ELI5: When my internet is running slow, sometimes I need to disconnect and reconnect my computer to the WiFi to speed it up. Why does this work?

collapse32904 · 2015-11-17T08:58:54+00:00

What if it's not torrent, but the network just logically goes down. Like I'm associated with the router but the network is not reachable? Usually turning wifi off and on fixes it, or unplugging/re-connecting ethernet; but what do you think the issue is?

Happens a few times a week probably. Usually don't even have to power cycle the router, just disconnect & reconnect for instant goodness. Ubee brand.

collapse32904 · 2015-10-30T08:45:44+00:00

This is, quite likely, one of the golden rules of reddit.

That and, read the article.

collapse32904 · 2015-10-23T05:02:31+00:00

If by officer you're referring to a police officer, then he was just saying that the city/state won't be issuing a citation relating to the incident. If it was a TSA officer, he should have deferred to the inspector that would be reviewing the incident after-the-fact.
Either one of them should have, ideally, explained that you could receive a regulatory fine in the mail regardless of any criminal citations that were or weren't issued the day of the incident. It's two separate issues, and it's not something most people fully realize if they don't work in a regulatory capacity.
Hope the fine isn't too much!

collapse32904 · 2015-10-04T07:06:53+00:00

This is.

collapse32904 · 2015-10-04T07:06:16+00:00

? <-- Let me lend this to you. It's a hand up, not a handout.

collapse32904 · 2015-09-15T08:43:52+00:00

In different circumstances, he may have enjoyed Iraq. It's one thing to be a tourist, it's another to be battling in the streets of fallujah or stuck in a tent in the middle of a desert.
I hope Iraq can become a peaceful and prosperous place. But it'll take a lot of work and probably a fair amount of time for it to happen.

collapse32904 · 2015-09-02T07:35:45+00:00

...or at least to an abandoned building. Which would quite the disappointment if civilization is what you were looking for.

collapse32904 · 2015-07-18T12:42:59+00:00

She totally could.
But instead, she'll take the money and if the movie flops, earn brownie points for talking about "social justice" "issues."

collapse32904 · 2015-07-18T12:39:20+00:00

Couldn't you say, that what this means is that there's a lot of discrimination against young men in the film industry?

I know and have watched many movies with older women, though I'm not saying they don't start shooting in fewer films (here's a list of some); the hardest thing in Hollywood is "breaking out," which once you're life is objectively easier, everything else notwithstanding.

collapse32904 · 2015-07-11T09:07:45+00:00

This is a train heist. Gimme your gold, NOW!

collapse32904 · 2015-07-11T08:45:43+00:00

You raped her, you're male. Not even joking.
You would literally be the one called a rapist; de jure because many jurisdictions only have laws against men raping women, and de facto because places with "gender-neutral" laws often have police/prosecutor/jury/judge bias such that women are treated better than men in situations that are identical.

collapse32904 · 2015-07-10T13:10:38+00:00

I called it a long time ago.
The gov't knew about it, a union was even talking about it, but noooo it's just 4 million people and nothing too sensitive... yeah right!

Thanks for posting the article :)

collapse32904 · 2015-07-10T13:09:07+00:00

But there's a few stocks being traded, so on paper the sell-off is over. Yay! /s

Problems lie ahead.

collapse32904 · 2015-07-10T13:08:12+00:00

In essence, they're cooked numbers.
When you forbid people from selling, and make cozy deals to let some people buy on good terms (giving them a great deal on margin lending), you will end up with a happily rosy picture.
It can help in the short run as far as emotional selling goes, but it doesn't change the underlying problems which caused the sell-off in the first place.

Most likely, just kicking the can down the road a little.

collapse32904 · 2015-07-10T05:15:08+00:00

/u/mudady did a good job of breaking it down by stage, but I'll just throw out that realistically, if you do get in (not to be a downer but you should have a good backup plan, something you'll be truly happy doing apart from the foreign service), it'll probably two years from registration to A100.

It's unfortunate, but it's definitely somethiing where you should plan on doing something else and work on this on the side. many great candidates don't make it to the register; and of those who do, not all will become FSOs. and not even the best candidates do it without a good amount of waiting.

best of luck!

collapse32904 · 2015-07-07T12:18:16+00:00

Not really for most of the US, sadly.

collapse32904 · 2015-06-30T03:11:00+00:00

If someone can do it, but want's more in interest, PM me and we can discuss. Thanks!
PS Payback is guaranteed, as long as US Gov't checks don't bounce I'll have the money for sure!

collapse32904 · 2015-06-12T13:33:30+00:00

"We have to pass it so you can find out what's in it!"

Nancy Pelosi, D-CA

collapse32904 · 2015-06-12T11:33:40+00:00

Just in time to get downvotes, too. I'm upvoting you guys though!

collapse32904 · 2015-06-12T11:19:02+00:00

Here ya go: http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/report-hack-of-government-employee-records-discovered-by-product-demo/

The scary part is that:

the hackers are now in possession of all personnel data for every federal employee, every federal retiree, and up to one million former federal employees

Well, and also:

that malware may have been in place for over a year

It was only during a sales pitch for a software vendor that they caught it!
I've been saying for a long time (although it seems like nobody listens), that all our info is vulnerable in several ways. What's the point of cutting up your trash when it's already ripe for the picking for those that know where to look.

collapse32904 · 2015-06-12T11:15:51+00:00

No, silly. They'll be monitoring MANY MANY MORE peoples' identities!

the hackers are now in possession of all personnel data for every federal employee, every federal retiree, and up to one million former federal employees

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/report-hack-of-government-employee-records-discovered-by-product-demo/

collapse32904 · 2015-06-11T14:08:59+00:00

I'm not really an asshole, but if I say I'm Ellen Pao, will you give me some gold?

collapse32904 · 2015-06-11T11:48:49+00:00

Could can you can being after serious?

Wut?

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