Duplex (telecommunications) Puns

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So a little back story, I dated a guy for just shy of 3 and a half years and ultimately parted ways with him in the beginning of 2019. This particular ex was quite honestly the worst thing that ever happened to me. Narcissist, pathological liar, mentally and emotionally abusive - you know, that kind of ex. All of which is an incredibly important mention for this story.

In July of 2019, I sparked up a new relationship with someone else, whom I married in November 2021.

In September 2021, my now husband and I were abruptly hit with news that we'd need to move from where we were staying because the original owners (my parents, I took over their mortgage for a few years so they could live across the country) were coming back home.

As anybody who's been in the search of a home lately knows, the prices are absolutely insane. So, we decided that since I have a job that allows me to travel, we'd do that for awhile. Between October and December, we traveled around, but between some minor car issues, grief with the death of my best friend, and my husband ready to find work of his own again, we decided we wanted to try and settle down.

My husband's friend let him know of a Duplex that was becoming available and gave us the landlords information. I knew that the price of rent would be a steal, so I did not hesitate to jump on the opportunity. And by the end of December, we had signed the lease and moved in!

As I was neatly stacking some boxes in our new livingroom, my husband walked in and went, "So, I'm pretty sure your ex is our neighbor." I laughed at him and went, "no he's not, stop." However, he insisted that it was him.

I texted our landlord and casually said, "hey, so I forgot to ask you what our immediate neighbors name was so we could be better acquainted when we finally meet them?" In which he very shortly replied with my exs name.

As for why my description of him in the beginning was important? I didn't feel anything at all when it was confirmed that it was my ex living next door. I actually spent the following 30 minutes in tears from laughter because of course THAT would be the nail in my 2021 coffin. I'm not mad, I'm not sad. I feel absolutely nothing at all about it and after everything, I couldn't feel more empowered!

TLDR: was in an extremely toxic relationship with someone between 2015-2019. Got married to someone absolutely amazing. Moved into a new Duplex with my new husband and my ex lives directly next door to us, in the same Dupl

I’m about to close on my first duplex. I plan to live in one of the units and rent out the other. I’m trying my to walk through all the things I may not be thinking of during this process if I choose to openly tell a tenant that I live in the other side. Thoughts?

Gonna be graduating from college in one semester and am fortunate enough to have already secured a decent job in a low cost of living area. Right now I’m looking for places to rent with 2 other friends but have always been interested in getting into real estate and figure why not just look into purchasing instead.

I’m looking for duplexes with 5-6 beds total. I would live in one unit with friends and would need to find tenants for the other unit. This is in a college town with lots of students though so finding tenants won’t be very difficult.

My salary will be $65k~ and am fortunate enough to have no debt. I have $30k~ in savings for down payment and other fees/costs associated with purchasing as well as any initial repairs that need to be done. Leaning towards an FHA loan for that low down payment.

I guess what I’m looking for is some opinions on if this is feasible or not? Also would love to hear from you guys on what a safe budget is (I.e. how expensive of a property can I afford). Most places that fit my criteria are in the $275k-$350k range. Rents in the area range a lot depending on size of unit, location, and overall just how nice the unit is. Typically $400-$700/room though. I figure I can get about $1500-$1700 in rent just from my unit and then I still have the other unit to rent out.

Obviously I’m new to this so I can provide more information if needed.

Thanks in advance!

So this comment came true. When connected through ExpressVPN, DITO drops over 90% of packets and introduces 4-digit additional latency (not to mention incredible jitter).

Under DITO’s network, pinging a Singaporean IP address has no weird latency, but under a VPN in Singapore, everything is affected, which rules out routing issues. It’s just something I observed, though. Feel free to experiment yourself! Finally, Globe and Smart have no issue with that exact same VPN (except for signal issues obviously). This basically confirms it’s just DITO blocking VPN traffic.

I really don’t trust them now especially when they won’t even let you change the info you put in their app. The cheap data rates is enticing but IMO it’s really not worth everything you’d have to give up, especially since their numbers always get spam texts out of nowhere even though I didn’t give that number out to anything at all! This means that right off the bat they sell your number and info to third parties, and who knows what kind of things they’re returning to the CCP now as they’re being actively hostile to VPNs.

