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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Am I the only one who would never trust hotel wifi with a device I actually care about?
They don't care enough to monitor what you're doing. That's money they won't spend, generally they don't even want to spend on necessary things if nobody's going to sue and/or die from it. That said, treat it like an open network and take your own security precautions because theirs will be minimal.
That's what I meant, yeah.
Good use for VPNs
I use a travel router that feeds everything through a VPN.
I wish I could do that but I need a special certificate.... So I bring an extra phone that does basically the same.
I'd much rather just use a hotspot or something if I could. I don't trust the other guests, and I wouldn't trust the big hotel chains not to monetize your traffic in some way.
When I traveled to Sri Lanka, one hotel didnt have isolated devices active.
Had some fun with another guest that used the android casting by remote controlling the volume ;)