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| tomman |
Posted on 19-02-25, 16:09
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Dinosaur
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Posted by sureanem You assume we have access to fancy tech over here, like "cantennas" and crazy $5 AliExpress deals. No, that's now how things work on communist shitholes like mine. I never was a "wardriver" wireless nerd (in fact, I don't use wireless at home - my laptops are wired 24x7), so I never bothered investing into building a stash of fancy 802.11<letters> gear beyond the basics (built-in laptop wireless, cheap router that can be reflashed to something better). Now it's too late for anything of that, considering that we have higher priorities (eat, stay alive) and next to no money. Also, I never heard about wireless networks with kilometer-wide coverage (aside of metropolitan networks which we clearly don't have over here). So yeah, thanks for the advice but sadly it doesn't apply for my case (or roughly 90% of the inhabitants of the land of gold, oil, and hot women). Posted by sureanem Welcome to my daily life. Normies HATE learning about things. They expect to turn on PC, click/tap button, have content delivered and bugs magically fixed. They don't care about things like "web browsers", "UX", "modems", "page faults", "reallocated sectors", "XML", "databases"... or even basic stuff like privacy or elementary physics. And of course, noone pays attention to little details like the warning overlay over the network status tray icon. They gleefully ignore it, while sticking to their wrong assumptions about how tech works ("WiFi is the new blue E"). I consider it to largely be a lost battle. Licensed Pirate® since 2006, 100% Buttcoin™-free, enemy of All Things JavaScript™ |
| DonJon |
Posted on 19-02-26, 00:20 (revision 1)
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Posted by tomman damn..considering the state of your country I guess it's not surprising the internet infrastructures are falling apart plus the fact it's being run by a shit government/dictatorship but still...I also read that CANTV has engaged in public surveillance for any anti Chavez or Bolivarian stuff. don't know if it's still true, not because I doubt they would engage in it, but given the state that the country is in I'm not sure if they even have the resources to do that anymore i'm not too knowledgeable on the Venezuela situation but why is Maduro blocking foreign aid? Some kind of desperate attempt to remain in control and power? Or because it would legitimize the claims that his government and policies are well,a complete failure, or just to stick it to foreign nations? |
| Duck Penis |
Posted on 19-02-26, 16:46
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Stirrer of Shit
Post: #39 of 717 Since: 01-26-19 Last post: 1775 days Last view: 1773 days |
Posted by tomman Cantennas are homemade, so I would hardly call them 'fancy tech'. You do need something to receive the signal though, which might be hard. Some routers support running in "repeater mode", and that ought to work, if you have such a router. As for the reach, antenna gain works both ways. If you manage to focus your signal into a narrower cone, this affects both transmission and reception. It's probably not worth going through all the trouble just to read news, though. Posted by tomman I hate to tell you, but this is hardly unique to third world countries... There was a certain photograph about which you had a hallucination. You believed that you had actually held it in your hands. It was a photograph something like this. |
| Duck Penis |
Posted on 19-02-26, 19:34 (revision 1)
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Stirrer of Shit
Post: #40 of 717 Since: 01-26-19 Last post: 1775 days Last view: 1773 days |
Posted by DonJon I'm no expert, but I believe the main concern is weapons hidden in the shipments, like in Nicaragua in the 1980s. (Iran-Contras affair) The Atlantic: When Humanitarian Aid Is Used as a Weapon to Bring Down Regimes Russian News Agency TASS: US plans to buy weapons for Venezuelan opposition in Eastern Europe, warns diplomat There was a certain photograph about which you had a hallucination. You believed that you had actually held it in your hands. It was a photograph something like this. |
| tomman |
Posted on 19-02-26, 22:22
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Dinosaur
Post: #170 of 1318 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 8 days Last view: 8 hours |
Aaaand... this thread went straight to politics bullshittery. Please don't go there. All I can say is that we're still fucked, no money, limited telecoms, end of story. Licensed Pirate® since 2006, 100% Buttcoin™-free, enemy of All Things JavaScript™ |
| DonJon |
Posted on 19-02-26, 23:15 (revision 1)
