How are we going to do this?

[jakkuh_t]

 

[Uttamattamakin]

Interesting.  What might have helped with this would've been having a couple  of mirrors.  About the size that are used in a foundation makeup compact.   Just small hand mirrors. 

If Linus had one he could use it, and sunlight to make a flashing signal that would've been much more noticeable than him waving his hands around.    They show this in a lot of survival TV shows. As for the second one, if Jake had one he may have been able to use it to see through that view finder using it.  

Never the less you got it done and this is really interesting.  Great video. 

[MultiGamerClub]

Well ill be damned..

edit: Seeing linus hold up a dish right beside the water on a fast moving boat.. Oh man i got shivers.

Edited August 30, 2021 by MultiGamerClub

[GodAtum]

This is stupid. I assume his parents own the marina building too otherwise how did they get permission to mount? I tried doing something similar but the marina owner refused permission.

 

Secondly, I assume you are plugged into the Marina's public broadband, rather then your own private one? Is that safe?

[kumicota]

I hope they don't need internet on heavy rain and fog, it can easily worsen the 60ghz signal

[AbydosOne]

29 minutes ago, GodAtum said:

I assume you are plugged into the Marina's public broadband

It sounded like they were getting their own line installed at a later date (due to installation delays).

[Egg-Roll]

How are we going to do this?
Step 1: https://www.starlink.com/

Step 2: Hit Place Order

Step 3: ???

Step 4: Linus remembers he has one in the warehouse...

 

Also what are the safety laws in BC for scissor lifts? If I was to use a lift with no fall protection gear I'd get fined (so could the company), that's not including if you don't have the certification that goes with it... Before anyone (including LTT staff) whine about how it's not in their building/complex, the laws don't care (else contractors and off site workers like hydro etc would never have to use harnesses etc), if Linus tells them to do work offsite and even if they don't get paid to do so that offsite is still a worksite and compliance with the local laws for both employer and employee have to still be done.

 

Edit: also Linus's fall protection had too much slack for it to be considered safe to use...

[dogwitch]

55 minutes ago, Egg-Roll said:

How are we going to do this?
Step 1: https://www.starlink.com/

Step 2: Hit Place Order

Step 3: ???

Step 4: Linus remembers he has one in the warehouse...

 

Also what are the safety laws in BC for scissor lifts? If I was to use a lift with no fall protection gear I'd get fined (so could the company), that's not including if you don't have the certification that goes with it... Before anyone (including LTT staff) whine about how it's not in their building/complex, the laws don't care (else contractors and off site workers like hydro etc would never have to use harnesses etc), if Linus tells them to do work offsite and even if they don't get paid to do so that offsite is still a worksite and compliance with the local laws for both employer and employee have to still be done.

 

Edit: also Linus's fall protection had too much slack for it to be considered safe to use...

i love the starlink bros... it will sovle everything.

it does not.

rant done

 

on the dish.i was surprise how it got 70% on first try.

[Guest willies leg]

Would have been a lot easier and better with starlink. But I guess this was fun!

[Guest]

Why not just use a Satellite connection, like StarLink? 

 

(i bet the answer is because it doesn't make a video)

[crazzp]

6 minutes ago, RorzNZ said:

Why not just use a Satellite connection, like StarLink? 

 

(i bet the answer is because it doesn't make a video)

No because the reasons are:
1. Higher upfront cost
2. Starlink is in beta, people wait months to receive the kit they preorder

3. Higher power consumption, for a place running on solar power

4. Lower bandwidth

5. Higher latency

[Zodiark1593]

51 minutes ago, RorzNZ said:

Why not just use a Satellite connection, like StarLink? 

 

(i bet the answer is because it doesn't make a video)

Starlink is only good because it wallops conventional satellite and DSL. Still worse than good land line, expensive, and limited in availability. It provides a reasonable option in lieu of better options, which is pretty revolutionary in a lot of rural places. If you can do landline though, you’d still be much better off. 
 

 Regular satellite is literally a last resort option when you cannot get anything else, even mobile internet or DSL. Highly inconsistent performance combined with stingy data limits (makes mobile carriers look like saints), latency measured in actual seconds, and high costs, make satellite an option to avoid if you can get anything else. If forced to choose between Satellite and going without internet, the latter is quite compelling vs dealing with some pretty scummy ISPs. 

[infuriatingpixels]

15 hours ago, jakkuh_t said:

 

 

14 hours ago, kumicota said:

I hope they don't need internet on heavy rain and fog, it can easily worsen the 60ghz signal

Do you have any idea how much this impacts the signal? Our DSL speed is around 1.5Mbps, but we can see houses that are due to get gigabit fibre soon. But we get lots and lots of weather!

