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'cattle not pets' is not a valid argument when you're the owner and operator of the bare metal hardware. Do you also recommend that ISPs not replace failed fans

'cattle not pets' is not a valid argument when you're the owner and operator of the bare metal hardware. Do you also recommend that ISPs not replace failed fans in core and edge routers and optical transport systems? Let things with dual power supplies run for six months on one failed power supply? Also you've clearly never interacted with cattle, sheep, goats, llamas or alpacas, which absolutely do get things like veterinary care and vaccinations. Large animal vet is a whole specialty and they spend lots of time working on animals other than horses. No trips to the vet???

Terretta 6y ago
I’ve been both farmer of black angus beef cattle (on 750 acres) right down to castrating steer, and founder/owner of the world’s largest VDN (14 international data centers) right down to pulling drives. For what it’s worth, meat packers buy dead cattle and don’t ask questions. But this is a well known metaphor, and I’m pointing out by that metaphor, no trips to the vet. As a cattle farmer, I’d argue it holds true if you’re big enough they’ve got tags not names: the vet comes to you and only if you think you’ve got a herd problem instead of an individual problem. As for the HN angle: these are contrarian and objection-inspiring policies that let us wholesale video delivery to/through other CDNs while making a profit.