oktobercrisis

What a bait and switch. I came to read about the origin of that expression, only to have the author go balls-deep into running FreeDOS, never referencing the original lede.

I couldn't take the article seriously due to the absolute idiocy of the term '100x Engineer.'

This paper is ahead of its time. The birth and popularization of the term "Fear of Missing Out" (FOMO) entering every-day life is a testament to this.

The amount of choices we have now compared to the publication date (2000) is staggering when you take into account social media.

The paper also references Putman's work in 'Bowling Alone' (mid 90s) which speaks about in depth about the breakdown of community in America.

Unfortunately, it seems like this is only progressing. It seems to be manifesting itself in mass-shootings and mental illness.

Not surprising...people always slip through the cracks in Canada's healthcare system.

It's point-to-point, so yes. There's two towers at each site with quite large antennas.

The labor cost, materials cost, maintenance cost, and right of way / easement cost in laying cables is a huge barrier both cost, time, and pain in the ass wise.

5.8 GHz

There are a lot of microwave connections (E.G. 24Ghz, 5.7Ghz) that are in the unlicensed spectrum. We are using these extensively in our network. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISM_band

We are using microwave technology transmitting over 30 miles to our satellite ground station, and even in a hellish snow-storm we don't drop any more packets than usual. It actually was pretty damn impressive the first time I witnessed that. We're down in Antarctica by the way.