Thanks

[Egg-Roll]

15 hours ago, dogwitch said:

i love the starlink bros... it will sovle everything.

it does not.

rant done

It'll work better than this I bet on the bad weather days, or if someone parks their boat in front of the signal...

 

10 hours ago, crazzp said:

No because the reasons are:
1. Higher upfront cost
2. Starlink is in beta, people wait months to receive the kit they preorder

3. Higher power consumption, for a place running on solar power

4. Lower bandwidth

5. Higher latency

For 1 and 2 Linus has a unit already, and I think it might be cheaper than the setups cost in this video...

4. You mean data speed, Starlink has unlimited bandwidth (for now), also the speeds Starlink provides is more than enough for 4K video streaming, this isn't Linus's place so no need for overkill.

5. Ok, your point? Unless they play point and shooter games they won't care. We are talking about people in their 50's+ not people in their 30's =<

You're only real valid point is energy, for points 4/5 they are basically millennial problems more than real issues, for the first issue that's because Starlink requires you to buy equipment, other satellite providers lock you into contracts.

Also one point even I missed about Starlink is it might not work so well with the trees, just like how the setup in the video would likely fail or have reduced speeds if someone parks their sailboat right in the path of the signal.

 

 

[Guest]

18 hours ago, crazzp said:

No because the reasons are:
1. Higher upfront cost
2. Starlink is in beta, people wait months to receive the kit they preorder

3. Higher power consumption, for a place running on solar power

4. Lower bandwidth

5. Higher latency

Its cheaper and lower latency than the internet I had before, which was ADSL2+. Seeing as our house runs on solar, I don't think your point adds up. Its also unlimited. 

 

I'm not sure about the long waiting time, didn't take long for other people in my family to get it, but of course that may vary. 

[Avocado Diaboli]

I love how Linus and Jake were trying to spot each other basically at sea level at a distance of 5 km. At that distance, the curvature of the Earth literally hides anything smaller than 2 meters. And that's not even accounting for waves or tides or other optical nonsense from evaporation. Funny how even non-flat Earthers can forget that we live on a globe. 

[xaniel123]

On 8/31/2021 at 4:36 AM, infuriatingpixels said:

 

Do you have any idea how much this impacts the signal? Our DSL speed is around 1.5Mbps, but we can see houses that are due to get gigabit fibre soon. But we get lots and lots of weather!

Thanks

The Company I work for owns a WISP and when it rains those radios have to fall back the the 5ghz backup because 60 ghz is susceptible to oxygen absorption witch is maximized when it rains and after it rains because of the grater amount of oxygen in the air. We even had a few links we had to take down because on clear days with no conservable problem they would just drop connection. 

I would like to note this is all second hand information I got from my friend that douse the tech support for that side of the company. I only know the vary basics. 

[Required]

Ähm why is the Parents House Made out of Plywood? Are the Poor dudes?

Like in Linus his Shop that not look very sturdy and safe to me.

[AbydosOne]

42 minutes ago, Required said:

Ähm why is the Parents House Made out of Plywood? Are the Poor dudes?

It's not done yet.

[Required]

6 minutes ago, AbydosOne said:

It's not done yet.

When and how do the get the concrete from?

[Lurick]

3 hours ago, Required said:

Ähm why is the Parents House Made out of Plywood? Are the Poor dudes?

Like in Linus his Shop that not look very sturdy and safe to me.

wtf? You do realize that like 90% of houses in the N/A region are made out of wood right? Using it does not equal poor and using concrete for an OFF THE GRID house isn't even remotely practical either unless your a multi millionaire who wants to waste money just because.

[Required]

17 hours ago, Lurick said:

You do realize that like 90% of houses in the N/A region are made out of wood right?

No why should someone build a House who is a Health risk?

[AbydosOne]

1 hour ago, Required said:

No why should someone build a House who is a Health risk?

Not sure if trolling or if from somewhere that cement grows on trees...

 

What exactly is the health risk of wood? That it burns? Cement is caustic and airborne particles can cause silicosis-like effects, so it isn't perfectly safe either...

[BondiBlue]

3 hours ago, Required said:

No why should someone build a House who is a Health risk?

Take a look online. Here in North America we build with wood. How is that a health risk? No, our houses aren't the strongest in the world, but this continent has lots of lumber available, so we use it. 

[Required]

Build with Bricks: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochziegel and it last for Centuries.