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by kevin_nisbet 10y ago
While in general I agree with you. I'd just like to mention one counter argument, which the rigidity of the code in some cases will help to protect against developers from using cheaper materials, or new materials that on paper seem be
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by kevin_nisbet 10y ago
Ah the good ol day's, this reminded me of some file transfer problems we used to get. We had multiple systems that generated usage records, and stored them to flat file (think stuff that would end up on a bill). Because FTP the file wa
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by kevin_nisbet 10y ago
I agree, I think this was a great write up. Unfortunately, the company I currently work for has begun adopting and exhibits many of the behaviours and poor choices this article warns against. And is actually on a path to employ more of them
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by kevin_nisbet 10y ago
Agreed, at work we use nohup / screen for many important tasks. These tasks are items like doing an upgrade, or migration, or a long running script that you want to protect from a dropped ssh connection. Networks are unreliable, your l
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by kevin_nisbet 10y ago
Actually, the phone doesn't even need a sim card to make an emergency call. At least not in Canada, but I'm sure the US should be the same. If the phone is not connected to the network currently, it will do network hunting, and wi
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by kevin_nisbet 11y ago
I agree. Sorry in this context I was referring specifically to the "in 20 lines of code article" which I don't believe had this control to it.
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by kevin_nisbet 11y ago
I don't know if this is the case if I understand this algorithm correctly. Say Yellow is 50%, and Green is a 65% success rate after the behavior change, but green is 30% before the behavior change. By sending 90% of traffic towards yel
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by kevin_nisbet 11y ago
I share the sentiment of many of the responses, that this article doesn't really say anything. However, I've heard bits or pieces about this ISDS mechanism during previous articles about the TPP. Does anyone have reference to a go
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by kevin_nisbet 11y ago
As someone who has worked on mobile networks, and has a great deal of TCP/IP experience on CDMA, UMTS, and LTE networks, unless you know the mobile network inside and out, as a customer you likely won't be able to troubleshoot the
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by kevin_nisbet 11y ago
I believe it also overstates or miss-represents the way the wireless telecommunications networks operate. While I'm honestly not familiar with the SGES or all the rules the article is alluding to about decryption, I think this article
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by kevin_nisbet 12y ago
One thing I wish they had talked about, was about applying Random Early Detection (RED) to this problem. It seems to be, that RED, while an older technique, was created for exactly this purpose, and is supported in every IP router I've
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by kevin_nisbet 12y ago
I don't think I agree. I think this is something that can often backfire. If someone creates evidence that say's the plane crashed at location x, when location X is searched and there is no plane, I still have more information tha
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by kevin_nisbet 12y ago
This was also the part I found most interesting. Over the past several months, I've been putting an increasing level of thought into how people reach conclusions and investigate technical problems, and looking at things like confirmati
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by kevin_nisbet 12y ago
I don't think this approach will really work, and could cause a significant amount of issues on an implementation level. While it may work in theory, changing all the software would be a huge pain and it would be more difficult to ment
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by kevin_nisbet 13y ago
I also remember in one of the mayday episodes, that on one aircraft the transponder control was somehow near the foot rest. So it was very common for pilots on this model aircraft to accidentally disable or change transponder codes when the
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by kevin_nisbet 13y ago
From my understanding of bitcoin, doing this would be trivially easy to track also. However, I haven't studied this in great detail, so what is said here may be incorrect. *simplified view Wallet 1 stores 50 bitcoin for(i = 1; i < 1
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by kevin_nisbet 13y ago
kintamanimatt, there are definitely a few other things to look out for. One thing to be careful of, is my perspective is based mostly on an escalation standpoint, so I don't necessarily get a complete view of the ecosystem. Also, witho
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by kevin_nisbet 13y ago
I just want to add in from a network carrier perspective. I work for a mobile operator, and have had to work on several network issues related to poorly designed apps. I agree with kintamanimatt on this, it's not premature optimization
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by kevin_nisbet 13y ago
More information about preclearance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_border_preclearan...
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by kevin_nisbet 13y ago
IMS/QOS on LTE is actually a very complicated topic, as it goes beyond routing/QoS rules. I'll try and comment on some of the points you hit on. So to clear up a few things: 1. They assume all sip traffic must by their own, a
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by kevin_nisbet 14y ago
I can't speak for Verizon, but in Canada I know we're looking at Carrier grade NAT since Cellular is requiring additional IP space and is still a massive growth area. We already use NAT for cellular users, but as the network grows, public I
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by kevin_nisbet 14y ago
I think the conundrum here is those good at sports. When I played hockey, I certainly wasn't popular with my team, especially when the bullies were on it, but I never got picked on much since I was a good player, and I could give much more
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by kevin_nisbet 14y ago
I find this post particularly interesting, since what described (outside of doing it at a VM level), somewhat reflect how some Telecom providers build their equipment. Telecoms in North America are properly crazy when it comes to recovering