Daniel @daniel@campduffel.social
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People should be happy about a nationwide phone service test, or literally ANY test of our existing infrastructure.
The Internet is fucked, ESPECIALLY newly built network.
Every long-haul fiber system is absolutely pushed past the manufacturer's recommended distance for a link, manufacturers wont even do contracted obligational warranty support of new hardware in the field because it is operating so far outside of suggested distance parameters. This, coupled with the fact that we are pushing hundreds of gigs over Clinton era built fiber with a life expectancy of 10 years in 2023 should scare the shit out of you.
There is no cellular network without this backbone. Cellular towers are dependant on hard network infrastructure. The more redundant and well built systems from 20 years ago can't handle the amount of traffic so it is being phased out and new network infrastructure is built to be barely hanging on right out of the gate.
The old POTS system was built to withstand a nuclear attack. New infrastructure is taken out by a stiff breeze.
You should want the infrastructure to be tested, even though they are gonna lie about the results.
The Internet is fucked, ESPECIALLY newly built network.
Every long-haul fiber system is absolutely pushed past the manufacturer's recommended distance for a link, manufacturers wont even do contracted obligational warranty support of new hardware in the field because it is operating so far outside of suggested distance parameters. This, coupled with the fact that we are pushing hundreds of gigs over Clinton era built fiber with a life expectancy of 10 years in 2023 should scare the shit out of you.
There is no cellular network without this backbone. Cellular towers are dependant on hard network infrastructure. The more redundant and well built systems from 20 years ago can't handle the amount of traffic so it is being phased out and new network infrastructure is built to be barely hanging on right out of the gate.
The old POTS system was built to withstand a nuclear attack. New infrastructure is taken out by a stiff breeze.
You should want the infrastructure to be tested, even though they are gonna lie about the results.
@82mhz I don’t think it ever died, but there does seem to be a renewed and growing interest to make the net a better place.
@BigSkyRider It used to be somewhat amusing/dumbfounding watching Brits embrace growing bureaucracy, but now it has gotten to be be a global problem. Have people ever been able to peacefully dismantle bureaucracy or must it always come down to war, death, and chaos?
@Jo_PrayerN_actionCenter That looks like kudzu root, that stuff is a menace in NC.
@Jo_PrayerN_actionCenter That is funny! I’m pretty sure that verse is made up though.
@amerika Well, USB storage can come in pretty small form factors. I bet one could fit a great many in a machine the size of a Redbox. People maybe could bring their own or purchase a blank drive. The box could contain a selection orders of magnitude larger than the Blu-ray/DVD version.
@Suiseiseki There’s no reason why they couldn’t be downloaded from a network or the internet, but I believe that there is some value in physical media. There is some educational work done when people realize that data does actually live somewhere physical and it can be more censorship/disaster resistant. Also, tactile things just connect with people on a deeper, more primitive level.
@dancinyogi You got some from the liquor store? They usually have tons of good sized boxes.
Redbox, but USB flash drives with DRM free movies at several quality levels. Would you use this service rather than pirating?
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The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality
of functions performed by private citizens.
-- Alexis de Tocqueville
@Eamon1916 you might like this old article.
https://theoutpost.life/how_long/
I want to know if Orville Redenbacher saw the popcorn scene in Real Genius and see the expression on his face. Could he have been the stunt double in the house?
@mike I definitely listen to podcasts while driving, even if they have video I’m not able to see.
Sitting alone in the quiet of my house and considering a nap. Such a rare and wonderful opportunity🙂
@YoSoyFreeman Hope you can get outside and enjoy the festivities!
1966: Children imagine life in the year 2000.
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