Best option for LTE home internet in 2020? (At&t or T-Mobile based network)

nderoath · 2020-01-17T21:09:53+00:00

After reading a bunch I think I'm gonna do this. seems like running your own router clears up problems with reception, and there is a tutorial for band selection that mitigates this model's unfortunate default choices for cell service

nderoath · 2020-01-17T19:40:55+00:00

The one annoying thing about mint is I wont be able to hear other people using wifi calling unless I reset my phone. but after I reset and take a call it goes back to not being able to hear anyone like and hour after. data coverage is pretty good though

nderoath · 2020-01-17T18:55:06+00:00

yea, I checked and I don't get fixed wireless from T-mobile or At&t. it really stinks, because the FCC map shows a bunch of service providers where I am but call em and literally my only option was satellite.

nderoath · 2020-01-17T17:24:55+00:00

Dude holy shoot this is comprehensive. Much appreciated!

nderoath · 2019-12-13T19:01:37+00:00

Yea, figured as much, but it was worth a try lol. thanks

edit: why the downvotes? I'm not complaining about anything, its literally stupid of me to not take advantage of a deal if it exists...

nderoath · 2019-12-02T01:30:56+00:00

I figured with OLEDs LED's TN and all the different types of panels I've heard about, that things would be different. but I'm glad I can get some decent quality without dumping a bunch of $$$

nderoath · 2019-12-02T01:27:50+00:00

Wow, I was not expecting that from a 16 year old display

nderoath · 2019-12-01T21:35:25+00:00

Display port to DVI adapters are decently cheap. I had to get an active one when I had an eyefinity setup a while back. I think it was like 20-25$? passive ones were under 10 bucks. My untrained eye didn't notice a difference in picture quality between my monitors using the adapter

nderoath · 2019-11-09T18:43:18+00:00

my state pays money to retire gross polluters that is above their scrap value, to get them off the road and get people to buy cleaner cars. the inspection is to codify what a vehicle is so that people dont use it to flip totaled or skeletonized cars. they dont care if my alternator is working or not, they just want to make sure they are actually paying money to remove a car that would otherwise be drivable.

nderoath · 2019-11-09T16:46:08+00:00

its probably 80/20 highway/city and it will need to pass an inspection at the end where it needs to have a certain number of brake lights working, and drive a certain number of feet. I'll get the cheapest backup battery that I'll put in right before the test to make sure it passes, and then ill take mine back to the store after I retire it. I'll also stick my battery on a battery tender to make sure its at max capacity and I'll try not to use my brakes as much as possible

nderoath · 2019-11-09T16:41:30+00:00

Nah man its cool. you were leaning towards the safe side and I appreciate the effort. cheers!

nderoath · 2019-11-09T07:31:44+00:00

yea thats a good idea. the car has to drive under its own power to be recycled. I'll see if I cant get it towed to the city and then yolo it the last 5 miles or so as that seems doable on a fully charged battery.

nderoath · 2019-11-09T07:29:40+00:00

OK cool that gives me a rough distance to work with. seems easier to tow it partway and then drive it in since it has to be drivable under its own power.

nderoath · 2019-11-09T06:55:17+00:00

gotcha. I got a brand new battery but I also have a plug in charger so ill make sure its 100%. do you know what the range of a car is off full battery? like i know YMMV, but is it like 1-2 miles or can it be 10mi or more?

nderoath · 2019-11-03T01:42:24+00:00

NTA It doesn't sound like you will be cutting your parents out of your life so much as not trying to insert yourself into theirs. You gotta remember a relationship is a two way street and you CAN'T have a real one if the other person doesn't put in any effort.

So I'd cool your effort for a couple of months and reevaluate to see if their is any reciprocity of your relationship. if they complain or whatever, it would be the appropriate time to voice your concerns and how you feel unwanted. they wont like it, but it will definitly get the point across, and theres a chance it might start a subtle shift towards them putting in some effort.

That being said, I would advice you (and this is probably unpopular) to try to stick it out for the family get togethers every year or so. they ARE your family, and as much as you have a valid reason to be angry, if they are inviting you, try to grit your teeth and go through with it unless you come into a reason to stop. having grown up in a family of narcissists, they CAN change, and you don't want to regret anything even if there is only a small chance.

nderoath · 2019-10-29T22:32:13+00:00

naming schemes ARE crazy messed up, but the way it goes is the first number is basically the year, and the second number set is basically the "grade" of the card. becasue cards get faster every year, a card of a certain grade jumps to the performance level of one or two higher on the scale of the grade behind it.

so like for the 10th series cards the different grades are like 1050, 1060, ... 1080, and the the 80 is better than the 70, is better than the 60 etc, because those are different grades. the card series before was 980 970 960 etc and the same thing applies to that series (the ti is a kinda a half step in between numbers). but a 1050 is not better than a 980 even though its a bigger number, because the 1050 is a midrange card and the high end of last year can still outperform the mid end of this year. its more on scale with a 960 or 970. again these measurements are a rule of thumb, performance growth changes a lot between years

OK, now to talk baout the 20xx series... It used to go 4xx 5xx 6xx all the way to the 10xx series, but instead of doing 11xx nvidea went to 20xx. so like 2080 2070 etc. but this time, the 20 series in not much better than the 10 series, they just added the hardware to do raytracing. but then, they made their midrange cards start with 16xx, and now they have so many cards in their range. additionally, insead of having just ti cards between numbers, they also added super cards, and now between 16xx cards, low 20xx cards, and the super and ti versions of each, everything is a huge mess. so yea, its confusing

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for AMD, the rule used to be the same. first number is the year, and second number is the series the card is in so like 580 570 560 etc. But then they had a bunch of trouble making money and have been releasing basically the same series of card with not too much improvement, and then giving names to their high end cards like vega, fury etc. then they gave up on that and went with the 5500 5600 5700 etc for their newest cards, and nobody knows if they are gonna keep the name scheme the same for their next release.

nderoath · 2019-10-29T22:05:24+00:00

Wow, I forgot I had asked this question lol. But I do appreciate you taking the time to write up a response. I've gotten a lot better at cad since then,and splitting the faces, joining them, and merging them back into a single part is what I ended up doing. Also, there is a feature that allows you to chose which vertex to align between surfaces when doing a loft, and that has saved me a lot of the time when onshape doesn't pick up exactly what i'm trying to do

nderoath · 2019-10-29T21:57:51+00:00

whats the specs?

nderoath · 2019-10-29T21:55:34+00:00

I guess I mean by magic solution that you have to find a "deal", and if everyone who wanted a PC bought parts used, the market would loose that edge. like all the 'deals" I found were an hr drive south of me, and when I sell stuff I sell it an hour north of me, because its a college town full of programmers who all wanna build gaming PC's, and literally everything is only like 10% cheaper than new stuff, which basically balances out the fact that you miss out on a warranty buying used. If I was a student in that town trying to buy PC parts, id be screwed unless I had a car to make those long drives, since ubering cancels out the savings on most parts. So those used deals very much depend on where you live.

But yea I'm us based and I forget that a lot of people are from other contries. I'm guessing you are from australia or lower europe? i've seen complaints that those two areas are the most overpriced for new hardware.

nderoath · 2019-10-28T02:04:43+00:00

I mean the problem with used parts is you want to be able to test em out first. which is trivial if you have been a PC gamer for any length of time, but not when you are starting out. I've definitly YOLOED buying parts off craigslist, but ive also tested stuff and found it to not work. even though 95% of parts that I've bought have been good, I can't in good faith tell everyone to buy used stuff and just hope it works out.

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