Why are those steps even there?

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A tip for everyone: The O and 0 on a PA license plate are indistinguishable by both human and machine. Do what you will with that inf0rmation. 😉

I always check the Facebook page for hot mass. No password.

Okay, now adjust it for the fact that some people have to make student loan payments. These are dumb for that reason alone.

You have always had the choice to buy your own modem. You were actually paying them for the benefit of using their modem, so ball is in their court. You could have also turned off the xfinitywifi SSID on their modem, but I’ve seen it reactivate itself.

What you experienced in your apartment is more related to how cable internet works. It can be bogged down by a lot of people nearby using their own cable internet. I lived in a townhome complex in college that this happened at. The difference was unreal between summer and fall. Whether copper cable, or fibre, they all eventually trunk into a smaller number of cables that are effectively shared by many people. Fibre is less susceptible to a noticeable bottleneck because of how much more bandwidth it has over copper wires.

My first apartment building let us choose, but they were already wired for both. What was interesting about the fios was that the fibre came into the basement, and from there, it went to each apartment’s individual ONT.

I bring that up to to point out for others that there could be additional logistics involved here. Imagine even more wires than we have now stringing from poles to individual units. What about the less accessible sides of the buildings, etc… So I can see how for certain multi-family dwellings, they would need to set aside a whole spot and have some major utility work done to accomplish sending a new fibre connection to a building. Even more work if stuff needs to run underground. If it’s an old building, even worse. What if they need to route cables through someone else’s apartment just to get to yours, etc? The coax lines have been there for ages though, so sometimes you get what you get. They can bend around corners of buildings all kinds of ways without the kind of degradation in quality you would have on fibre.

2013 checks into the chat LOL

Have to pass them? In rush hour, biking often takes the same amount of time as driving. The few seconds you take to “have to pass” someone could have easily been spent chillin and you’d get to your destination at the same time, I promise!

I’d like to know why cars pull into the middle of intersections when there’s no room for them to clear it before the light changes.

I drive, bike, and walk. Everyone sucks.

Privilege showing bwahaha!

Across the way below the football stadium has a lot more space with a lot less people.

Down below the unfortunately-named football field on the north shore, there is a big open area with generally level cement. I recently started trying to roller blade for the first time since elementary school - 34 now 😅 If you have bikes, there’s a spot to lock it up while you practice.