So yes, not worth it hope they go bankrupt yay

I've spent 30 minutes on hold with FUDelity to get this message. I was trying to move my IRA shares to ComputerShare, have DRS'd 100% already of shares in my trading account. Any ideas wtf this means? I got this message after being on hold for 12 minutes listening to their hold music and random tidbits of investing advice. Obviously, I was already connected to them. This has now happened two calls in a row.

Fundamentally it seems the same as buying one property to live in and another property as a rental investment. Obvious pros may be that you can rehab the place easier if you’re next door and invest in some good ROI enhancements to both units (shared HVAC or something, just making stuff up here). Cons are that you have to live next to your tenant.

Is there anything else I’m missing as to why this gets recommended so often as an option? Are duplexes priced more efficiently in terms of rental cap rates when up for sale at the same time?

I read on one of the threads here that the house they lived in/filmed from is now boarded up and condemned. Do we know if this is true?

Europe’s biggest telecommunications company " Deutsche Telekom AG" is throwing its weight behind Polkadot. It also has previously provided infrastructure support (as well as participation in) the POS consensus mechanisms of Chainlink and Celo. It is not only providing node-running infrastructure to users staking assets on Polkadot but also has purchased a significant amount of DOT.

“Like we did before with Celo, we are also investing in DOT tokens to be able to participate in the governance of the network, and basically put our money where our mouth is to support our infrastructure case, The main difference now is that this is not a VC or innovation budget anymore; we are doing this from our business unit. So this really has become a business case for us. I have to say, I’m really proud we are doing this.”

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/12/21/polkadot-is-deutsche-telekoms-latest-crypto-experiment/

It seems like many folks here who have been at it long enough have at some point have used the Duplex. I know there are mixed reviews. I’m wondering for those of you who had it, why did you move away from it? And what did you move to?

If gravity is so weak because it disperses across other dimensions[1] and gravitational waves can be made to encode information that can be later be decoded[2] and the best sign of intelligent life from other worlds is patterned/coherant radiation[3],

why not use LIGO to search for information encoded in gravitational waves -- as a possible indicator of intelligence in parallel universes?

Related: Is it really that unlikely that dark matter could jut be gravitational waves leaking into our universe?

1: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227122-900-gravity-mysteries-why-is-gravity-so-weak/

2: https://www.universetoday.com/140305/it-could-be-possible-to-transfer-data-through-gravitational-waves/

3: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/31/science/radio-signal-extraterrestrial.html

What are some pros and cons of living in a duplex down condo/apt, specifically on the first floor? Excessive rain or snow ever an issue? Noise bc your bedroom is right next to the parking pad?

Hi all,

I’m close to being under contract to purchase a duplex. One unit is occupied by a tenant that is delinquent on their rent payments. I did not know this until I submitted an offer and received a counter-offer, then they mentioned it.

The current owner is attempting to recoup back payments through a local Covid relief program. The tenant is month-to-month and closing would be in about a month.

How big of a headache could this be? Either way I would want the tenant out when I take over the property. Should I accept the offer how it is and offer cash for keys when I close? Could this be potential eviction I would have to deal with? Anyone have experience with situations like this?

Update: thanks for all the responses. I spoke with a lawyer about options after close. If payments have not been made by closing, I can give 5 or 14 day notice to vacate. If payments are caught up, I can give 60+ day (2 full calendar months) notice to vacate.

I decided to go ahead with the deal. It’s definitely a risk but hopefully the tenant moves out peacefully.

A shower thought of mine made into a post: I was thinking of how the Battle of New Orleans in the Anglo-American War of 1812 happened *after* the treaty was signed in Europe between the US and UK, the information simply hadn't gotten back to the troops in Louisiana on either side.

But that led me to two related questions: how was it typical for wars to end before the telegraph? Here I'm mostly thinking about early-modern period of the 1500s-early 1800s when states were centralized enough for this to be a more meaningful question. How were troops issued stand-down orders?

The related question is, was there ever an instance in history where an army played with this? Like what if George Washington had sent a spy posing as a messenger to the lines at Yorktown to convince the British forces that the crown had ordered an armistice?

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Host: 1fichier

Download Size: 72.5 GB repacked to four parts of ~18 GB each

FW: 9.00

Region: Europe

Audio and subtitles languages :

- English

- French

- German

- Italian

- Polish

- Russian

- Spanish

Notes:

- Make sure you read the NFO, you have to install all 11 pkg's to enjoy the full game.

