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I was merely pretty sure that the comment was AI generated as I read it. After reading it, I became a lot more confident when I noticed the username above the c
by mh- 11mo ago
I was merely pretty sure that the comment was AI generated as I read it. After reading it, I became a lot more confident when I noticed the username above the comment: Gemini 3.
Is this a Wordpress plugin the blog author is using?
- terminalshort 11mo agoAmazing that we now live in a world where AI can instantly an accurately diagnose a network infrastructure problem, but you are still forced to talk to CS drones who tell you again and again "have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?"
- mh- 11mo agoI'm not so sure that's an accurate diagnosis. But I agree it's certainly better than one can get from phoning support.
- szundi 11mo ago[dead]
- Twirrim 11mo agoI can't speak to the accuracy of the diagnosis, but the claims about NTP are bizarre, and to the best of my knowledge, wrong. There's nothing specific about the times the incidents cluster around that would have anything to do with NTP. It doesn't work like that.
- VBprogrammer 11mo agoThough, if I was the author the speculation about the restart time would have me breaking out a timer.
- globie 11mo agoWe're talking about this line, right? >The precision of outages (at :29 and :44) matches a network-synchronized clock (NTP). I think this just correctly points out that if the trigger was something unsynchronized like animals chewing on wires or someone digging underground, you wouldn't have 61% of events occurring at these two second markers. Even if the trigger was something digital but on a machine that isn't NTP synchronized, you would eventually have enough clock drift to move the events to other seconds. 61% combined at two markers (exactly 15 seconds apart) strongly suggests synchronized time.
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- noduerme 11mo agoCustomer support isn't allowed to tell you to attack the box with a hammer. But if they could be totally honest...
- supportengineer 11mo agoOops, I accidentally destroyed your infrastructure with my car. Please roll a truck.
- cyanydeez 11mo ago"Instantly"
- supportengineer 11mo agoThat’s more about enhancing shareholder value than anything else. The MBA’s need to cut those costs and keep them down in order to get their promotions and bonuses. The CEO needs another yacht by the way.
- Workaccount2 11mo agoGoing off on a tangent now, but man, I wish when you called support you could go through a quick technical competency test, and your results dictated who you got support from. Nailing dense questions about network infrastructure? You get to the engineering team. Failing to know what the "G" in 2.4GHz means? You probably just need someone to tell you to restart your router.
- linsomniac 11mo agoOur city fiber support is awesome and I've had luck in the past with telling the frontline tech that I likely needed to talk to one of the senior techs, and getting immediately escalated. I don't remember the exact problem I was having, but it was something slightly tricky that I had done extensive investigation on before calling.
- ce4 11mo agoRelevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/806/ https://xkcd.com/806/
- vedmed 11mo agoThis is actually a great idea. For the consumer. Not for a monopoly ISP which can ignore every issue and collect checks.
- vedmed 11mo agoMy brother ran the article through gemini and left that comment
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- ChrisMarshallNY 11mo agoSometimes, the truth can be a letdown. Everyone was hoping it was LLMs all the way down. ;) I am very fortunate to have two competing ISPs in my area. Verizon Fios, and Optimum Fibre. I have played them against each other. I have had both, over the years. I am currently using Optimum. Still not especially cheap, but the service is good. The customer service ... not so good (think South Park).
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- matt123456789 11mo agoI think it was someone trying to help and being cheeky about it.
- stingraycharles 11mo ago[flagged]
- bryanrasmussen 11mo agoI have to admit I am also tired, and your quote sounds like a competent engineer doing a flex, and also being a bit bitter. on edit: regarding the comment, yeah that sounds pretty AI.
- NamlchakKhandro 11mo agoI'm also getting tired of the people getting tired of the people getting tired of AI
- econ 11mo agoMarketing is very excited about the negative articles.
- bcraven 11mo agoI think this is a lazy criticism that I am _also_ growing tired of. If LLMs are trained on written information, that pattern of speech was present before they got there. It's a good way to add emphasis.
- trueno 11mo agoI don't think anyone's here to debate the origin of speech patterns these things are using. Feels clear to me at least that the guy you're replying to is uninterested in reading stuff generated by AI, I can't say I disagree with him.
- stingraycharles 11mo agoI’m very much uninterested in reading AI generated content. Your assertions seems to be “AIs only write like that because people have been writing like that”, but that’s not a great argument. It feels like AI has suddenly given a platform for people who previously were unable to properly write blog content. But it immediately feels unoriginal and generic. I’m just not interested in that type of content and immediately put off by it. The only reason I mentioned this is because of the comment about Gemini 3 being in the comments. I’m just really, really tired of all the AI content everywhere nowadays and crave some authenticity. It just feels like cheap remakes / imitations to of original content.
- NamlchakKhandro 11mo agoyou've obviously never used AI much then, because I was able to instantly tell that it's a summarisation typical of claude/gemini/copilot
- econ 11mo agoDamned if you do, more damned if you don't. I do suggest using high voltage rather than a hammer.
- Thorrez 11mo agoYou can put whatever name you want there when you post a comment. You don't need to have a registered account.