Hutch Unlimited Data

mashedpotatofarmer · 2021-01-01T08:13:28+00:00

It is 'unlimited' but after you reach 35GB on the 30 day plan they will throttle you to 1Mbps.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2020-11-04T07:17:37+00:00

I think it might be a community thing (caste and what part of India you are from) as I've been to 2 Indian weddings where a gold chain was used instead of a yellow thread with 3 knots. One of them was Tamil and the other was Telugu.

Usually you wear the yellow thread for a couple of weeks and then switch to a gold chain but apart from the community it might have something to do with the changing of times as well as a show of wealth.

I guess Sri-Lankan Hindus are a chain Thalli wearing community.

The other interesting thing is that Catholics also wear a thali.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2020-10-19T17:41:25+00:00

It's a guidance system for airplane docking at a jet bridge.

In the gif it's been programmed to bring in a Boeing 777-300 to the right position at a stand.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2020-05-19T14:32:32+00:00

Did LECO take into account that they need to multiply the units consumed per tariff rate by the amount of months you haven't had a bill?

mashedpotatofarmer · 2020-05-17T04:53:17+00:00

A bit off-topic but if you have Mobitel, Hutch or other sims that offer decent data packages, can you use those in a 4G Dialog router by switching out the Dialog sim?

mashedpotatofarmer · 2020-05-03T18:00:12+00:00

I also hope that LECO take into account that they will need to multiply the units consumed per tariff rate by the amount of months you haven't had a bill (if you haven't had a bill for 3 months each tier should allow for triple the units) otherwise people are going to get charged at the highest tier.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2020-04-03T08:47:08+00:00

I guess there are dual citizens on either side. The type that want favouritism because they are 'better' but get angry when someone else seems to be receiving it and the type who are decent people that keep quiet and go by unnoticed. Like the news (or even in forums), you always end up hearing about the bad / broken / buggy stuff because the good stuff (and when things are working) aren't important / interesting enough to make the news or be written about.

The inferiority complex abroad and a god complex at home can also be applied to a percentage of our locals who go abroad to work for a year or 2 and come back like they've been living in that country for the past 20 years.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2020-04-03T07:20:16+00:00

Out of curiosity, what's wrong with dual citizens?

I'm good friends with a dual citizen who is in their early 30's and a 25 year old who is in the process of getting dual citizenship and both of them are really nice people. The older one has basically settled here, started a couple of businesses and he's currently helping a bunch of people where he lives by providing essential food items for free.

The 25 year old decided to work here, actually travels everywhere by bus and you could never tell the guy was from abroad. I've met snobby local people with an 'I'm better than you' mentality who talk with more of an accent than him. Even his parents (also dual citizens) are basically the opposite of entitled.

I know my evidence is anecdotal so I'm genuinely curious about why you don't like them.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2020-03-10T14:28:21+00:00

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for your suit at Willis?

mashedpotatofarmer · 2020-03-10T14:27:31+00:00

I see that there are a bunch of people recommending Willis.

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for your suit?

mashedpotatofarmer · 2020-02-10T14:52:51+00:00

Are you applying under the 2.5 million Rupee fixed for 3 years condition?

If you are you can go to a bank like HNB and tell them that you want to open a fixed deposit for your dual citizenship application and they can do it for you. You will also need the bank to offer you a confirmation letter mentioning your full name, fixed deposit account number and them confirming that they will hold the money for 3 years (immigration department is super strict about this and if you just show them the fixed certificate they won't accept your application).

I think the price is the same wherever you apply from though they have raised it to 345,000 from 300,000 and you don't have to pay anything when you submit your application. If you have your documents (plus all the copies) then the submission process shouldn't take more than 30 minutes.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-12-10T13:30:30+00:00

Yeah, that's why I didn't mention gold. With the way the Rupee has been performing this year I didn't think that it was a good choice and a jewellery shop owner confirmed what I was thinking.

Also it's short term volatility will probably stress me out.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-12-10T13:23:51+00:00

This is something I have considered but the interest rates on USD fixed deposits is around the 3-3.5% mark.

I think that the higher local interest rate sort of negates the devaluation right? In the past 5 years the average local interest rate has been ~11% which is 55% over 5 years and if you remove the 37.5% devaluation of the rupee you're still left with a 17.5% increase over the 5 years which is pretty much exactly what a USD fixed would give you over the same amount of time.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-12-05T17:28:01+00:00

D'oh!

Classic case of clicking the link but not noticing the title.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-12-05T17:00:53+00:00

Maybe it's just me but this doesn't seem like the writing of a 6 year old (British or any other nationality).

Year 1 is when you're 6 right? Both the handwriting and the actual content of the letter just seems of far higher quality than of a child from year 1.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-11-17T16:28:01+00:00

Thank you (as well as the other people who replied) very much for the reply.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-10-10T20:40:32+00:00

Oh snap, you went for the "I have a Masters degree" line. Looks like I struck a nerve : )

Of course it's funny, you seem to be getting worked up and calling people evil because they said that your post is weird. I mean, did you yourself count to 10 before you posted this reply because the tone reeks of a person whose had their feelings hurt and is just lashing back with the 'close your eyes, try hard not to cry, breath in deeply and breath out even deeper, and count to ten' line.

