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uvwon The average consumer loses over $150 a year renting a router from their ISP

I have a Comcast router modem combo(group contract through HOA, so free for me). My advertised is 125 Mbps and I do hit close to 125 when I use many of those speed test websites.

When I set this hardware in bridge mode and try to use my own router with dd-wrt, my speeds drop to below 50 Mbps.

I could never figure out why.

uvwon Selfie 2 Waifu

I get redirected to a spam website from this page.

https://postimg.cc/svwnR4rK

uvwon Ask HN: What is your favourite OS and why?

Debian flavored Linux.

Linux because I always loved to tinker, customize my stuff. Not just the computer but my home and car and I can customize Linux as much as I want.

I also love using CLI. I like to have remote connectivity to my home computer when I am out without having to render entire GUI on my handheld device.

It's also what I am most familiar with.

uvwon Ask HN: What has your career looked like?

  - Undergrad in civil engineering
  - masters in structural engineering
  - masters in computer science
  - web developer
  - core java developer
  - 4.5 years in fintech
  - 6 months job hopping, 3 different companies
  - 2 years in hedge fund
  - 2 years in fintech again

uvwon Ask HN: Have you ever hit absolute rock bottom?

He is with my soon to be ex. During my parenting time I teach him, we cook together, have long conversations, play board games, take him out for fun and hikes. With all her faults, the ex is not a bad mother.

uvwon Ask HN: Have you ever hit absolute rock bottom?

Not financially, but mentally. I was married to a woman who was and still is incredibly petty, emotional, dishonest and all around an awful person. I developed sleep apnea, depression. I would drive around after work so as to not come home earlier than I needed to. I tried to block her out and focus my energy on my autistic son. Lost all friends as I didn't know how to talk to them about my family problems. Stopped talking to my parents and sisters because any contact with them would cause more fights with her.

I started to go on hikes and travel alone just to escape proximity with this woman. Started drinking regularly.

I compartmentalize everything in my life, but my family life started to affect my work life. I started fantasizing getting a job in a foreign country to escape. Contemplated suicide many times, but I couldn't that to my kid.

Luckily, I met an incredible woman on a hike in Norway. Came back home, filed for divorce and moved out. I am getting better slowly.

uvwon Ask HN: How do I backout of an accepted offer

I do live in an at-will employment state.

uvwon What is the hardest thing in Computer Science?

Am I the only one who don't mind fixing stuff like that. I sometimes do get satisfaction of making things work no matter how trivial.

uvwon Ask HN: I lost my job

It's really not. I saw the signs since early January. They were waiting for me to finish a project that I was working on. This was way before people in US got serious about the Pandemic.

uvwon Ask HN: Which major cities are the easiest to move to with a new job?

Swastika is a sacred religious symbol of Hindus, Jains and Buddhists. The only unfortunate part is that some dipshit stole it and decided to make it a symbol of hate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

uvwon Ask HN: I work less than what my contract says

Not sure how correct, but I read somewhere some time ago that a developer is productive for around only two hours per work day.

I rarely worked as contractor, but at most of the places I worked at, if I did my work on or before the deadline, nobody cared what I did. If I finished work early and volunteered for more, then I got better reviews and raises. Unless you are working retail, the hours shouldn't matter much.