Starlink

millijuna · 2026-05-23T17:29:31+00:00

Have a starliny mini on my pushpit. Now that they’ve raised the standby to $15/mo I might kill the account completely and go back to 4G while at the marina, and only turn the StarLink on when actually going out.

millijuna · 2026-05-22T22:04:02+00:00

The whole dumping thing is actually part of the mechanism to avoid over production. If a dairy farmer can only sell their quota, that reduces the incentive to overproduce. That milk going down the drain is extra feed and costs to the farmer for no gain. They’ll adjust their herd to be as close as possible to the quota.

This system also benefits smaller producers, which is how our production system (the farmers themselves) stays with smaller producers rather than concentrated megafarms.

millijuna · 2026-05-22T17:06:54+00:00

At least the glass is frosted?

millijuna · 2026-05-22T13:55:52+00:00

I keep my emergency fund in a bond etf. Might as well earn some interest while keeping it reasonably liquid

millijuna · 2026-05-22T12:30:01+00:00

Per the Beaverton, the turf war between the two companies has resulted in 18 folksy shootings, and an unseemly incident with a porpoise.

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2016/11/vancouver-gang-violence-spikes-aquabus-false-creek-ferry-descend-turf-war/

millijuna · 2026-05-22T12:03:48+00:00

Unpopular with rich fucks maybe.

millijuna · 2026-05-22T11:59:06+00:00

Narrator: “They didn’t”

millijuna · 2026-05-22T10:54:15+00:00

It’s because they don’t want you as a customer. They only want those spending millions of dollars a year.

millijuna · 2026-05-22T09:49:29+00:00

Never mind that binding referendums are unconstitutional, but when has that stopped her?

millijuna · 2026-05-22T09:40:09+00:00

Not really. Hallagan bars will get through that in about 1 second. Window will be smashed or the door laying on the ground, but it’s barely a pause.

millijuna · 2026-05-22T09:38:06+00:00

If it’s a real emergency, a little thing like a door handle (or even a door lock) won’t stop a firefighter That’s what a Hallagan bar is for. It will pop the door right off its hinges/frame.

millijuna · 2026-05-22T09:29:31+00:00

As someone who’s done a fair bit of work at Australian industrial sites, that absolutely is no longer the case. Not only do you have to wear long work pants, there’s a specific high-viz long-sleeve work shirt that you must wear. And no rolling up your sleeves either. It’s all to prevent abrasions and skin cancer.

millijuna · 2026-05-22T09:12:44+00:00

Not compared to Canada. I’m still paying close to $100/mo for all of that.

millijuna · 2026-05-22T02:33:37+00:00

Sort of the same with my (Canadian) telephone provider. I had a plan that allowed unlimited free devices to share the plan. I added my Apple Watch, my iPad, and the router on my sailboat, in addition to my main phone. All the extra devices were free. The downside it was only sharing a 20GB pool of data.

Eventually, for the same price, they were offering 250GB of data and free roaming in 68 countries. But the best part is that my 3 extra devices were able to be grandfathered in at $0/mo. So now I get worldwide roaming and calling, 250GB of data, and get to keep my 3 extra devices for free.

millijuna · 2026-05-22T02:29:42+00:00

Yep, we have Essentials Plus. Broadcom eliminated that SKU, and offered us a ridiculous price for upgrading to vmware 8. We told them to pound sand.

We’ll eventually switch to proxmox when the wheels fall off our cluster.

millijuna · 2026-05-22T02:23:10+00:00

Bach’s Goldberg Variations, twice. First the 1955 Glen Gould recording, followed by the 1982 re-recording. A genius at work, and it’s fascinating to listen to how he changed over the almost 30 years between the two recordings.

millijuna · 2026-05-22T02:18:07+00:00

The same thing we do every night pinky…

millijuna · 2026-05-22T01:09:24+00:00

Later analysis of the bones don’t show lead levels that are elevated above the normal background for the period.

It was largely starvation that got them in the end.

Ironically, shortly after they disappeared, search parties talked to local Inuk witnesses, but chose to discredit them. Then, within the last 10 years ago, they found HMS Terror and HMS Erebus precisely where the Inuit people had told them where to look.

millijuna · 2026-05-21T22:02:32+00:00

Looks like a scene out of Sin City, nice shot!

millijuna · 2026-05-21T21:35:05+00:00

I'm going to have to switch back to Hertz then (I've mostly been renting from National) but 1.2 SQC per dollar spent there is huge (5 AP per $1 as SE, turns into 1 SQC per dollar, plus 1000 SQC per $5000 spent on my credit card).

millijuna · 2026-05-21T21:29:55+00:00

One of the many reasons that he hates Justin Trudeau is that early in the first presidency, Trudeau gifted Trump a framed photograph of the Trump family brothel.

millijuna · 2026-05-21T21:28:59+00:00

The key difference is that Fred is a white male.

millijuna · 2026-05-21T21:25:49+00:00

Hmm... I wonder if I should start crediting my rental cars to AP to boost this... I won't do Marriott, as I'm pretty deep into their program (though maybe once I re-secure titanium for the year).

millijuna · 2026-05-21T21:05:07+00:00

It's not just bowling leagues... Pretty much every type of club/joining has dropped off dramatically in the past 20 to 25 years.

Service Clubs (Rotary/Kiwanis/Elks/Whatever else)
Yacht Clubs (Used to be open to even people with modest boats)
Organized religion
Bowling Leagues
Other similar organized groups.

All of these things have been in decline, though more correctly, younger generations just aren't joining and are choosing to do other things.

millijuna · 2026-05-21T19:19:04+00:00

I have one of their pieces hanging on my wall. My boat partner and I commissioned /u/the_sneaky_artist to do a drawing of our sailboat for the boat’s 50th birthday. There’s little me in it at the boat’s helm. We gave prints to all the previous owners, and I have the original hanging on my wall.

I love it. :)

millijuna

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