No.19897
I left work an hour early today, instead of an hour late. A two-hour swing. Mentally and physically, it feels like a day off.
No.19900
>>19897Good for you.
Do you regularly work overtime? Do you at least get paid for it?
No.19904
>>19900Yeah, I work overtime every week. By law, any hours over 40 in a week pay one and a half times my normal rate.
No.19905
>>19896>I think the anger was mostly the weather.As a card carrying member of the Ernstchan anti-therapy gang, I'd have to recommend therapy at some point.
No.19906
I haven't counted, but to me it looks like half the threads in the catalog are Today threads.
No.19910 KONTRA
I got paid and I picked up that very cheap humidifier at work. Of course it was crap that didn’t work and no takesies backsies so I have to throw it out. Oh well. Honestly I’m not even in despair over it.
I made up with my father, though according to my mother my conduct made quite the impression on him.
It finally rained and I’m no longer angry.
Also I finally ran after skipping 4 or so days. I decided to go faster and I also dended up going for half an hour instead of 25 minutes so I basically just set a new personal best.
Felt fucking brilliant.
No.19911
>>19909Triple your post count with verb conjugation.
EcKinsey & Company approves.
No.19915
I will probably have a few weeks where I won't be on EC because I get my own place and I heard internet takes a few weeks. I won't use my phone to browse EC. Let's see how that turns out. I can already hear a German rejoice.
>>19909Because the present (today) is the ever pulsating glue point of past and future already.
No.19916
>>19915I once had to wait six weeks for internet.
And the current apartment also took several weeks, but they gave me some "mobile access" stick. Sadly I live more than 5km away from the next big city (one of the largest in Germany) and thus mobile reception sucks. It was enough to check emails.
That said, do people even have "landline" internet anymore? Everyone is doing everything on their phones anyway, aren't they?
No.19917
>>19916>adly I live more than 5km away from the next big city (one of the largest in Germany) and thus mobile reception sucks.Are you the northerner?
Well, shit anyway. Six weeks is tough. I updated my prepaid mobile contract and tripled my data volume for 5€ more per month. Should satisfy my needs, though not watching youtube while eating could become reality. I significantly use my phone more often to do things on the internet since commuting and work is where I spend most of my time now.
>do people still use landlineSure, streaming/video content is the big deal here. And maybe downloading games.
No.19918
>>19917Addendum: the first time I lived alone several years ago I got Unitymedia
NRW beste and it took not that long, a week or two max. Or is my mind memory playing tricks on me?
No.19920 KONTRA
I fail to get things done on the weekend repeatedly. I shoveled the gravel like it was asked of me. I had a bad headache throughout the day.
For a few hours I felt manic.
No.19922
They just installed speed bumps in the parking lot at work. Rolled over one for the first time today. Unpleasant. Even at 5mph. Avoiding them should be possible if I plan my parking appropriately. Stay near the end of rows and near entry/exit points to minimize the chances of doubling back if traffic is heavy.
>>19915Why does internet take so long to hook up?
>>19919Bacall.
No.19923
>>19922>Why does internet take so long to hook up?Not him, but basically, because this is Germany.
It took my colleague 9 months to get an internet connection. And this wasn't just nine months of waiting, it was nine months of beurocratic nightmares. There was a three-month period when she had a landline (all landlines are now via VoIP, by the way) but couldn't use it for an Internet connection, because the provider tried to set up an appointment with their technician by calling the landline during working hours. Every time she tried to schedule an appointment, they emailed her back that the appointment couldn't be set up, because she refused to take their calls. They agreed to call her mobile each time, but then continued to call the landline.
No.19924
>>19922>Why does internet take so long to hook up?Mainly bureaucracy. The old account has to be deregistered, the new one has to be registered, if you want to keep your numbers that has also to be done, and the isp companies like to take their sweet time.
Oh, and one company owns all the wires and everyone else has to pay fees to use their (badly maintained) infrastructure and there are court cases about this on the regular.
No.19925 KONTRA
>>19924This post needs to be fact-checked.
>and one company owns all the wiresTwisted pair subscriber lines are almost 100% owned by Telekom. But this applies only to twisted pair and only to subscriber lines. Vodafone owns and operates all coax subscriber lines. Local fiber networks are often owned by municipalities and leased out exclusively to tier-3 providers via long-term agreements.
> Use their infrastructure1&1 (Versatel) and Vodafone do operate DSLAMs in significant numbers, with their own uplinks.
> badly maintainedHow can you assess this? What kind of maintenance do you even think can or should be done on networking equipment?
No.19927 KONTRA
>>19926The truth does not fear fact checking. Your baseless slander has been exposed.
No.19928 KONTRA
>>19927The portogreek in defense of big telecom. Checks out.
The badly maintained infrastructure for example is a well-known fact, but the proofster Ernst would probably also ask for proofs if someone talks about badly maintained roads or municipal piping No.19929 KONTRA
>>19928>The badly maintained infrastructure for example is a well-known factYou think they don't oil the door-hinges on the gateways or maybe they don't re-pressurize the copper lines?
You have already made it more than obvious that you have no idea what you are even talking about. It would be better to shut up now.
In case you are wondering: your crappy data rates with telekom are a result of insufficient peering.
No.19931
>>19922>>19915How much do you pay for your internet and how much is the speed?
No.19932 KONTRA
>>19929Nobody has been talking about data rates. But good job making it clear you a) can't read and b) are just talking out of your ass.
No.19933
I had to purchase gasoline without ethanol. For my snowblower. Won't use that for another month or so, but as I had immediate need for lawnmower gasoline, I decided to buy something both small engines could use. They didn't sell it at the first two stations I visited. Only the 90/10 blend various regulations and subsidies have normalized. Found some pure stuff at the third stop. Available from one pump out of 20. The guy ahead of me was filling gas cans as well.
