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Cake day: March 19th, 2024

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  • I worked 3rds for ages. Everything the meme says is true. But aside from health issues that could potentially popup… Folks don’t understand that it’s 4pm and in the middle of your “night”

    I had to remove everyone from my permitted list when my phone was on DnD. My mother, for example, would call at 2pm and ask what I was doing… She never could understand that I was asleep.

    I was always the DD for when people wanted to go out… because “you’re awake normally” which is fine. But maybe I want a beer or two at the bar as well.

    It’s the small things that weigh on you… and if you’re in a relationship… You’ll never see your partner except when they are sliding into the bed and you’re getting up.

    Glad I did it for so long… but I’d never do it again.













  • I would go wired… get a switch, run an Ethernet cable from the dorm wall to the switch then out from your switch to your PC.

    That said the university is probably handling DHCP and dns… You could use a USB WiFi plug to generate a hotspot off your PC. if you wanted to run your own wifi…

    But honestly the dorms WiFi with you using a VPN to a major service is probably easier everyday use wise.

    Let me just say this… my college lost WiFi connectivity for about 2 months once when I was there.
    The only people who had WiFi were the folks connected to the pirate wireless. Because folks were doing the wired device --> hotspot deal with their desktops.

    So might not hurt to be prepared.

    Also… The dns settings for your device… you should set those. If you use DNS from your university… It lets them control what you can and cannot see on the net.