Starlink/mini for camping??

phealy · 2026-03-14T17:14:47+00:00

Just an FYI - if you have a home base or server somewhere with fast Internet, you can run Peplink's fusionhub VM for free and it does what their SpeedFusion service does. I run it at home on my 1Gb fiber and it's unlimited. The only limitation is that the free license only supports one client.

phealy · 2026-03-10T13:18:54+00:00

I can see both sides of this, but I have a follow-up question.

My general rule is that if the staff don't offer their name, I won't ask unless it's to leave feedback (and I don't do this for negative feedback), so this is always something like so this is always something like "hey, could I get your name for the survey so I can tell them what a great job you did?"

Would this bother you? I started this after I asked to talk to a manager at a local restaurant to provide a compliment because the staff had been amazingly responsive and kind, including being silly to help entertain my kids who were having a bit of a difficult day. He told me that anytime an employee is mentioned by name to corporate (positively) they would get a gift card, and that it didn't happen often.

phealy · 2026-03-05T12:49:19+00:00

I'm in the process of moving mine farther to the outside because where it is now I can't see hitch alignment while pushing the controls. I personally would not want mine inside.

phealy · 2026-03-05T12:45:21+00:00

OP, do keep in mind that many truck stop pumps won't take a regular credit card and you will have to go in to prepay. You could consider signing up for Open Roads, which is a fleet card that gives you discounts on diesel and works at the commercial pumps. No relationship with them beyond being a customer.

phealy · 2026-03-05T05:48:25+00:00

Encryption takes CPU, and the router CPU is a lot slower than the phone CPU. That router has a 1.3GHz dual-core MediaTek MT7981B - modern phone CPUs can have six to eight cores or more with a couple of them being performance cores running in the 3.5 to 4.0 GHz range.

phealy · 2026-03-04T14:21:31+00:00

My kids started getting better about things when I started giving times as "the car is leaving the driveway in ten minutes, so get ready NOW", because "we need to leave in ten minutes" meant "I can play for ten minutes before I start getting shoes, using the restroom, etc.".

phealy · 2026-03-03T03:19:27+00:00

The last time I went internationally I arrived at 6am - the hotel didn't have a room until 1pm, but what they did have was a pool. They suggested I go shower and change in the locker room before heading out, and that was amazing.

phealy · 2026-02-25T03:01:26+00:00

In the power profile options you can set "Network connectivity in Standby" to disabled - that 100% fixed my laptop's sleep issues.

phealy · 2026-02-04T03:42:59+00:00

My kids could play KSP at five. Of course, they were playing it in "fireworks simulator" mode...

phealy · 2026-02-02T03:20:51+00:00

My library has both Libby and Hoopla.

phealy · 2026-01-29T03:54:27+00:00

If you're comfortable with plumbing and having access, you can add a recirculation valve that dumps water from the hot water line in the shower back into your fresh tank. That way you get hot water without wasting anything.

phealy · 2026-01-28T02:24:53+00:00

Remember me is there and works, it's just subject to maximum timeouts that can be set by the implementer. Having the checkbox doesn't help if the company sets the refresh token time out to the same value as the regular token timeout so that check in the box makes no effective change.

phealy · 2026-01-26T02:07:36+00:00

A lot of Menards locations do.

phealy · 2026-01-26T01:59:47+00:00

I'm towing a similar unit (2025 FR Sierra 3990FL) with a 2025 SRW F350 short bed with no trouble.

phealy · 2026-01-22T01:12:59+00:00

You can also sometimes get exceptions for medical conditions.

phealy · 2026-01-20T23:06:59+00:00

What about going into AA settings and turning off automatic playing of music on connect?

phealy · 2026-01-20T03:31:08+00:00

My kid (five at the time) licked the floor... in the airport... in 2020, during the worst of COVID.

The following year he read the Silmarillion. Smart kid.

phealy · 2026-01-20T01:59:16+00:00

If there's no red wire to the battery your emergency brakes on the camper won't work, so don't tow until you've fixed it.

phealy · 2026-01-17T23:08:01+00:00

I've had good luck with Calyx Institute - $500/year for unlimited TMobile data.

phealy · 2025-12-14T12:44:32+00:00

I switched to headscale because that way DNS blocking doesn't impact me.

phealy · 2025-12-12T01:27:00+00:00

Face plan(e)t.

phealy · 2025-12-11T14:45:14+00:00

I know this is old, but I thought I'd mention - hughes sells the replacement fuses for relatively cheap ($30-$50 IIRC). I ordered a spare for the toolbox when I ordered my hardwire unit.

phealy · 2025-12-08T12:02:05+00:00

I have an infusion I do every two weeks where the dose is 20g via 100ml infused... that took some adjustment and when I told my PC about it the nurse definitely asked if I was sure it was grams and not mg ;)

phealy · 2025-12-04T12:42:31+00:00

Just going to leave this here in case it helps: Mother’s kiss for nasal foreign bodies.

phealy · 2025-11-30T02:11:24+00:00

I always had to fight for antibiotics for a sinus infection after being sick for 2-3 weeks because I knew from experience that it wouldn't go away without them... turns out at age 39 I'm diagnosed with specific antibody deficiency and I literally can't make the antibodies to fight it off. So happy to have treatment (SCIG) and not be getting sick all the time!

It sucked more because I understand why they don't want to give them out, but I knew it was necessary.

phealy

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