Shopping Thread .. or What Did You Buy?

[MaryKB]

Is USB 3.0 the blue one? Oh yes I see, it says USB 3.0 right above it, lol!

I think I'm going to buy this one. That other one, when I'm reading the comments, people say it doesn't install on Windows 10. But comments for this one say it works really fast across their homes.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073JHHNJ9/ref=psdc_13983791_t1_B00MRVJY1G

 

[PhroX]

My parents have an adapter that extends their broadband using the electricity cables in their house - there's a connection from the router with a plug on it that goings into into a socket, then another plug with a wireless signal emitter that you can plug in elsewhere in the house. From what they've told me, it seems to work well (I'm not particularly tech-minded so I don't know the details of how it works...).

 

[Synobun]

I bought a pre-order of Imperator for a friend who is obsessed with Rome. It's an early birthday gift (it's in May) and replaces what I was originally going to get them (a Rome-themed book that @warpus recommended). Hella more expensive, and kinda screws my current budget, but I think it's a worthwhile inconvenience. Also gives me a bit of wiggle room with the other gifts I need to account for as there are two friends in May and two in June. Now I just have to worry about three of them.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

My parents have an adapter that extends their broadband using the electricity cables in their house - there's a connection from the router with a plug on it that goings into into a socket, then another plug with a wireless signal emitter that you can plug in elsewhere in the house. From what they've told me, it seems to work well (I'm not particularly tech-minded so I don't know the details of how it works...).

Those systems are super hit or miss and won't compete with 'real' wireless networks. But for many they work well enough. How well it works comes down to how your house is wired and other factors that are not immediately obvious. Or at least that's what I've read.

 

[Thorgalaeg]

You have read well. Tried it and it barely worked, mostly because my house is an electric mess. Returned it and installed a proper ethernet Network. Only needed a bunch of rj45 connectors a hot glue gun and a gazillion of wire.

 

[MaryKB]

I bought that wireless thing I linked too, it'll come on Friday and I do hope it works!

I clicked on an advertisement from here for Zappos ... someone please help me ...

 

[Synobun]

I clicked on an advertisement from here for Zappos ... someone please help me ...

Rosegal has some really nice stuff but their clothes will be way too big for your small frame, I think. They have other stuff, though, like stuff for men, shoes, bags, accessories, etc.

 

[civvver]

If you have a USB 3.0 slot, plug it into that. And also connect to your router's 5GHZ band.

I get <500 kb/s on my router's 2.4GHZ band but over 10 mb/s on its 5GHZ.

Concur, make sure you get on that 5ghz band! It doesn't have channel overlap like 2.4. My sub's houses are pretty close so the 2.4 has a ton of congestion. My router is literally in the same room as my pc, 6 feet apart. You might be thinking why didn't the dumbass just hard wire his pc? Well when we build the house I asked my wife where is the desk going in this room and I put the lan port there. Then when we moved in she decided to rearrange all the furniture so it's on a different wall now. And I don't want to run more lines either.

Anyway, on 2.4 I'd have full strength signal but still get tons of packet loss. Overall a pretty fast stream, like ~25 mbps which is pretty good considering max is like 35. But playing online games I'd get tons of lag cus it drops packets. Downloads have redundancies and checks so it covers those and video streams buffer so those don't matter, but it showed bad while gaming.

On 5 ghz though it works perfect and now streams at like 95 mbps, same rate as the hard line from my router.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

I get 330 MB/s on a cable. 65 with wifi.

Guess which one I use?

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I'm buying a tire. We have changed out all ten tires on our truck, and have three of the four best old tires on the trailer. Manually busting truck tires off rims and popping them back on is no joke. The last one was apparently willing to fight to the death, and it wasn't really that good a tire. Local tire shop has a used tire no doubt better than this one for a buck and a quarter installed, so I convinced my partner that we didn't have to go undefeated and could take 13-1 as a successful season of changing tires. $125 ain't worth dying over.

 

[Silurian]

Person I worked with had a business buying tyres and putting them on fancy rims and selling the.

 

[cardgame]

I pay for 10mbps and I get 10.1 over wi-fi according to Windows. I use a $35 PCI-slot network adaptor, dual-band 2.4 & 5ghz - Rosewill N900 iirc

But then again, I am in an apartment with only one wall and about 16 feet separating me from my router.

 

[Hygro]

Food. The cheapest easiest free range or organic eggs grass milk oats.

 

[yung.carl.jung]

Can't tell if serious, but, aluminum has no taste. Cans are objectively superior to bottles: you get the same amount of beer, at the same price (or sometimes even a bit cheaper), they don't take up as much space, they stack, they can be opened easily with just one hand, and, most importantly, they're completely opaque, meaning there's no risk of skunking from light-exposure.

definitely not objectively superior. they're a huge environmental hazard. aluminum factories corrupt soil for literal hundreds of years, if not thousands. recycling them is a pain in the butt. cans are also pretty awkward to drink out of compared to a bottle. with a can you wan't visually see how much is left in it (you can gage in other ways though). lastly, cans conduct heat better, which means they warm up faster (I just made this up). bottles are also more aesthetic, unless you're wearing full denim and a mullet, then you should definitely go with cans bottles arguably have a better grip. and you can't squish them accidentally. they also can't be stabbed (which is both a pro and a con!).

there's a list of distinct advantages for cans, especially for beer, but whatever. I prefer bottles, actually. unless I'm drinking a beer while watching X-Files and eating a grilled cheese, then I always go can.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Taking bottles to the recycling facility is a pain in the butt that barely pays for the gas involved. Taking cans to the recycling facility is a day with a nice cash bonus, and if the cans are squished it pays like a day's work.

 

[yung.carl.jung]

here we just drop em by at supermarkets / liquor stores and they have machines, somewhat like vending machines except they give you money! it's quite convenient

 

[Hygro]

Cans have a distinct taste.

 

[Lexicus]

Cans have a distinct taste.

So do other kinds of containers. I only get cartons of milk, not plastic containers, because milk from a plastic container tastes worse.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

So do other kinds of containers. I only get cartons of milk, not plastic containers, because milk from a plastic container tastes worse.

Next you'll be telling us you prefer milk in bags you heathen.

 

[Hygro]

So do other kinds of containers. I only get cartons of milk, not plastic containers, because milk from a plastic container tastes worse.

Yeah cartons and glass for me but I'll go for a superior brand in a the right plastic if that's my option. Like the Fresno raw milk dairy (there's two in California I forget its name).