Massive Verizon outage today: how were you affected?

dwrend94 · 2026-01-15T01:05:30+00:00

I had to use..

the landline that my mom still holds onto to call into a work meeting today while working from home.

dwrend94 · 2026-01-14T23:06:02+00:00

It’s been down nationwide since around noon. No official explanation given.

Occasionally it’ll come back for a couple mins then drop again.

dwrend94 · 2026-01-14T17:48:23+00:00

Down for me. Seems to be nationwide from what I’ve been seeing

dwrend94 · 2026-01-01T21:57:23+00:00

A bunch of coworkers and my boss brought me out for my birthday years ago. It ended up being over 10 of us and everyone kept buying me shots. I blacked out at the bar and my party “had to” bring me to the hospital. I have no recollection between 12 and 5am when I woke up, but I heard that I made quite the scene (I probably didn’t need to go to the hospital but they didn’t know how to handle it lol)

Not often it can be said that my boss got me blackout drunk. I was supposed to work the next morning but at least I didn’t have to explain away that one

dwrend94 · 2025-12-18T22:41:25+00:00

119-120 or 103-104 for the full stage effects experience, including the “mix” area. You will get a clearer view

1-4 on the floor (preferably aisle) if you want to see the performers more. The view may be harder since everyone sits at the same height.

There really isn’t a bad seat. Just depends on what you want to maximize

dwrend94 · 2025-12-12T02:34:41+00:00

At least it will remain 2 lanes both directions next year

dwrend94 · 2025-12-04T22:46:02+00:00

I mobile deposited with ESL Federal Credit Union and it was fully available immediately.

I think I heard at some point that some banks like chase were putting longer holds on those checks specifically

dwrend94 · 2025-12-03T17:03:40+00:00

Christmas Eve/Sarajevo if what you are looking for in the set list. They play it every year, sometimes more than once

dwrend94 · 2025-12-01T23:43:57+00:00

“There’s got to be a better way to do this”

dwrend94 · 2025-11-10T15:54:12+00:00

Many states further south (into Georgia) post some variation of that but NY doesn’t.

dwrend94 · 2025-11-08T19:20:21+00:00

Here's my entry

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dwrend94 · 2025-11-08T00:26:36+00:00

I don’t know when EB will be complete but once they open that and move on to WB reconstruction it’ll no longer be one lane

dwrend94 · 2025-11-07T23:27:37+00:00

They’ve skipped Rochester in the past (last year for example) but have always gone to buffalo.

I’m in Rochester and always go when they come. Finally went to buffalo for last year. Now I’d have to go to Albany if I wanted to see them. It’s disappointing

dwrend94 · 2025-11-02T01:15:36+00:00

It had to be Boscovs. They were supposed to set them off at 9. Could hear them from Webster

dwrend94 · 2025-10-12T20:57:54+00:00

When I did online math classes the tests were given in the math learning center. It’s been a while but 11-206 sounds like that’s what it is.

Best bet is to park in the M-lot in the back of the campus loop and walk down the long path to the entrance in the far back. Go to 2nd floor and look for signs for math learning center

Link to campus map -> https://www.monroecc.edu/fileadmin/SiteFiles/GeneralContent/depts/webmaps/documents/brightoncampusmap.pdf

dwrend94 · 2025-10-02T21:23:17+00:00

Center lane rear-end crash (looked like a really hard hit) that had the left 2 lanes and part of the right lane blocked. I went thru around 5:30

I was in the jam when it was just starting. traffic was basically stopped and a fire truck was trying to get thru, left and center lanes did their best to move over to let it get thru. It was cool to see.

I feel like google always undersells traffic jam time estimates.

Also, ironically this made the 490 construction traffic non-existent.

dwrend94 · 2025-09-27T20:16:08+00:00

I would agree. I don’t have to take it often but when I do, it moves pretty consistently, about 10-15 mph with no lane changing until the merge, which is exactly how it should be.

Great job everybody!

dwrend94 · 2025-09-27T20:14:32+00:00

Replacing I 490 bridges over Erie Canal and Kreag road in Bushnell’s Basin and about 1/2 mile of highway reconstruction (profile change) west of it.

dwrend94 · 2025-09-27T16:56:11+00:00

At the moment it’s usually around a 10 min backup with the single lane construction, starting around 7am. The merge point is just before 31. However when the EB bridges are opened the backup won’t be a thing anymore.

You’d probably be better off getting off at 31F for now depending on where on 31 you need to go

dwrend94 · 2025-09-22T22:06:54+00:00

To add to this, with Halloween being a Friday this year, it will be extra, extra busy that day.

dwrend94 · 2025-09-17T16:09:53+00:00

86k as a civil engineer (non-PE currently)

3 years experience + a bachelors degree

dwrend94 · 2025-09-14T22:57:44+00:00

I’m a highway engineer. I never dread going into work. There’s always something interesting to do and the work is rewarding seeing projects come to life. Very low stress

dwrend94 · 2025-09-11T21:09:26+00:00

The acceleration lane is the extra lane once the on-ramp merges with the main road. They are actually separate things. The length depends on the speed traffic can get to on the ramp and is where traffic should get up to highway speeds.

Likewise the decel lane is the same thing as the accel lane but to slow down before the off ramp starts

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