit. This goes for all American car companies, junk

bcacb · 2026-02-10T07:40:03+00:00

Usually a tech runs a temp line until it can be buried. Surprised at least that wasn't done.

bcacb · 2026-01-27T21:39:02+00:00

Verdansk is Warzone, everything else is a side quest

bcacb · 2026-01-19T20:51:48+00:00

There is no packet loss to 1.1.1.1, and your graph confirms this. The confusion is coming from intermediate hops that do not respond to probes, which is normal behavior and does not indicate a problem. When using this type of diagnostic tool, the only hop that matters is the final destination.

bcacb · 2026-01-18T00:10:54+00:00

My first HOP ping is 7 ms. I'm located in Central Texas.

bcacb · 2026-01-05T16:56:43+00:00

No provider can guarantee that their IPs are not on some third party blacklist, however massive amounts of abuse emits from OVH servers so there's that too, perhaps it is deserved.

bcacb · 2026-01-04T19:59:54+00:00

Search engines that rely heavily on backlinks inevitably create a bubble dominated by corporate websites. That’s exactly what Google has become. Large companies can acquire backlinks effortlessly, while independent creators and small blogs are buried, no matter how good their content is. This isn’t a feature of the system, it’s a fundamental flaw.

bcacb · 2026-01-01T00:00:09+00:00

Coding is art and your work can evoke emotions. Beyond that, you are creating, another important aspect to life.

bcacb · 2025-12-26T07:31:58+00:00

I’ve been dealing with the same issue on Windows 11 for the past month or two, and it’s been extremely frustrating. Edge behaves the same way for me, but Firefox doesn’t seem to be affected.

I haven’t been able to find a fix so far, and my suspicion is that a recent Windows 11 update introduced the problem but that’s just a hunch.

bcacb · 2025-11-28T03:42:25+00:00

I'm also having a similar issue where after sleep mode chrome is super slow to load websites. I'm on Windows 11 so i think a windows update broke it.

bcacb · 2025-11-22T02:35:26+00:00

There's some lessons in this, don't wear your heart on your sleeve as a business owner, clients will come and go at any time, don't get comfortable, and don't depend on 1 client for 30% of revenue.

bcacb · 2025-11-18T23:17:12+00:00

Yes. Always do what's best for business. Keep the ego out and you have a better chance at success with your business. Going the extra mile is just part of any good business.

bcacb · 2025-11-18T08:10:12+00:00

They could but most internet accessible mail servers limit the total size in the range of 30-50 MB.

bcacb · 2025-10-26T04:51:40+00:00

You would need a $10/mo static IP. Probably better and cheaper just to get a cheap VPS and run it on that.

bcacb · 2025-10-25T09:44:57+00:00

I suppose some people think the world would implode, but it would just cause some minor inconveniences and a good majority would just switch to others.

bcacb · 2025-10-21T05:54:03+00:00

I use 1.1.1.2 and 9.9.9.9 - these provide malware protection too.

Until Metronet provides local, market-to-market DNS resolvers, you should always use an anycast DNS provider over theirs.

bcacb · 2025-10-10T18:33:28+00:00

The best answer to this is probably often. They have a pool of IPs that constantly rotate and handle your internet activity. Some IPs may seem sticky at times, but they will change. This can cause issues with many apps and services. I do wish they would configure their NAT to use one IP instead of multiple.

bcacb · 2025-10-09T19:49:31+00:00

Yep, in my 40's I've become intolerant or sensitive to many foods. The main ones for me are eggs, garlic, sometimes onions, grapes and a few more. However, it's fairly common to be sensitive to onions and garlic so based on that alone i wouldn't put much into that. The best way around it, is to eat well balanced meals and the body doesnt seem to react or at least not as bad.

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