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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • 135 Tyndall Ave, Toronto. As some graffiti I saw nearby said “King and Duff is mad rough”.

    Move-in day I had what I’m fairly certain was a drug dealer got into a fight with me.

    The elevator license was about a year expired, so I refused to use it. Walking up 7 stories wasn’t too big a deal, except that the stairwell was usually home to a few meth heads indulging in their habit.

    Frequently I would find homeless people sleeping in the halls outside my unit, often having to wake them up so I could get inside my own home.

    My roommate and I used to hang out on our balcony and look at the people below and try to guess whether they were drug addicts, prostitutes, or former patients from the mental health institution the government had shut down a few years prior (many ended up homeless).

    That doesn’t even begin to touch on the bedbugs, roaches, and pigeon problems that building had, or the bi-weekly fire alarms.

    I got out of there within 6 months. Absolute hell. The area has a very large Tibetan population, and I do miss seeing the monks and prayer flags though.












  • Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.comtohomelab@lemmy.ml5G/LTE on the go
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    4 days ago

    I looked into this about a year ago. Most of the mobile modems I came across require DC power, or were far too expensive to be practical.

    What I ended up doing was buying a used android phone hooked up to a mobile router.

    It’s also doable to use a DC to USB adapter, depending on the modem’s power draw. Make sure the device falls within the power delivery specs for the cable you’re using though

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