Random stuff - the anything else thread
#9556
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
In my case it was just dumb luck.
It was pre-Netflix when I was finding stuff all over the place that buffered terribly but worked great if downloaded using a speedy downloader.
Then came Netflix and faster internet so now it's almost all streaming. I just have the downloaded stuff available in the event of power cuts.
There is a download feature on Netflix - which seems odd when one can stream anytime - but it might be worth looking at when you know there's a storm approaching that may cut power. Assuming you have a laptop/battery that will run long enough of course.
It was pre-Netflix when I was finding stuff all over the place that buffered terribly but worked great if downloaded using a speedy downloader.
Then came Netflix and faster internet so now it's almost all streaming. I just have the downloaded stuff available in the event of power cuts.
There is a download feature on Netflix - which seems odd when one can stream anytime - but it might be worth looking at when you know there's a storm approaching that may cut power. Assuming you have a laptop/battery that will run long enough of course.
#9557
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
In my case it was just dumb luck.
It was pre-Netflix when I was finding stuff all over the place that buffered terribly but worked great if downloaded using a speedy downloader.
Then came Netflix and faster internet so now it's almost all streaming. I just have the downloaded stuff available in the event of power cuts.
There is a download feature on Netflix - which seems odd when one can stream anytime - but it might be worth looking at when you know there's a storm approaching that may cut power. Assuming you have a laptop/battery that will run long enough of course.
It was pre-Netflix when I was finding stuff all over the place that buffered terribly but worked great if downloaded using a speedy downloader.
Then came Netflix and faster internet so now it's almost all streaming. I just have the downloaded stuff available in the event of power cuts.
There is a download feature on Netflix - which seems odd when one can stream anytime - but it might be worth looking at when you know there's a storm approaching that may cut power. Assuming you have a laptop/battery that will run long enough of course.
#9558
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
Also useful if you don't have multi-user and want two people want to watch different shows. Turn wifi off on the tablet and can watch the download while the other person watches the stream.
#9561
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
And, just as with Syria, the world leaders don't care. They all profess to, and will "strongly condemn" Russia's actions but they will leave Ukrainians to their own fate. I suspect that China will be watching the world's reaction very carefully, and will use that to gauge its own tactics in the future.
#9562
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
And, just as with Syria, the world leaders don't care. They all profess to, and will "strongly condemn" Russia's actions but they will leave Ukrainians to their own fate. I suspect that China will be watching the world's reaction very carefully, and will use that to gauge its own tactics in the future.
#9563
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Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
And, just as with Syria, the world leaders don't care. They all profess to, and will "strongly condemn" Russia's actions but they will leave Ukrainians to their own fate. I suspect that China will be watching the world's reaction very carefully, and will use that to gauge its own tactics in the future.
Canada could have provided LNG alternatives to Europe but our government is incapable of permitting even basic industrial projects and chose to give the right of veto to various interest groups.
All the while our own military has been severely underfunded and under-equipped.
#9564
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
The world either believes that what Russia did is wrong, or it doesn't. If it's wrong, they should act accordingly. Condemning it as wrong but doing nothing to correct that wrong is pathetic, IMVHO.
Of course, the world has known for years that aggressors will be allowed to act in such a way. I would bet that China is licking its lips as to what it will be permitted to do in the sea around its land and with its neighbours. I see trouble ahead.
#9566
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
For Russia to be fixed they need a waking/tipping point.
For everyone here that's cynical that nothing is going to happen because nothing has happened in Russia for a long time I really like this quote:
Russia can change but it's up to the Russian people to decide their fate and make their own future.
For everyone here that's cynical that nothing is going to happen because nothing has happened in Russia for a long time I really like this quote:
"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen"
--Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
--Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
#9567
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
IIRC the most I have paid for a litre in Canada was $1.54, but at that time, a barrel of oil was around $150. I may have to start working full days soon.
#9568
#9570
Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
In 2018, gas was $2.02/litre at the one sole gas station between Banff and Jasper on the Icefields Parkway. I seem to recall that gas was in the $1.40 range in Lake Louise at the time. That $2.02/gas price was since it was the only gas station for probably at least an hour in any direction. Few people would fill up I would think.