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Cake day: August 11th, 2023

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  • It’s also due to social inertia.

    Power companies charge by the kWh because their generators are measured in total output wattage and consumers consume at different wattages at different times.

    Sure, it would be easier to measure in total joules consumed per period time but it would also be easier to measure with world standard metric units. The pain of changing is harder than staying the same, so muh freedum units.




  • Can the ISP offer dedicated IPv4 addresses? We had a similar issue with the new rural fiber provider. I spent hours tinkering and researching only to finally call support.

    15 minutes and $2/mo later it’s all taken care of. I have a direct IP and no maintenance nightmare that I have to sacrifice a goat to the printer gods and pray for mercy to make work*

    *when it wants to