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Post: #41 of 88 Since: 11-04-18 Last post: 1893 days Last view: 1893 days |
Posted by tomman well you kind of brought it up yourself with Venezuelan politics... "communist shitholes" and such since the political situation in your case is a big reason why your internet situation is shit but sure no problem Moving on: different server than before, fairly close to me 
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| jjndig |
Posted on 19-09-22, 20:22
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Banned
Post: #20 of 28 Since: 12-10-18 Last post: 1421 days Last view: 1421 days |
18. An irl number that has applied since yesterday. Weird to say kinda. Especially when I read signup forms and I’m now not lying if it says about 18+ stuff lol. |
| Kawaoneechan |
Posted on 19-09-22, 21:34
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20% cooler than thou art
 Post: #406 of 599 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 207 days Last view: 5 hours |
Are you sure you're bragging about the right number here? |
| Duck Penis |
Posted on 19-09-22, 22:09
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Stirrer of Shit
Post: #638 of 717 Since: 01-26-19 Last post: 1775 days Last view: 1773 days |
If he'd have been born ten days sooner he'd have a way cooler number to brag about, but I digress. There was a certain photograph about which you had a hallucination. You believed that you had actually held it in your hands. It was a photograph something like this. |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-09-23, 00:15
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Custom title here
 Post: #700 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 74 days Last view: 2 days |
Posted by KawaI dunno, an 18-inch penis is impressive. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| Kawaoneechan |
Posted on 19-09-23, 08:22
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Should be asleep
Post: #407 of 599 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 207 days Last view: 5 hours |
That would still not be the right number to brag about here. If you want dick-measuring, make a new thread. |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-09-23, 08:41
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Custom title here
Post: #701 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 74 days Last view: 2 days |
Posted by KawaI thought the size of your dick was the most important number you could present on the internet. --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
| Kawaoneechan |
Posted on 19-09-23, 11:33
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You read my title. That's enough social interaction for one day.
Post: #408 of 599 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 207 days Last view: 5 hours |
If you think so, make the thread. |
| Kakashi |
Posted on 19-09-23, 11:43
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I think everyone's taking the term ePeen™ a little too seriously? |
| Kawaoneechan |
Posted on 19-09-23, 13:56
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Secretly, I'm Kevin Flynn
Post: #409 of 599 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 207 days Last view: 5 hours |
 I've had better results, but this'll do well enough for me. |
| jjndig |
Posted on 19-09-23, 14:14 (revision 2)
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Banned
Post: #25 of 28 Since: 12-10-18 Last post: 1421 days Last view: 1421 days |
No, pretty sure it was the right number. Meanwhile given how lewd this went we might need an NSFW forum for logged-in users methinks :p College internet is like 750 megabits up/down according to nperf (then again I’m gonna logout again I think before I make myself look more of a prat than I have, bye I guess lol) |
| Nicholas Steel |
Posted on 19-09-24, 06:08
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Post: #281 of 426
Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 510 days Last view: 25 days |
Are you on ADSL 2 Kawaoneechan? AMD Ryzen 3700X | MSI Gamer Geforce 1070Ti 8GB | 16GB 3600MHz DDR4 RAM | ASUS Crosshair VIII Hero (WiFi) Motherboard | Windows 10 x64 |
| Kawaoneechan |
Posted on 19-09-24, 07:50
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Off Like a Shot
Post: #410 of 599 Since: 10-29-18 Last post: 207 days Last view: 5 hours |
I have no idea. |
| funkyass |
Posted on 19-09-25, 01:25
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Post: #93 of 202
Since: 11-01-18 Last post: 671 days Last view: 27 days |
Posted by Kawa very impressive numbers for IP over dead snail. |
| CaptainJistuce |
Posted on 19-09-25, 04:48
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Custom title here
Post: #704 of 1164 Since: 10-30-18 Last post: 74 days Last view: 2 days |
Posted by funkyassHey, it is a hundred times faster than dialup! --- In UTF-16, where available. --- |
