What Are You Doing Right Now
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@Obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So far, so good!
I must say, you learn a lot when you do things manually that you normally take for granted.
Everything is so incredibly fast, way more so than when using Windows or Fedora / Ubuntu + Gnome.
I’ve only installed and used Arch Linux based distro like ArchBang and Manjaro Linux. What made you considered trying Arch Linux?
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@Obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Just tried to watch TV and realized that there isn't a single thing that I felt like sitting through.
That's just how TV is and why we don't need it. I don't think we'll ever need more than Netflix/Disney+.
I have Netflix, Hulu, Prime and Disney+ (only because it's free) and still nothing I want to watch. So I just worked, that was more interesting. There's stuff I'd be willing to have on in the background, but nothing I want to pay attention to.
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The YouTube show Basic vs Baller is on Hulu now and I like it, but I can only watch one episode at a time as it is overly contrived. The show really shows how YouTube can take a really great show like Vagabrothers, add in an HGTV-like format, give it Google money, and can't be anywhere near as good as the original, low budget show. It shows how much Google has money, but how little they can make good content.
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Dealing with a Comcast issue at my office. Comcast guy onsite. They were onsite yesterday and replaced the modem. Same issue occurring today.
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@fuznutz04 Time to get FIBER!?! $$
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@fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@fuznutz04 Time to get FIBER!?! $$
Issues are with the carrier, not the medium. Comcast Fiber has the same problems as Comcast copper.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@fuznutz04 Time to get FIBER!?! $$
Issues are with the carrier, not the medium. Comcast Fiber has the same problems as Comcast copper.
Yeah, I would be inclined to agree, but I have fiber at that location as well, just another person is using it. It is fine, and has been for years. Comcast cable in the area is terrible, but fiber seems rock solid.
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@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So far, so good!
I must say, you learn a lot when you do things manually that you normally take for granted.
Everything is so incredibly fast, way more so than when using Windows or Fedora / Ubuntu + Gnome.
I’ve only installed and used Arch Linux based distro like ArchBang and Manjaro Linux. What made you considered trying Arch Linux?
Their Wiki is extremely usable. I did it to gain a better understanding of some things. It took quite a bit of navigating around there Wiki but it is well linked together so you can find exactly what you need with minimal work. I went with gnome because it's clean and I kind of liked it though efficiency of it and the work flow.
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@fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@fuznutz04 Time to get FIBER!?! $$
Issues are with the carrier, not the medium. Comcast Fiber has the same problems as Comcast copper.
Yeah, I would be inclined to agree, but I have fiber at that location as well, just another person is using it. It is fine, and has been for years. Comcast cable in the area is terrible, but fiber seems rock solid.
Hah. I just got Comcast installed this morning, and I'm still setting up my router policies with the new setup. It's going to take me a bit, because both connections are known to be crap. Armstrong cable has minuscule data caps. Comcast service is known to not be great. So now I have 2 poor internet connections instead of 1.
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I just got Comcast installed this morning
I'm sorry for your loss
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@Obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I just got Comcast installed this morning
I'm sorry for your loss
Yeah, that's why I'm keeping the Armstrong connection as well. At least I can fall back to it while Comcast gets their **** together.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Obsolesce said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Just tried to watch TV and realized that there isn't a single thing that I felt like sitting through.
That's just how TV is and why we don't need it. I don't think we'll ever need more than Netflix/Disney+.
I have Netflix, Hulu, Prime and Disney+ (only because it's free) and still nothing I want to watch. So I just worked, that was more interesting. There's stuff I'd be willing to have on in the background, but nothing I want to pay attention to.
Started watching Locke And Key on Netflix. It has kept my interest more than most. If nothing, give that a shot.
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Waiting for a GeForce Now rig
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Putting the finishing touches on a new router configuration for the shiny new fiber internet connection that Spectrum finished installing and activating today. Remote workers shouldn't have anything to complain about anymore, since this connection provides 5 times the upload bandwidth that we are used to.
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More layoffs today. Looks like I need to start looking for a new job from the amount of downsizing they are doing.
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@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
More layoffs today. Looks like I need to start looking for a new job from the amount of downsizing they are doing.
Oh no, that sucks. You guys weren't that big before, were you?
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nope we've been downsizing quite a bit but now we're getting pretty bare boned. I have a feeling the company's going to change focus to more healthcare related business and less on the phones side
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really sucks to hear @jt1001001, we are opening back up in 2 weeks.. though we are a medical office.
That said, Nebraska is opening sit down restaurants May 4th for 50% tables, no sitting at the bar, bars remain closed, can't order drinks in a restaurant without food. Barbers and massage open same day.
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@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
More layoffs today. Looks like I need to start looking for a new job from the amount of downsizing they are doing.
Wow, I wish you the best of luck... maybe you'll find something you like better. Makes me thankful we are still operating at full capacity (remotely), taking on new customers, etc. Our company has no plans to be back in the office until at least June 1 or later, despite the idiocy of our governor.
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
More layoffs today. Looks like I need to start looking for a new job from the amount of downsizing they are doing.
Wow, I wish you the best of luck... maybe you'll find something you like better. Makes me thankful we are still operating at full capacity (remotely), taking on new customers, etc. Our company has no plans to be back in the office until at least June 1 or later, despite the idiocy of our governor.
If you can do that - one would/could, perhaps should - why would you ever go back?
I asked that of my boss - why bring these people back? Fire those that can't work from home, leave the rest and hire replacements.. then take that space and get rid of it, or turn it into more medical services space, make money from it instead of just an expense. These people don't NEED to be in the office.
