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Theres nothing I love more than troubleshooting an internet connection. With that preamble out of the way, this weeksTech 911letter comes from Lifehacker readerBen. He writes: Sir, I currently have Charter Spectrum for Internet only. I reside in Reno, Nevada. Sincerely, Trying to get up in Reno. Its all about the moneyand the pipe Ben, I love your signature. Thats the good news. See, your upload speed istypicallygoing to be much, much slower than your download speed....

For better or for worse, whining isnt either a manipulation or a plea for tender loving care. Instead, whining is sometimes a power play and sometimes a legitimate request for emotional support. It requires us to listen to each whine and think about the context. This listening is hard. We dont always have these things. We dont always have these things. It feels too hard to talk like a big girl right now....

It remained suspended there, showering the city with a multitude of extremely thin beams, like pouring rain. The entire phenomenon lasted for 10 to 12 minutes. The wake of a Falcon 9 rocket seen from California on 22 December 2017. Residents of Petrozavodsk saw something similar on 20 September 1977. Photo:Kevin Gill/Wikimedia Commons The event was widely reported the following day in newspapers. In Denmark, pilots flying over Copenhagen also saw a glowing object....

Chateau de Breze is a small castle by European standards. But beneath its humble foundation lies one of Europes largest underground fortress. It was built by Arthus de Maille-Breze, the then lord of the castle, in the mid-16th century. These are connected by more than 3 kilometers of tunnels. He had the moat deepened to a staggering sixty feet. The stone excavated from the moat construction was used for building the new castle....

Its not always fun to exercise in a mask, but sometimes you have to. So dont expect a definitive answer; there simply isnt one. Masks are also only part of a strategy to prevent COVID transmission. They arenota magical force field. No mask is perfect. Another important thing to remember is that masks may make exercise feel harder. During cardio exercise, they make it harder to suck in enough air....

Theydidinclude illicit parties in their predictionsokay, good, so they know theyre dealing with college students. But they forgot that college kids dont always answer their phones. (Positive test results were delivered by phone.) And Jones says intentionally violating quarantine or isolation orders was something we really didnt think was going to happen. Sounds like they based the safety of students on a model that wasnt accurate. None for the administrators, as far as I can tell....

If the pandemic has turned you into a helicopter parent, one can hardly blame you. Helicopter parenting is answering questions for kids who are capable of answering for themselves. Its mediating disagreements between them and their friends once theyre old enough to do so on their own. Its demanding the coach put your kid in as the starting pitcher. Helicopter parenting may spring from good intentions. (You dont want them to get hurt!...

The 1982 tournament was also the first where penalty shoot-out was introduced to break a tie. But things could have been different. The tournament began with one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history. On the third day of the tournament, Algeria defeated West Germany 2-1. West Germany at that time were the most dominant force in world football. After winning the UEFA Euro 1980, they cruised through qualification winning all of their eight qualifying matches....

The worlds first cast iron bridge still stands in Shropshire, England, across River Severn. Its more than two hundred years old. Pritchards designs were approved by Act of Parliament and in 1777 construction began. Abraham Darby III, an ironmaster at Coalbrookdale, was commissioned to cast and build the bridge. When Pritchard died just a month after work had begun, the responsibility of the project fell upon Darby. But in 1997 a small watercolour sketch by Elias Martin came to light in a museum in Stockholm....

No one knows what a socially-distanced Halloween is going to look like, but Hulu isnt letting that stop it from loading Octobers streaming schedule with a ton of spook-em-ups, from new originals to a grab bag of scary movies of years past.The biggest draw for genre buffs is probably going to beClive Barkers Books of Blood, a new anthology filmbased on the workof one of the genres gross-out body horror masters....

The purpose of an investment policy statement is to turn your investing strategy into a measurable plan. Heres how to get started putting one together. A medium-term goal may be covering your childs college education. You may also have a long-term goal of retiring in 30 or 40 years. attempt to estimate how much money you will need for each goal. The short-term goals may be easier to tackle, because inflation will be less of an issue....

The long-anticipated bundle of Apple services is here: Apple One. If youre buying a bundle, you might be paying for more than what you actually need. With that said, we ask the question:Is Apple One worth it? Apple One is worth it for Apple junkies, but… ## When is Apple Ones Individual plan a good deal? Consider Apple OnesIndividualplan ($15/mo). Heres where the math gets harder: What if you prefer Spotify to Apple Music?...

Like many firsts in spaceflight, Project Mercury began with a failure. Unfortunately, Project Mercury was having trouble getting off the ground. The program today is more than one year behind its original schedule and is expected to slip to two. The Mercury Seven" astronauts pose with an Atlas model on July 12, 1962. Photo: NASA Project Mercury was a large and unproven part of NASA. A variation of the Redstone rocket was used to put the first US satellite, Explorer, in orbit....