I used mailvelope for the longest time as a gmail user until I found a better mail app with gpg support. It was pretty slick last time I used it.
Shamefully I also turned on the pgp messages from Facebook. I never found value with it, but to this day it’s still enabled and I don’t care to log in to Facebook to disable it.
Yep. I’m one of those neighborhoods that just got Fiber installed from someone else. Of course the end sell from Comcast was to match the price, speed and assure me a 20% discount if I signed for 2 years. Oh, and they have fiber to home now, in my area today, just come to a xfinity store and get my ONT!!!. Of course today… last year you tried to lock me in a cable and tv package that also required phone for $250 a month.
And then the guy will move to another job where he can do the same work from wherever. The jobs are out there, these aren’t unicorns. If you’re not tied to a salary, you can find many jobs out there just like this.
These types of workers are rare, but they were the kids in school you hated cause they turned in every test in half the time and passed with a 100% score. Granted, he shouldn’t be bragging but there was a whole subreddit dedicated to guys like him and how they managed to work 3 full time jobs. You can’t hate the guy for using the rules in his favor.
This guy is doing enough work to appear like he’s working 40 hours, because the measuring stick is someone not nearly as talented who takes 40 hours to do the same work. He’s not banking a huge salary, he’s not unavailable for long periods and he’s producing quality work. So he flys under the “performance radar” with his manager. Helps that Google measures quantity and quality, not time spent.
Trust me, as a lead of 8, we know you’re when you’re not working 40. But I’ll bust the balls of the guy dropping offline for 2 hours who can’t get his work in, before I bust down the door of the guy getting his work done in 1 hour. Is it his fault for not working 40 hours? No, it’s the idea that he’s not doing his fair share and using 40 hours as the measurement. This isn’t new, some of us have been doing it for decades and most of us have learned to just keep it quiet.
> Such requirements kill fiber development. Laying fiber is expensive, and having to lay it through neighborhoods where most people won’t or can’t subscribe just increases the price for everyone.
I'm sorry, but I just don't see it. I've worked with and for several telcos, I know the value of a customer that is locked into older infrastructure. Fiber is not more expensive, it's upgradable and properly done it's reasonably future-proof and Telcos know it. So no, these requirements do not kill fiber. These requirements force telcos like comcast to be competitive and not selective where fiber is installed. I know this because directional drilling is a very low-cost installation at about $10 a foot, permits for a neighborhood run you about $5000 and fiber runs will cost another $6 a foot. Now fiber network gear can be expensive, but again I remind you that I've worked with telcos... they already have most of the big bad gear in place and only need to put in more expensive singlemode runs to rural areas. So I call bullshit.
So heres my life because of telcos that make these complaints and politicians just don't give a shit:
I've been in my house for a few decades and until this year my only choice was Comcast for anything over 100mbit internet. I spend $250 a month because Comcast forces me to bundle my internet with TV and Phone (and they call often to have me add cell and security). Then a local company came into the neighborhood this year offering Gigabit fiber for 1/4 the cost I'm spending now.
All of a sudden, Comcast, Centurylink and even the local utility company are out spending money I guess they didn't have to upgrade their networks to support fiber. 7 months of my yard (easement and telco junction) has been home to a variety of heavy machinery, as they run new upgraded infrastructure using directional drilling.
Somewhere in June I get an email from comcast that my internet was upgraded "for free" and now I have 1.2gb/40mbit, doubling my paid speed and if I sign a 2-year term today (with 6mo payment penalty for canceling), I'll pay 50% less and receive unlimited internet if I put in their modem. Let's just say I signed up with the local company and that activates this next month for synchronous 1gb fiber for $59 a month.
> It’s not just the traditional telcos or cable companies. There is a reason Google Fiber has this concept of “fiberhoods” where you need a certain level of demonstrated interest in subscription before they’ll build in those areas.
You know why google fiber wasn't successful? It's because people are lazy. If I wasn't motivated to kill off TV and Phone services that I NEVER use, I'd just stay with Comcast. Comcast will match the Internet only service price of $59 for 1gb internet the day I call to cancel. I have zero reason to change, but amazingly I can and NOW Comcast is flexible with pricing and options.
Shamefully I also turned on the pgp messages from Facebook. I never found value with it, but to this day it’s still enabled and I don’t care to log in to Facebook to disable it.