MSids

joined 1 year ago
[–] MSids 19 points 1 month ago

It's public information transmitted over airwaves and several sites exist already. Flightradar24 and adsbexchange are the two I use, though Elon and Taylor Swift are far too boring to pay attention to when you can watch refuelers and jets instead.

[–] MSids 1 points 1 month ago

I used it on an Android DAP to sync my music collection from my NAS after giving up on Folder sync due to its issues with new file detection breaking after a daylight savings time change. Synching was definitely more reliable but it takes ages to do the scan.

[–] MSids 0 points 2 months ago

I'm definitely not a Republican. Sorry my take seems to have struck a chord with you, but I don't think what I said was illogical.

[–] MSids 4 points 2 months ago

DOCSIS 3.1 is pretty awesome. I heard 4.0 is in testing. Fiber (FttH) is similar to coax in that many subscribers are attached to one head end device. Subscriber throughput is determined by the number of subscribers and the speeds they ordered on the shared resource. Although fiber is leading in total capacity per OLT/PON, it's not like coax can't achieve excellence subscriber speeds by just deploying more head end devices with fewer subscribers on each.

[–] MSids 5 points 2 months ago

I think a similar strategy is used with Federal flood insurance. When properties are destroyed multiple times I think they offer a buyout.

[–] MSids 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If everyone in the US paid to rebuild Florida over and over that's not insurance that's practically a subsidy. Do you think it's fair for someone in Illinois who has no benefit of Florida beach front views pay the price to fix a snowbirds vacation home over and over?

Florida is different because the risk is perpetually high and living there is a choice. It's fine for people to choose that risk, but I would expect sky high coverage.

[–] MSids 7 points 2 months ago (5 children)

My insurance company has determined that my house would cost about $450k to completely rebuild in the event of a total loss. Thankfully in the Northeast the risk of my house being destroyed is low, so they charge me $1,100 annually. Even with a few houses in my area being destroyed by fire, flood, or extreme weather, they still make enough to build up their reserves, pay their employees, and kick back some to the investors.

How much would that company need to charge in Florida so they could still pay to fix the houses and pay everybody that works for them? Definitely not $1,100/yr because replacing just a single broken window costs $1,100.

Now think about if the Federal government began covering Florida. They would have the same issue as private insurers - there is no amount they can charge that will not deplete their funds faster than they take in premiums.

[–] MSids 53 points 2 months ago (13 children)

I agree with nationalized healthcare insurance, but I don't know if I agree with using taxes to fund an underwriting account for houses in Florida that are guaranteed to get destroyed year after year.

Hurricanes are not getting smaller. Continuing to rebuild in Florida seems like building in the shadow of a smoking volcano.

[–] MSids 8 points 2 months ago

Those planes are workhorses, they would hardly need a dozen. We could probably put two of them on loan for a weekend and the Ukrainians would have the majority of the trenches converted into graves.

[–] MSids 18 points 2 months ago

There is only one sane choice. People who abstain are choosing insanity the same way that those who abstained in 2016 allowed insanity to prevail.

Having said that, I think voters would be pretty excited to get out and support a candidate that they had actually chosen in the primaries after seeing them go through some campaigning and debates. None of us chose Kamala, and Biden's late dropout was not ideal. I am hoping that America can have this opportunity back in the next election.

[–] MSids 4 points 2 months ago

A major rewrite is pending. He stated this on his Twitter I think.

[–] MSids 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Suyu was mismanaged and died very quickly. Sudachi was excellent and has an Android build but the dev is taking a break.

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