>>19931Close to $200 a month bundled with cable.
No.19934
>>19932Is this some not so-subtle attempt at trolling or are you actually abysmally dumb?
>talking out of your ass1) 1&1/Versatel and Vodafone do operate DSLAMs, even if the subscriber lines that are hooked up belong to telekom. You can find out by checking easybell, they use 1&1/Versatel as a carrier were available, Telekom otherwise. See
https://github.com/n-thumann/easybell-carrier-map, there is a tool that makes use of this fact. Here is a video of a nice man explaining to you that not all DSLAMs are owned/operated by Telekom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1xBSXaytpA.
2) The coax network is not owned by Telekom and has not been owned by Telekom for about 25 years. It was sold in the early 2000s. The regional operators were subsequently consolidated and now, it is owned by vodafone. You can read this up on wikipedia, starting here. Quote: "Am 9. Mai 2018 gab die Muttergesellschaft Liberty Global bekannt, dass Unitymedia an die Vodafone Group verkauft wird.[9] Mit der Fusion von Vodafone und Unitymedia ist eine Monopolstellung beim Kabelfernsehen in Deutschland entstanden"
3) Regional fiber networks are owned by municipalities and leased out to tier-3 carriers. Example
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetCom_BW . Similar Model M-Net, where all the local public works own a stake in tier 3 operator. See
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-net From 1), 2) and 3), we can conclude that Telekom does indeed not own all subscriber lines, neither do all other carriers have to use their infrastructure. So much for me talking out my ass.
Now, we come to where you are talking out of your ass. You have not made it clear what maintenance you think should be done on all the "wires" Telekom owns. You have, until now, failed to explain how those wires should be maintained, how their maintenance is neglected, and what the consequences of this supposedly are. Educate me on the basics of wire-maintenance, please I beg you. If you can't at least tell me how a subscriber card, a controller card or carrier-grade Router should be maintained.
No.19935 KONTRA
>>19934Imagine having a meltdown over some throwaway post in the successor to the little brother of a german version of a nepalese yak milk fermenting board's clone. Are you banned on /fefe/ or something?
Get a life, nerd.
None of this would have happened if you weren't such a condescending piece of shit No.19936
>>19935>condescendingYou mean: someone knowing more than you? That must happen all the time.
>none of this would have happenedyou mean, you would not have been embarrassed?
No.19938 KONTRA
>>19936>You mean: someone knowing more than you? No. You can know more without being a condescending piece of shit.
So, let me restate: You're an illiterate, yet awfully smug piece of shit.
No.19939
>>19935Replying like this to a genuine informative effort post. What's going on?
No.19941 KONTRA
I can't fucking get anything done for some reason.
Ordered some books from China.
Hammered my budget a bit. Added a small table of estimated expenses that are certain or are just planned to happen. (Book preorders and the like that I have not picked up yet but are bound to happen or stuff liken that.)
I failed to buy opera tickets because they were sold out. Instead of running I ended up doing extra lifting.
No.19945 KONTRA
What a smug retarded pathetic little piece of shit
>>19938 is.
No.19947
>>199462017. Is that really Ingvar Kamprads Volvo?
No.19948
>>199462022. Buying crap for the apartment.
No.19950 KONTRA
>>19947>IVs Volvo.No, it allegedly is the Volvo the director of IKEA in the czech republic bought some time in the past and somebody sold on the internet as such.
>>19948Same here, just it's 2024. What kind of crap did you buy? I bought a small table (and will probably buy a second one because it can act well as a nightstand) and crap like a pack of drinking glasses, kitchen utensils, some stuff for the bathroom and unplanned two pillow cases because that is how IKEA makes money
no really, I needed those.
I cannot remember when I was at IKEA before this. While I lived alone in the past, that was in my home town and my parents gave me household items they did not need anymore. I still have furniture that is mostly gifted by my parents and what they bought between ~1985 and 2000s. But now for that little crap which makes a household running smoothly I had to quickly make decisions and frequent a few selected stores (including IKEA).
While I was there the first time in ages
on a weekend, which is always a mistake I vaguely remember Tyler Durden or Ed Nortons words about the homely nest that is so happily endowed.
No.19951
>>199462018 or 2019. It's been a while. No stores in Buffalo.
No.19952
>>19946Late spring 2024, went there to eat a lot of cheap hotdogs with friends
No.19953 KONTRA
>>19946A few weeks ago. I bought a french press.
No.19954 KONTRA
I felt fucking awful yesterday and I was afraid I stepped on a path of terminal decline health-wise but for the first time in maybe weeks I slept without getting drenched in sweat so something got fixed I think.
Though this is kind of a “housewife’s” view of medicine where “pain” means a sort of purging of poisons from the body.
No.19955
Stopping at an African enclave train station to proselytize the natives on African history and neocolonialism. People must know about Patrice Lumumba. It was harsh seeing the death of Amílcar Cabral simply assigned to "Americans", but, as a leftist, I understand that revolutionary consciousness won't be grown overnight.
No.19958
>>19954Your liquids have been in unbalance and that was the long required drainage.
t. dogtor
>>19955A progressive leftist would listen what the African people's opinion is and then just take that undebated because they know best what is true and right. Non-white conservatism is fine. After all, you don't want to be caught being the source of heteronomy.
No.19959 KONTRA
>>19955> doing missionary work in the streets to convert the unbelieving massesLike a mormon or a Jehova's wittness. And all of them bring salvation, some after the world revolution, some after the rapture.
Difference is: the Jehova's can't bring us heaven on earth, and they don't promise it. The socialists promise it, but would bring us hell on earth.