If I'm wrong, and a wire can do full-duplex communication, how can voltage be different (since one is the voltage level sent by A and one is the voltage level sent by B) in the same wire?

I'm a student at telecommunication engineering at University, and I have this question in my head that if I can with this major work after graduation at Cybersecurity field and Campanys . So if anyone here knows please tell me

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Credits to DUPLEX for the dump! Thanks Opoisso for the keystone!

Notes: 5.05 / 6.72 / 7.02 / 7.55 Backport! I repacked the base game because duplex didnt use original keystone (facepalm), so the save from opoissos release would corrupt if you had one. I still include the backport for Duplex if people dont want to redownload or mind losing the save. I hope Duplex starts using my 3.87 tools to avoid this...

Second note, saw some people hating on Opoisso for the last release being broken on minigames as it wasnt dumped since we didnt have 9.00 then, he tried his best to provide the game before time and i spent countless hours trying to fix the issue. So dont hate on Opoisso for providing games for you earlier -.-

Hi all,

ACFO-ACAF (the union for the new CT Group, formerly FIs, AUs and AS audit types) is hosting another free, online mental health and wellness event for our members and, like last year, we're opening it up to any and all public service workers who want to attend.

The details are all here: https://www.acfo-acaf.com/professional-development/jcdp/mental-health-and-wellness-seminar/

The speakers are a mix of people with lived experience sharing their stories and practitioners and clinicians who can provide tangible ways to improve your own mental health, support those around you who might be struggling and otherwise make the world a better place.

The event is January 26 from 10 am - 4 pm ET. That day also happens to be Let's Talk day but I assure you that the timing is purely coincidental. We'd booked our speakers and event production team before it was announced. No shade to the good that Let's Talk can do, mind you, but this is an independent event.

I am wondering what the minimum down payment is that I can put on a First Time Homebuyer Owner Occupied Duplex. According to Google the minimum is 15%-20%, but I've also seen people say they can get a conventional loan with as little 5% down. However, it seems that this is no longer the case? (reddit.com/r/realestateinvesting/comments/ma9dhl/minimum_down_payment_on_an_owneroccupied/)

Also, any general tips are much appreciated as I am currently in the research phase to make sure this makes sense.

I graduated college in 2020 with a minor in applied GIS, and although I have been teaching myself QGIS from scratch over the past few weeks, it has been a while since I have done real “work” with GIS, especially ArcMap. As I go over my old work/notes to refresh myself with definitions, tools, etc. what should I pay special attention to re-familiarize myself for this interview? Am anticipating getting asked some technical questions, especially since this is a remote gig. Thanks for your help!

There's a fortified skyscraper in Manhattan--a bomb-proof building

33 Thomas St

AT&T telecommunications hub

Routes calls between US & other nations via AT&T's international phone & data cables

World's largest centre for processing long-distance phone calls & internet

Where the USA spies on the rest of the world

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Built in 1969

29 floors

550 foot high

there are no windows--no lights

At night-- it blends into the darkness & almost disappears

Built like a fortress--the building can house 1500 people in case of an emergency power failure or catastrophe--with enough food water & fuel for 2 weeks

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This is just one of 8 such spy hubs in the USA--

Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, & Washington, D.C.

Since most of the world's internet traffic passes through the US--the US acts as a spy hub for the entire world

Monitoring & processing the communications of citizens across the world

Identifying & fingering dissident groups--& selling the information to other world leaders

Basically compiling Assassination lists

"Once the internet traffic arrives on U.S. soil, it is processed by American companies"

“A target’s phone call, email, or chat will take the cheapest path, not the physically most direct path,” one agency document explains “Your target’s communications could easily be flowing into and through the U.S.”

Executive Order 12333 – enables the NSA to eavesdrop on “communications which originate and terminate in foreign countries, but traverse U.S. territory.”

For example, an email sent by a person in France to a person in Mexico, which on its way to its destination was routed through a server in California

Why did USA deliberately open its doors to Muslims after the 911 attacks

Becos the usual 'Domestic terrorists''--Mafia--White Supremacist groups--& drug dealers weren't enough to justify mass surveillance of citizens

So they nee

I studied electronic and communication engineering and graduated 2 years ago, and I didn't work with my degree for some reasons.

my problem i feel  i forgot everything,  and I feel like my university courses wasn't good enough for modern telecommunications Science.

