signalsayge

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[–] signalsayge@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would agree with this except that I don't have faith that it won't be leveraged as a way to get out of a whole crapload of taxes. I'm pretty sure that unemployment insurance, and a lot of the federal taxes, are based on wages and not tips. Also what is the limit? Can I pay my friend $50 to mow my lawn and tip him an extra $25,000, just so I can get around the limit for a gift tax? I wouldn't trust a Republican administration to implement this without making it easier for Rick people to avoid paying taxes.

[–] signalsayge@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

It still bothers me 30 years later that in the DC vs Marvel, Wolverine beat Lobo... Shouldn't have happened to someone that beat up Superman because a guy at a bar said he couldn't...

[–] signalsayge@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Just use Snapraid & MergerFS. No special Hardware required and you don't need to change what is on your disks.

From a quick search: https://perfectmediaserver.com/02-tech-stack/snapraid/

[–] signalsayge@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

This is the best answer I've seen in this whole thread. You're right that the key is not needed. Microsoft identified your system components and did the original activation based on the hardware you've got on your computer. All you need to do to bring back a licensed copy of Windows is to reinstall it.

[–] signalsayge@lemm.ee 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

He didn't post a $5M Bond. He put up cash. Makes you wonder if the companies that provide bonds may consider him to risky to bond.

[–] signalsayge@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

Probably not that deep. I've heard there are definitely discounts. That doesn't count for much though when it still increases your cost 6x.

[–] signalsayge@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

This honestly sounds like the best solution to this particular problem.

[–] signalsayge@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

Based on my experience, this honestly sounds like a VA policy. I'm on Bupropion through the VA (for possibly similar reasons as you'd want Vyvanse) and they are particularly stingy about it, only giving me a 30 day supply at a time.

Even with a different provider at the VA, you may get the same result.

[–] signalsayge@lemm.ee 40 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Just make sure it's RFC 2324 compliant. You don't want it throwing any HTTP 418 error messages.

[–] signalsayge@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you're having power on issues, I would make sure you are using a standalone power brick. I've used a Surface Pro for work and I've found that sometimes when connected to the docking station, it wouldn't power on. When connected to a standalone power brick it usually would. For a standalone power brick, I've used both the one that came with the Surface and also a 65W USB-C adapter with a USB-C to Surface per cable.

[–] signalsayge@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

To your point, geostationary satellites are in orbits around 22,300 miles away while Starlink is in a LEO orbit ~342 miles away. At the speed of light, that's an additional quarter second round trip time minimum. Absolutely forever in internet speeds. My experience with GEO is a latency >550ms round trip. With the TCP/IP protocol built the way it is (aka, three-way handshake), a webpage wouldn't even start downloading until almost 2 seconds have passed.

[–] signalsayge@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

The military personnel will not be paid during the shutdown just like the government employees. DoD personnel that are emergency essential will have to keep working but that is a small fraction of the civilian workforce. Yes, everyone will be paid backpay (including furloughed civilians), but the point is that a lot of people cannot financially handle getting their paycheck late. Especially when there is no idea when the government will start back up.

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