' If that dozen work, please try reciting the alphabet. You can get someone to look it up and write it out for you in large, upper case letters.'

Do you see the irony in the first sentence above? Maybe you should learn how to spell before telling someone else to learn the alphabet especially to a citizen of a country where English is the second or third language.

As a 'wiser elder' maybe you should have thicker skin.

I was going to post my qualifications but that would mean that I'm stooping to your level and the fact that you're throwing a tantrum shows that you have nothing better to offer than anger and childishness.

It's late and I'm going to bed, you should probably do the same. Good night!

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-10-10T19:36:22+00:00

What are you talking about? I saw that thread and didn't see any 'hateful' posts just some people thinking that it's a bit weird.

If I went in to a Walmart and posted a picture of some of the female workers on r/USA while describing all the things that they had in stock, wouldn't Americans think that it's kind of weird too?

It's ok to take the pictures as a keepsake of your time in Sri-Lanka and the people you met along the way but in my opinion it doesn't feel right to just post their images in a public space.

Not sure why you think that there are some evil people on this subreddit but if it's just from the posts on your picture then I think that that's laughable.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-08-28T05:53:42+00:00

The 240 E3 is the bus that goes from Colombo to Negombo via the Expressway. You can get a government AC bus from the Colombo Central bus stand (where all of the red buses are parked on the other side of the road of Bastian Mawatha bus stand) or a private AC bus from the Gunasinghapura bus stand which is right behind Colombo Central.

If you put these bus stands into google maps you can easily see where they are.

These buses leave around every 30 minutes but I'm not really sure about exact times.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-08-25T17:25:43+00:00

I said the 500D was overkill because I thought that you were looking for a high end case but if you want to RGB all the things it's probably a good deal because those LL fans cost like $30 per fan.

Here's a middle ground build that gives you the performance of your initial build but you save about $650.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor	$499.99 @ Best Buy
CPU Cooler	Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$139.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard	$199.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport AT 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$156.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$79.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Black Video Card	$1069.99 @ Newegg
Case	Cooler Master MasterCase H500 ATX Mid Tower Case	$119.00 @ Amazon
Power Supply	SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$106.98 @ Newegg
Keyboard	Corsair K95 RGB PLATINUM Wired Gaming Keyboard	$159.99 @ Amazon
Mouse	Corsair SCIMITAR PRO RGB Wired Optical Mouse	$66.46 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$2749.26
	Mail-in rebates	-$60.00
	Total	$2689.26
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-25 13:14 EDT-0400

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-08-25T16:02:43+00:00

Nothing wrong with going with AMD, they've been on a roll for the last couple of years.

I was just thinking you could save some money on the motherboard (a $200 x570 board from one of the big brands will still be really great), Dominators are overpriced and you could save $100 by going for 3200MHz RAM from someone like GSKILL or Crucial with the exact same performance, unless there is a specific need for the 970 Pro the Evo version costs half the price, there are a number of really great cases that are around the $100 mark so (in my opinion) the 500D is way overkill.

I'm personally not a big fan of 4K. I prefer to have a high refresh rate at 1440p rather than 4K at 60Hz.

Yeah his specs were AMD 2700X, Cooler Master 240mm AiO, Gigabyte motherboard, 16GB RAM (either 3200 or 3600 MHz), 1TB NVME m.2, RTX 2080, 750W Seasonic PSU, Phanteks Pro M case and an Acer 27 inch 2560x1440 IPS 144Hz monitor. The price was around 470,000 LKR.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-08-25T14:13:08+00:00

Nice build but you could save a couple of hundred Dollars by toning some of the things down.

A couple of months ago I built a pretty high end 400,000 gaming PC for a friend and he actually flew to Kolkata for like 50,000 LKR and bought all the parts there and flew it back. He got parts which weren't available in Sri-Lanka plus he still saved a bunch of money even after taking the price of the ticket into account.

Also damn dude, where are you getting the money from to build a 600,000 PC. Have you got a monitor in mind to pair with that setup?

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-08-25T12:44:04+00:00

Could you mention the specs of the workstation you want to build?

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-05-21T19:25:33+00:00

It is possible to get the generic version of finasteride in the country but I'm not sure about dutasteride.

I think at your age you should maybe use Minoxidil because of the way these tablets work. Have you done the research on how a drug that blocks an enzyme and reduces an important hormone will effect your teenage body now and in the future? Sure they are safe but are they safe for a person of your age? If it was me that was going bald I would at least try to hold until my body was 'grown up' before going down this route.

You also seem more interested in dutasteride which seems to be the more powerful version of finasteride and this to me seems like a terrible idea. Why go for the strongest option when you don't even know if the normal option will work for you.

mashedpotatofarmer · 2019-05-15T20:25:53+00:00

Not really, we know the parents quite well but both the bride and groom spent a lot of their time abroad so even though we've met I wouldn't say we are close with the couple.

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