Previously, the advice was to translate your posts into one or two languages before posting. It seems that even rough content generated by large language models (LLMs) can help people fit in more easily.

I like how slop became “rough content” after translation.

tl;dr: it is probably Deadlock, use a VPN to force a different the server/route.

@hello_there Does your computer support wifi6? What time of the day are you playing Deadlock?

As others mentioned, you need to isolate the problem. The usual suspects are:

• Computer to router - check the Wi-Fi strength,(@tal’s mtr, linssid, nmcli… there are many out there. Use something that would monitor for a while, since you said that the spikes happen every 10 seconds. If you are willing to move your computer, or get a longer cable to your antenna, or to buy wifi6 antenna with a long cable: you can get a phone app to do the strength test and check for better spots nearby.
• Router to “outside” - if you use all in one solution, just make sure it is working properly, either connect to it thought your browser. Or be lazy and do the power cycle, waiting 20 seconds before reconnecting the power cable (or whatever is your ISP guideline).
• Route to game servers - Try to play other online games, take note of the server location you are to experience the problem. As there are always some issues with the route, like a flood in a region, a truck that destroyed a cable, or just ISP incompetence.
• Route to the Deadlock servers - You can enable settings to show more details, or open the steam overlay. It will show you locations, and if it hopped in multiple servers. Take note of the servers the problem happen and the ones that do not.

The other suspects do not happen so often, but:

A faulty Wi-Fi device, but the 10 seconds interval is a bit weird for it. And you would see a bunch of errors in your logs. If you want to rule that out, get one of those wifi-usb dongle with a big USB extension, or one of those fancy ones from TP-Link or Netgear that comes with big cables and antennas.

If you think it might be a fedora update, you can rollback to test it. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/manual-rollbacks/

I am inclined to think it is Deadlock because I played it for a while, and from my list, it was the only thing inconsistent and extremely erratic. From one day to another, it would go from small spikes, to something that looked like randomizing my ping between 45 and 350 every couple of seconds. One of those days it was connecting me to Amsterdam servers, with a hop in Buenos Aires first. And sometimes it would change depending on the time of the day. The game is not released yet, and their servers are still experimental.

Sadly, there is no way to force a server at the time, not sure if they implemented that yet. And there were plenty of people complaining on their forums about those problems. There, you might find a case similar to yours with a different solution, but what worked for me sometimes was to use a VPN and chose a location in the same city as the server closest to me. When that failed, I would try a different city for the VPN.

I was quite successful with Yocto Project for the SoCs I use.

Thanks for the recommendation.

I played the game and Replaced might be the best thing I played this Next Fest so far. I had to find this post back just to thank you.

I wonder if they will need to bribe USA, so the aid can arrive.

It seems like USA just wants to bomb things without the fear of retaliation.

But it is most likely another US scam. It is sus every time they start with:

• psst kid, here is what they don’t want you to know…
• you should be afraid of …, they are here to hurt you
• it is for the kids

The first question to ask is “Will the Golden Dome prevent US from bombing Canada?”, then it is protection money.

This saddens me much.

Growing up, I witness family members denying life-saving care on religious grounds, while on the same branch of the family another person died because they could not afford the exams and treatment (we only learned after the death).

I wish we could keep ignorance away from public funded institutions (and private too) and provide people with the care they need with love and respect.

My suggestions are:

Scott Pilgrim EX Beat’em up RPG in the universe of Scott Pilgrim, it is a well-made game even if you don’t know that IP.

Wax Heads You work in a record store matching LPs to customers and helping local bands.

Phonopolis Beautifully-made point & click adventure(cardboard style), with well-made puzzles.

Pluto I went for the art, but really liked the mechanics to cast spells. You can put an element on each of your fingers that matches the pattern of a spell card. If a spell ends in water, and another starts with water you can chain them to use fewer fingers. There is a bunch of mechanics going on to modify the behaviour of your fingers, like rings, power ups, or enemy curses.

It is nice that most of them have demos.

Jackal is good, I recommend if you like games like Hotline Miami. It is similar but more forgiving, and you have some weird powers. (There is a button “download demo” on the right panel).