I want to study again by myself , and I don't know where I should start ? , and what subjects I should focus on ? And If you can recommend me any good books. Btw i am interested in transmission field.

Sorry for my language mistakes ,English isn't my first language.

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I tried to see if this was already done, but feel free to point me to it if it already is and I'll delete

Edit to add, I have two kids, one who has mild intermittent asthma and has had to do a breathing treatment as recently as a month ago.

Editing again to add that I do rent, as does my neighbor. I’m not sure if his lease has a non smoking clause and I would only bring it up with the landlord as a last resort. I still have to live next door to this guy and I’m not trying to have a bad relationship or make things difficult for anyone.

I think I’m just going to let him know about my kid’s mild asthma and ask if he’d at the very least consider opening a window and leave it at that. I know he’s well within his rights to say no and that’s ok, but it also doesn’t hurt to just ask.

I am starting to use my NAS+Docker more, and have recently started using paperless-ng for document storage.

My Brother MFC-J895DW can scan to PDF and email it, all in one preconfigurable shortcut, without using a PC. This is awesome, but it can only scan one-sided!

I've searched for a duplex scanner and it seems the king of scanners is the Fujitsu ScanSnap series, but they all rely on a PC USB connection and PC software -- except the models iX1600 and iX1500 that can send by email without a computer. These are of course the most expensive at over €400.

--> Can you recommend a scanner that can duplex-scan to PDF and send by email without a PC?

Hey guys! I'm seeking reassurance about doing vocal exercises in a space where my duplex neighbor can hear me.

Context

- I have two roommates. My boyfriend is always at work when I practice vocal exercises (and wouldn't care if I did them while he was here). The other is the guitar player in my band who isn't bothered by the exercises. These folks aren't the issue here.

- We live in a somewhat small duplex. Our neighbors have two shared walls: the master bedroom (my room) and the other bedroom (guitar player's room). She and I are usually home since we're full-time students.

- Sometimes, I do vocal exercises in the common area, an open concept kitchen/dining room/living room combo. This area isn't along a shared wall with the neighbors, but it does allow the sound to echo into her bedroom.

- I don't have a problem with doing the exercises while she's awake or away, but I do worry about waking her up when she's asleep (she is now). She's very respectful about being quiet when I'm asleep, and I want to be courteous to her too.

- The exercises are loud, for I'm singing in full voice. They last for 25 minutes. It's a set of 6 exercises repeated 3-4 times, each time a little faster and with greater range.

- I could do these in my car, but that's not ideal. I want to feel comfortable and unashamed to do these exercises in my room.

- I'm doing these exercises at 11 am every weekday as part of my daily routine. It's common practice for construction workers to use loud machinery during weekdays, which is much louder than my vocal exercises. So logically, I should be unafraid, for I'm not blasting loud bass music or something.

- The shared wall is somewhat thin. I can't hear our neighbor talking, but I can hear him moan loudly when he has a lady friend over... which is usually at night and doesn't happen often enough for it to be a problem.

‼️ - Once I did the exercises in full voice in my room, the neighbor started singing them back to me... I was already self-conscious and uneasy about doing these next to him, and boy, did those feelings get worse after that!!! To be fair, I had to listen closely to hear him doing them too...

- I realize this stems from my anxiety and OCD, which I'm diligently working on. I see a therapist weekly to treat this. I know the best way to work through this is with "exposure therapy," where I do the thing that makes me uncomfortable. Then, when anxious/obsessive thoughts arise, I respond passively without so

Edit - It seems I have been drilling into metal lathe with a cheap driver. Will see if I can borrow a hammer drill tomorrow. thanks so much, folks!

Second edit — Deleted the details because we got the answers we were looking for. I appreciate everyone’s input (except for those of you who were rude) but the comments are really overwhelming. Since there wasn’t a clear cut answer to take quite a few peoples’ advice and double check with some of my friends who do this stuff on a more professional capacity than I do. Pretty sure I’ve gotten to the bottom of it — I’m generally good at this when I know what materials I’m working with — but I like my apartment and am now paranoid that I’m going to blow up the apartment by drilling into brick.