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Cake day: July 21st, 2023

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  • Kind of surprised that they haven’t done what NZ has done and have one company that owns and maintains the physical network then sells access to ISP’s. The company installs fiber to your house and terminates the fiber in an ONT (a box that converts from fiber to ethernet) that any ISP can connect to (or multiple ISP’s depending on the ONT).

    That way you have a choice of providers and there isn’t multiple fiber installs being done.

    Right now I get an uncapped, no contract 300down/100up for about £45 and if I wanted to I could bump it up to 950down/500up for another £10 a month (before any bundling discounts).

    The speed is pretty consistent & often slightly over and I get a choice of router that I want to use (currently a MikroTik RB960PGS).

    And I just looked it up and 2/4/8 gigabyte symmetric plans are being rolled out as they upgrade the cabinets and they aren’t much more expensive.


  • You have a few choices:

    • Minecraft launcher (official) - Allows you to play vanilla MC.

    • Prisim launcher - allows you to download & play mod packs from several sources (newer FTB packs have to be loaded up in the FTB app first before being imported).

    • FTB app - allows you to play basically any FTB modpack.

    The first should show up in the software store and the second two have install instructions on their websites.






  • Dr Jekell@lemmy.worldtoFirefox@lemmy.mlFeature idea: Cookie sharing/relaying
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    1 month ago

    I think that this would be a security nightmare and would require a massive redesign for session cookies.

    If anything they should be trying to lock cookies and sites assorted data to the specific device used to log in.

    At the moment it is very easy for a criminal (once they have gained access) to nab your browser’s entire profile and load it up on their computer giving them access to everything logged in on that profile.

    What you are suggesting is something that would make the criminals jobs easier .




  • I know the issue has be fixed but this is something you (or others) might want to consider.

    If you have a desktop computer you can get a “wireless access point” which you can connect to your desktop using an ethernet cable then connect the AP to your WiFi network.

    This negates the need to find an adapter that supports Linux and having to install drivers to make an adapter work.

    With an AP the computer only sees an ethernet connection and as the AP is separate to your computer you can position it where it gets the best reception (there are even access points from the likes of TP-Link and others that can use POE (power over ethernet) so you can run just one cable).





  • That’s why I stopped buying from the big brand manufacturers.

    So many “system updates” that come out just before the new version is announced & suddenly your device is glitchy, slow and having constant problems.

    I have been buying Nokia phones ever since. They aren’t the fastest, have huge storage, nor all the flashy bling of the “flagship” products but over the years I have found that I don’t need them.

    Hell I even have a digital audio player so I can get better quality audio in a device smaller than most phones (plus I am not paying to rent music using streaming services).




  • Dr Jekell@lemmy.worldtomain@midwest.socialLinux ftw
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    2 months ago

    The fix may only take a day or two but what about the processes and transactions that should have been running in that timeframe?

    What about all the people who now need to be put onto later flights, warehouses and factories that now need to catch up after being at a standstill for hours, transport being delayed due to paperwork not being able to be sent. And so on.

    Those all need to be fixed up before everything is back to running as normal (until the next big screw-up).




  • An ISP provided router is generally going to be the cheapest device they can buy that will be functional on their service.

    This means that if you are using more than a handful of devices it can overwhelm the processing power of the router leading to lag, drop outs, loss of connection, sites taking ages to load, etc.

    When you buy your own router you get to choose a device that fits your (and your families) needs.

    If you shop at an actual tech shop instead of your local big box store, you will find a huge number of different devices available that are far more capable than either the ISP’s or big boxes stores offerings.

    There are even entry level professional units that can support about a hundred devices connected to it without breaking a sweat.

    When I switched from ADSL to fiber years ago I purchased a D-Link DIR-879 router which at the time was good enough for my needs but had some drop out issues so I have recently upgraded to a MikroTik RB960PGS Router which is both a wired only router (no inbuilt WiFi) and much more powerful both in performance and features.

    I can use a Wifi access point or two to get WiFi where I need it and it can be upgraded as new WiFi standards come out without replacing the router.