AIPAC seems to be an undermining factor to American democracy.

Probably will start with an uncontrollable flash point. Arab Spring supposedly started when a citizen set himself on fire whose frustration about daily life was wide spread. It just flipped a switch in people.

I use Lemmy.world. I don’t see any of this drama, about cat food or leftists. I do see posts that used to be regular at Reddit, with decent discussion.

Good that they said so, bad that they resigned, at least from my point of view. Leaving means they can’t do anything from the inside. But perhaps they were incapable anyway.

Centrist Dems sound identical to right wing Cons.

I plaid 20 during COVID to show gratitude for places being open and practicing good protocols. Now I’m back to 15 unless service is extraordinary.

Policy that stops killing games is a positive response 😎

Something isn’t right with him.

That’s true too.

Dems who support Israel don’t have my support. That said, our system is so f’d I’d rather vote for supporters of genocide than supporters of pedophiles.

I see where I can change DNS for WiFi in iOS settings, but cellular requires an app. It sounds like VPN without the security?

If Verizon is throttling, would that be circumvented by a VPN connection?

Used Ookla. Got 40 Mbit down off VPN, 2.25 on VPN.

Will continue using this in future tests. I don’t watch Netflix on my phone. I usually am browsing Lemmy, YouTube, or listening to Apple Music. Fast.com has been my indicator of why my speed is so slow off of VPN when using these services on cellular. While it might not be an ideal speed test, its results track with my connections performance with these services.

That is to say, at times I’ll find myself not on VPN, find that my videos are chugging, turn VPN on, and problem solved. I usually only turn it off if I’m on home WiFi.

Dunno about where Charter was routing. Just knew it was a common best practice for users in my town to manually set their DNS to Google.

Charter became Spectrum and since then this hasn’t been a need.

So far as cellular goes, I don’t think I can manage my IP settings on the phone as one would on Windows. I already use VPN if I travel or use public WiFi, and learned that, holy shit, my speeds are far better while connected than not. So I stay connected almost all the time. It’s counter intuitive, but I can’t argue with the results.

Routing. Back in the day, Charter customers experienced horrible download speeds using Charter’s DNS servers.

Switching to Google’s would result in far more reliable network speeds.

Tell me you’re a dickhead without telling me you’re a dickhead.

I use VPN because it actually speeds up my connection on cellular. My theory is the DNS servers that Verizon uses in my area are inefficient, to the point where I’ll get 1 Mbit down on Verizon, but 100 Mbit down connected to Proton VPN.

It has nothing to do with security, unless I’m in a coffee shop on WiFi.

Edit: here are my speeds on cellular, first without VPN, second while connected to a server in Los Angeles.

Medals for days / he been had medals

Jesus existed in the historical record, but his life is mythologized. We can only rely on interpretations such as this to help give us an understanding of what his life may have been like.

This is a terrible joke, and I love it.

Heated seats in luxury cars.

This is the case where I work.