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Post by zzrrt »

YetAnotherNick wrote: post #197
ingenieros wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here you go: https://www.columnblog.com/p/the-adl-ignores-yet-another-elo...

This is opinion, not citation. Here's what he said: > White people are a rapidly diminishing minority of global population Which unless you have any extra context, according to me does not entail: > we need white solidarity to survive because non-white people are a threat to white men

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2009171282030653877

Elon replied with 100 emoji to a post that said “If White men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while White men hold a collective majority, then they will be 1000x times more hostile and cruel when they are a majority over Whites. White solidarity is the only way to survive.”

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Post by gregsadetsky »

ac29 wrote: post #230
gregsadetsky wrote: post #30

I had a “hit” post on bsky [0] (90 likes, big numbers for me) asking whether people would want an unlimited mobile plan throttled at 256kbps for $2/month. Seems like yes? There’s lots to say about how useable it is (I often get throttled when traveling and it’s really not that bad + it helps curb any desire to scroll videos!) But mainly I want to ask - I looked into it for a minute and it seems like you couldn’t star…

Embeddedworks sells unlimited 750kbps service for $90/year. Its data only, no phone or SMS. When I talked to them earlier this year they said there was potential to sell other data rates though nothing was as low as $2/month.

Unfortunately their plan is an IoT plan “Not Intended for Phones or Tablets” [0]

That’s exactly the issue - it’s a great plan, it’s just contractually stopped from being offered because a lot of people would potentially switch to that..! :)

To me, the fact that the restriction exists is a proof of the demand for this.

[0] https://embeddedworks.net/product/wsim0331-sub/

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Post by mlyle »

volemo wrote: post #40
namanyayg wrote: post #12

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I've never heard bandwidth being expressed in bytes. But if we're being pedantic then I'd like to throw my hat in and call it 62.5kB. Or even better, 62.5KiB (for kibibyte)

> Or even better, 62.5KiB (for kibibyte) Well, we can’t know if Starlink’s marketing team used 2^10 or 10^3, and since it’d inflate their numbers I guess the latter.

Data rates are almost always multiplied by powers of 10, because they're based on symbol/clock rates which tend to be related to powers of 10. There's no address lines, etc, to push us to powers of 2 (though we may get a few powers of 2 from having a power of 2 number of possible symbols).

So telco rates which are multiples of 56000 or 64000; baud rates which are multiples of 300; ethernet rates which are mostly just powers of 10; etc etc etc.

Of course, there's occasional weird stuff, but usually things have a lot of factors of 5 in there and seem more "decimal-ish" than "binary-ish".

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Post by shibapuppie »

porkloin wrote: post #146
class3shock wrote: post #126

Has anyone used starlink for remoting into a work desktop? If so was the latency bearable?

I work remotely and use a starlink mini for work and general internet usage since I road trip in the summer a lot. For work I'm not using doing RDP/remote desktop stuff since I have a company-issued laptop, but I have some experience using it to stream graphics-intensive games from my home PC with a nice GPU to my phone with a mobile controller attached to it. I saw around 50-100ms of latency in ideal conditions with…

>There are distinct large latency spikes every 30ish minutes, which I think is due to the dish switching between different satellites.

The satellites are in Low Earth Orbit and zipping across the sky at an extremely high rate of speed. If you were in the middle of absolutely flat nowhere-land, you could maybe get a few minutes on a single satellite before it goes over the horizon, not 30 minutes.

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Post by drnick1 »

jader201 wrote: post #207
Salgat wrote: post #139

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I would kill for a web renaissance to return to this format of webpages, as least as an option. Not only loading improves, but also navigation and accessibility.

> but also navigation and accessibility Counterpoint, HN is notoriously hard to use on mobile (still better than some, but it's clearly designed for desktop, and not super responsive). But agreed, that's independent of the slim nature of the webpage (which is still possible with a good mobile UX).

> Counterpoint, HN is notoriously hard to use on mobile

No it's not, it's perfect on Vanadium with the zoom set to 125%. Much better than some bloated Javascript monstrosity.

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Post by Tepix »

Starlink has short contract duration. That means they can also increase prices at short notice. It's happened in the past (in particular for sailors).

You may think you're getting a good deal on your Starlink dish. However, when prices suddenly increase or conditions worsen, you have no recourse.

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Post by drnick1 »

jcattle wrote: post #69
vachina wrote: post #47

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There are still telcos offering 2GB plans. Wow. I’m on the cheapest plan and it comes with 400GB.

Where are you and how much do you pay?

USA, paying $15/month for the cheapest T-Mobile plan. I only use a few hundred MB per month typically.

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Post by quietsegfault »

permo-w wrote: post #160
whimsicalism wrote: post #135

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https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2009171282030653877 I disagree that Bezos & Elon are comparably bad.

you're all over this thread seemingly trying to get someone to argue this point with you, or perhaps just to prove how nuts Elon is, as if people don't already know that, for example, from the time he did a nazi salute in public to a crowd

You're all over the thread actually arguing with people over things that don't relate to the article as well. Pot, kettle.
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