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To Run A Better D&D Game, Turn On This Netflix Feature
Running a game of Dungeons & Dragons, or any tabletop role-playing game, involves telling your players what they see. Players rely on you to give a sense of tone and ambience, but also to point out anything interesting or relevant to their quest. But they also need you to leave the room to ask and…
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NBN Says You’ll Never Need More Than 100Mbps
History is littered with grandiose statements that seemed reasonable(ish) at the time but were proven to be completely ludicrous. There’s the statement made by Bill Gates that 640K of memory ought to be enough for everyone and Thomas John Watson, the Chairman of IBM saying there was a market in the world for just five…
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What’s The Difference Between Cat5, Cat5e And Cat6 Ethernet Cables?
I finally took your advice and went completely wired on my home network using a bunch of ethernet cables I had lying around. Some are Cat5 and others are Cat5e. Is there a difference? Is one faster than the other? What should I use?
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NBN In 2018: A Litany Of ‘Lies’ And Broken Promises
With 2018 shaping up as an election year – we could go to the polls as early as 4 August 2018 if the government calls it – a number of key battleground issues are forming. One of those is the National Broadband Network. Both governments have policies around the NBN with the electorate finally realising…