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Business school writing frequently smells like Post hoc rationalisation to me (with some confirmation bias mixed in).

I took one class in the business department while I was in university and it felt like basically "business" anthropology without any of the reflection that the field of anthropology has done about its own research and the limits/biases of their claims.

The "scholarly" aspect and the standards were comical compared to other fields (even compared to some standards in other fields that I consider pretty suspect).


While I always wanted to like Locke's arguments more, they always felt the weaker of the two, and frequently seemed to need to plug god into the gaps.

Unifi (which the OP uses) even has dedicated devices for this type of failover: https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/29887153953559-UniFi-5...

Spendy though.

The Unifi 5G modem for the UK [1] is £378 (~USD500) and that's just the hardware, you still have to pay for a suitable SIM.

I can see why some people are drawn to the Starlink option at 1/3 of that price.

1. https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/internet-solutions/co...


You can get a 4g dongle with $20 for basic failover. There are also many other companies that sell cheaper 5G routers. Zte has several models.

Starlink only makes sense as a last resort if LTE coverage is not available in your area.


Sure, but my reply was specific to the parent comment about Unifi though.

Most people who buy into the Ubiquiti/UniFi world want to keep within that ecosystem wherever possible, the integration between components is very good, it's just that some bits are vastly more expensive than they should really be.

A generic $20 4G dongle won't be as easy to integrate nor report as many shiny metrics as a UniFi component.

Right now I've got better things to spend the $480 difference on but if I had a lot more disposable income I wouldn't need to think twice about ordering the UniFi specific bit that's mostly fit and forget.

> Starlink only makes sense as a last resort if LTE coverage is not available in your area.

Again, the point is that LTE coverage can also disappear for exactly the same reasons why the primary FTTP/DOCSIS connection disappears. It's still reliant on local power and backhaul. Starlink has no local dependencies as long as you've got your own UPSes.

Many people who really want to be sure they have Internet will probably go FTTP/DOCSIS -> 4G/5G dongle -> Starlink.

My on-call plan is: FTTP Broadband -> 5G hotspot on mobile -> wifi in local cafe -> co-working space (24h access)

My off-call plan is: FTTP Broadband -> pick up a book


>A generic $20 4G dongle won't be as easy to integrate nor report as many shiny metrics as a UniFi component.

Neither will Starlink.


Unifi has Starlink integrations in the beta software. Don't know if it's been made final

To be pedantic he actually gave 613 commandments.


Isn’t that this from the (Anthropic) article:

“Our first step was to use Claude to find previously identified CVEs in older versions of the Firefox codebase. We were surprised that Opus 4.6 could reproduce a high percentage of these historical CVEs”

https://www.anthropic.com/news/mozilla-firefox-security


Your parent literally said that nobody will ever convince them otherwise. It’s probably not worth trying.


Yeah, but while they might not be convinced, some stranger that needs this information may stumble across it -- and it may do them good to read it. ADHD is no joke and stimulant medications are vitally important, as one component, in the treatment of ADHD.


Incredibly false. see my comments below, there are way more potential risks that should out weigh any potential benefits, there are non-stimulant based treatments for ADHD that are just as effective and don't require you to play russian roulette with your sanity. Your comment is ill informed and incredibly dangerous.


Thats strong advice. Where did you get your medical degree amd where can we read your research?

Obviously it must be vast, or you wouldn't be able to make sweeping claims that contradict soo much evidence to the contrary.

> you will never convince me otherwise

I suppose its good to have a religion.


I did notice that, but as others have pointed out, the rest of the audience is likely more important than the idiosyncratic biases of the OP.

The OP message of "big pharma is lying to us!" is an appealing one for many people. Pointing out that, in fact, there is serious scientific evidence to the contrary on that exact topic is "worth trying".

Otherwise, if we just abandon the concept of rational thought, we end up with people like the current president of the US, the guy in charge of Health and Human Services, and so on. There are, as philosophers put it, "facts of the matter", and we need to keep reminding people of that if we want to even achieve the minimal level of valid response shown in the movie Idiocracy. Currently, the United States is not actually achieving that level.


Well good on you for having the wherewithal for such an interaction. Keep fighting the good fight.


Comment conversations are public; “everybody else” is part of the conversation.


Protest of any kind only works in systems where the rulers aren’t insulated from the sentiment of their populace by a steady stream of natural resources money.


The z in the username feels like a clue.


The London review of Books frequently has domain experts writing their reviews.


You could have a lid that folds back from the top of the box to form a cup that the box could pour into.


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