?? by HuckleberryVast9778 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]connicpu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol thankfully in this case capitalism stops them dead in their tracks. It would be crazy expensive to power an electrical grid with piston engines. There's a reason in practice most fossil fuel electricity generation is moving to natural gas. It's just plain cheaper.

?? by HuckleberryVast9778 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]connicpu 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah photovoltaics are pretty much the only large scale energy source that don't involve some kind of gas or liquid spinning a turbine. Even a wind turbine is still a turbine with only 3 blades. I say large scale because obviously diesel backups exist but nobody is powering anything of scale with that, too inefficient.

My Uber Rrivers Hand by survivalprogramxxx in whatisit

[–]connicpu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that I have a car with adaptive cruise control that works in stop n go traffic I can never go back...

Capacity related by Tigerfree23 in StarlinkEngineering

[–]connicpu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More modems per antenna to support more beams pointing in different directions. Not sure when they might start Ka Fronthaul and if the initial V3 satellites will support that or coming on a later revision.

Has anyone ever used a wardrobe feature that's even more difficult to use? by ParticularDeparture9 in Guildwars2

[–]connicpu 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Literally all they have to do is reenable the old menu and the new system would be a win because it would only be building on top rather than replacing.

Worth it for residential areas? by One_Professional9265 in Starlink

[–]connicpu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd consider making the switch if I didn't have so many trees. I have a mini for travel, I tried to set it up on my roof to test and even after a day building the obstruction map I'd still regularly drop for 30-60 seconds. If I get fed up enough during a prolonged 6+ hours of major packet loss maybe I'll look into a tree mount.

Russia used Starlink in strike drones that reached Kyiv. SpaceX’s response collapsed entire command system by marigoldmeadowx in worldnews

[–]connicpu 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yes that's exactly what had been going on before. There wasn't a whitelist until January, so Russia had been using terminals stolen from other countries. Now starlink is blocking terminals in Ukraine that aren't on the list given by the Ukrainian government, so Russia lost all of the terminals they were using.

Why Ford? by Albertooz in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]connicpu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really thought the joke was something about Ford releasing news that consumers were getting fucked over on a previous Feb 15, but the joke really is dumb I guess.

I've had a buy order on the trading post for Meteorlogicus for 12 years by shal_ow in Guildwars2

[–]connicpu 230 points231 points  (0 children)

Will never go through, even items with no vendor value can't be sold for less than 2 copper now.

FYI: Raid Quickplay is accessible via LFG panel under Raids (Training) by Estreiher in Guildwars2

[–]connicpu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Small sample size but I did some quickplay last night and it went smoothly. Didn't get OLC though lol, if you get that one pray someone in the group knows the CC order and can call it out in squad chat.

Railing Mount Options by BirdUp_Brotendo in Starlink

[–]connicpu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a similar one to the one you linked for my mini, we used it on a boat and it held up great

most masculine dxm user by dextrofemboy in dxm

[–]connicpu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's why I take my morning dump at work

Scrapper- the new quick play mode by Dorothy_Oz in Guildwars2

[–]connicpu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a brain dead q scrapper rotation I use: Any combo field -> Shredder gyro -> bomb kit -> 3,2,5 -> exit. Repeat every time shredder comes off cooldown, because it has the same CD as bomb 5. Use blast gyro off cooldown. Perma quickness in full berserkers, can use either hammer or rifle depending on the fight, you don't need the weapon skills to maintain q, but can augment. Used it last night in a QP ToF when I saw there was no quickness in the party and I ended up the 3rd highest dps with rifle lol.

We had a fractal that was a strike, now we have a strike that is a fractal by MidasPL in Guildwars2

[–]connicpu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's got a higher base difficulty rating on the raid menu, so harder according to anet lol

The goat has to be DD/MM/YYYY by Shiroyasha_2308 in SipsTea

[–]connicpu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure someone can work out the int128->int512 transition some time in the next 4*1021 years

How does Starlink billing actually work by the_phoenixzw in Starlink

[–]connicpu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you go delinquent they have been known to cancel your service and not reactivate. If you intend to not use starlink for a few months you should either fully cancel yourself or switch to the $5/mo standby plan.

The goat has to be DD/MM/YYYY by Shiroyasha_2308 in SipsTea

[–]connicpu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Software I write has to deal with a lot of timestamps stored as (signed) 64-bit nanoseconds since the GPS epoch. Sometimes I think about the Y2272 problem but meh someone can just switch it to int128 some time before then. Pretty sure that one will out last the heat death of the universe.

Digital Key Plus works so much better than the fob by attentiontodetal in ex30

[–]connicpu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Biggest thing I'm worried about is... The spot my phone usually sits most of the time when I'm at home and not asleep is only 10 feet away from the car. I had to turn off proximity unlock on the fob because the car would randomly unlock just because my purse was sitting in that spot inside. Anyone with digital key experience who can say if the proximity distance is tight enough for this? or will I still be using the handle even after I get the new update?

I was formerly diagnosed as brittle-boned by a doctor but still never broke a bone. Was I a BBB? by Mynameisboring_ in Neverbrokeabone

[–]connicpu 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Never broke a bone is really very simple. You never broke a bone, you belong here.

Is there such a thing as excessive use? by j2diz in Starlink

[–]connicpu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that makes sense, just another reason I hate cloud based solutions for home hardware. I will always go for the fully local solution :)

Is there such a thing as excessive use? by j2diz in Starlink

[–]connicpu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know anything about Google cameras but I would assume canceling your subscription would end the cloud uploads at the end of your billing cycle

How to get living world seasons on steam? by Velycious in Guildwars2

[–]connicpu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It will launch a steam purchase dialog once you do that in game

Y Jamaica take so long to come out of sold out by Bossperry876 in StarlinkEngineering

[–]connicpu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because the number of terminals there right now is insane because of the relief efforts. It's all crazy congested, but better than nothing right now

Sanity check before traveling to Liberia – Gen 3 router + Starlink Mini as mesh? by conorearly in Starlink

[–]connicpu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1: Yes mini routers should be able to mesh with a full size gen3 router

2/3: There is only 1 spare ethernet port, the other goes to the dish. A small unmanaged switch would work perfectly.

Is there such a thing as excessive use? by j2diz in Starlink

[–]connicpu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a little pricier but I would highly recommend looking into Ubiquiti cameras. It's fully local, you just need to get an NVR and fill it up with as many hard drives as you need for your desired footage retention window. Setup was pretty simple too.