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Cake day: December 13th, 2024

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  • it’s because every device connected to a cell halves the bandwidth available to each device, and after something like 30-40 devices the cell is full.

    I don’t know where you’re getting thsi from. There not how cells have worked since at least 3g, sort of sounds like how consumer grade WiFi hardware operates.

    Towers are designed with sectors that are directional and each can support thousands of devices but those can’t handle 10k people at a stadium.

    If you had bothered to read the article youd have read they are talking about how stadiums are now using distributed antenna systems (DAS), which is basically hundreds of antennas spread over the venue and fed directly into fiber. Each one is designed to handle a small section. The carriers do need to hook into the endpoint here so this isn’t something that can be setup on a whim.

    I don’t see it mentioned but there are also mobile units, cellular on wheels (COWS) are common one and they really easy to spot if know to look for them. Basically a cell tower on trailer that can use microwave for the back haul for when on site fiber isn’t available.

    If you end up at a venue and can’t get service it’s because the venue is too cheap to use any of these existing options. They could also be using some outdated antennas, LTE can’t handle as many connections as the new 5G stuff.





  • On temporary contracts and at reduced wages of course because times are tough.

    Software engineers predicted this would happen. The percentage of developers that love fixing other people’s code is essentially zero, fixing ai code is even smaller.

    If they require low wages, they’ll only get the worst of the worst. Expect this phase to repeat until they are forced to hire for competence and pay above market rate required to convince senior developers to deal with not just the ai mess but all the failed attempts to turn it around.







  • My criticism here isn’t about any specific group or topic. It’s about this aggravating debate pattern where rhetoric is used to paint the opponent’s argument into a morally charged form rather than addressing the actual claim being made.

    That style of engagement is not something that ever leads to meaningful discussions.

    A similar dynamic occurs in other highly polarized subjects where participants are more focused on signaling moral positions than resolving the underlying question.

    This sort of shit has been going on since at least the times of Artistole who championed logic over emotion.


  • Arguing with vegans is like arguing with antivaxxers, they are positions based on emotions and they have their own version of reality they use to reinforce their believes. They often claim they have studies to back up their claims but the most shallow dive shows them to be bullshit.

    It’s literally evident as they try to reframe this as rape. Their need to lean on rhetoric shows they have a strong basis for their believes.




  • It is definitely possible to travel and not experience culture.

    Thinking you understand culture byecuwse you have the internet is sort of admitting your that type of person.

    The problem with talking to randoms online is the things they don’t say because it’s their normal. Experiencing those differences in normals is what is being discussed here.

    When I was in school this was a literally social studies topic discuss many times over all the years we learned about other cultures which really reinforces that some people dont pay enough attention to receive any value from travel.

    That doesn’t mean other can’t or don’t.