I need to give the others a try, I am curious about Shadows of the Afterland.

I noticed that most people I bump into that says they are not into politics, they mean partisan politics. Often from places where they are disenfranchised about their civics.

But if you bring up “holly shit, did you see the price of milk is 7CAD?”. They will be more than happy to provided their cents on why and think about solutions.

Dude “wrote” a book on negotiations, but only knows how to play one tune.

And USA congress keeps trying to vote to end those tariffs on Canada.

If Carney’s team is smart, by the time USA move on, we would have stronger ties with the rest of the world and business with USA would be optional.

It will be really hard to be friends again when at least 70 millions USA citizens voted for this in 3 different occasions. And only a few did a thing to prevent it.

Going back to USA would be like a spouse who keeps going back to an abusive partner.

I hope we improve our friendship with the rest of the world for some peace of mind.

candidacy are engaging in Rwandan genocide denialism,

and

NDP national president Lucy Watson said in a statement that candidates in the leadership race need to uphold values of integrity, honesty and respect for human rights.

Seems like NDP is doing a good job then.

Should the candidates try for UCP instead? Their values seem to be aligned with some branches of that party.

also, is @op a bot? +1,4k posts, no engagement.

edit: found this post that paints a different picture of her husband https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/the-ndp-needs-more-not-less-nuttiness/article_e1364ffd-0245-4060-8d5a-fe582030741f.html take it with a grain of salt because it is an opinion piece.

Early 2010s I asked the company I worked for to approve some free game engines to be installed. The legal department returned a big no with pages of why Unity should not be allowed in the premises. We proceeded with Unreal, Blender and eventually Godot as tools any employee could install.

Unity was bad back them, it is just that people did not read the agreements and tech sheet. Their new leadership just made that more apparent.

Puuluup is great, learned about them during Eurovision a couple of years ago. Thanks for the recommendation of KEXP

This is the best answer! Thank you for sharing your methods. I was going to reply about the daily editorial, but yours is more complete.

I would also like to add that I type the name of things I like and often find them on bandcamp. Including big artists.

Peter Gabriel, Evanescence, Run the Jewels, Flight of Conchords, Ghost…

What I don’t find there, I get from a thrift store (easy to find famous artists there) or quobuz.

They do already, and most of the comments on the noise are “please share promp”.

https://suno.com/song/56199a21-16e1-4906-b3db-5d847cf81a18

They gave us a scare over the years, being sold around to companies that are famous for enshittifying platforms.

Epic sold the company when people unionized, and the next did a trick to not recognized the union and “hire” half of the staff (contrary to fire half of them).

The platform is not what has been 5 years ago, but it is still my favourite place to get music around.

Brazil (R$ right?) used to have a lot of programs to send students to foreign countries, but around 10 years ago the numbers dwindled.

I don’t see many Brazilian undergrads anymore, some grads, but mostly post-docs.

If you shared your field and education level, I could point you to a more precise direction.

But for education, your best bets are:

• Check the exchange programs with your current university, they have partnership with other universities around the world and you probably can pay cheaper with local currency.
• The higher your degree, it is easier to come. Despite what we see on the news about people denying science, and we are losing a bunch of researches to the EU, it is still better to find high education positions here than undergrad or lower. Also, you might be able to get paid, either as TA, researcher or just apply for a coop. That might offset your costs a bit.

Payment here is different, you pay by period X number of curses (Fall term, Winter Term, Spring/Summer) - some places in Europe it would be called semester) not by year, so that 20.000 CAD a year would be split in at least 2 periods. The university puts that so it is easier for you to plan your life. There is no monthly instalments payment like in some countries, but students can apply for awards, support, loans, etc… Check your university of choice for this information.

As others said, you need to take in account other costs too, from the visa process (a student visa will take longer and be pricier than a visitors visa), to housing and food. Some universities offer housing and food at a smaller cost than doing it all by yourself.

From your other comment in the thread, it sounds like you just want to leave the country for a while to experience life somewhere else.

Commonwealth countries and some places in Europe offer an easy to get work visa for under 30 years old. Check if you qualify for those. Usually, those visas lasts for a year, and you can renew if you meet some criteria.