Numpty

@Numpty@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NASA has some explaining to do⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Generally, you use the radio network from mobile phone to cell tower, and then fibre optic to the switches. Sometimes they use microwave line of sight for surface-to-surface connections where fibre doesn’t make sense, or is unviable (terrain, distance, cost, difficulty of laying fibre, etc.). It’s possible that there could be a satellite connection in the process, but unlikely unless you’re on an airplane, a ship, etc.

  The GPS on the mobile phone definitely does use satellite (receive only though, no transmit).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Current state of Reddit⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Personal experience on my part. I deleted 13 years of contributions on Reddit. They are ALL back. My account was deleted… but every single comment (that I checked anyway) is still there. I checked after I deleted them… and they were not visible for almost 2 months after I did the pass to delete… now they’re all back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Current state of Reddit⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And if you deleted all your comments… they undeleted everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No one really understands our struggle⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel this so much. I own a property. I rented it out. I ran into that exact same lineup of expenses vs income you note here and… I ended up taking my house OFF the rental market. It’s just not worth it.

  I keep getting into these discussions with people who yell “It’s immoral to buy a house and rent it out. Landlords must provide housing for renters at a loss so I can have cheap housing” and then… “It’s an investment and you as the owner must fund my low cost housing because you might earn equity in the property when you sell it in the future.”