Dave Finster

System Engineer @ Google

[Dave Finster @davefinster]

@troyhunt “I sure hope my house doesn’t burn down *wink*” mode for those pesky times when the value of your house isn’t as liquid as you’d like it to be

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@notshenetworks I did as well and was fortunate to be working as a contract dev the whole time. I got a ton of exposure to industry and the real world while at uni and despite the lower grades and stress, would do it again

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@Torettox84 Yes - this is what 802.1X is for.

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@TracketPacer IMO often worse networks since the automation will paper over design issues like having to update configs in many locations for each change. They’ll allow horrible network designs to last longer than they should, making it much worse when you do hit limits

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@TracketPacer As one of the university crowd, I don’t think one needs a degree to have the skills and the professional bodies should open alternate ways to qualify. I do however like having standards around taking responsibility for what we build. Our industry yolos too much.

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@TracketPacer In the case of what I look after in my day job (https://t.co/bHLgHkHRgF), y’all aren’t even renting network hardware, just “a network”. We get the packets there.

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@Telstra Hi - I've been trying to get a pre-paid SIM re-provisioned but the My Telstra chat staff have not been able to do anything. Given I'm overseas, calling the international Telstra number kicks me out since I can't provide a working mobile number. Any chance of help?

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@Qantas Currently getting "An error occurred while trying to determine the credit card fee amount. (26575)" while helping my parents book flights on the last day of the Global Sale. Any hints?

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@bengrubb Good article. One curiosity I’ve come up with recently was whether compelling a company to lessen security opens government up to liabilities in the case of a PR disaster for the company or unintentional theft of data stemming from the weakening.

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@garfbradaz @jessfraz Yep thats me. It wasn't so much the Dockerfile (although I note Jess' file mounts /dev/dri as a comment) rather the addition of '--ipc host -v /dev/shm:/dev/shm' to the docker run command. That removed all the issues we were experiencing. Atom experienced something similar.

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@Nuggy1983 @trevorlong Its rare to design/build infrastructure with long lead times for the needs of today/tomorrow, rather than the longer term future. For FTTN the capacity ceilings can only rise via overbuild/replacement/write-off. Usage is only increasing, but the rate of growth is an open question

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@trevorlong True - we'll never know for sure. A hint that it might not have been so bad is NZ, who cut FTTP per prem by 36% (from 2016) as they scaled https://t.co/XCkYVNCNQM. Even 30% less for NBN's FTTP is $3k per prem, which the cost to roll FTTC. Plus ops savings: https://t.co/FBf4xQ0WdX

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@trevorlong Not really a twist. To achieve your speeds, a FTTN link needs a sync rate of 100Mbps. If its less, they will never see your numbers, which was my original point. Additionally since NBN charge for 100Mbps, every Mbps less an 100 they get is capacity have to pay for, but never get.

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@trevorlong Not to mention the original plan would have allowed for 10x the numbers your seeing now (to al 93% of the pop) without touching any of the cables in the ground and 40x just by changing the box at your house.

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@njba @decryption Unintentionally that’s probably the most honest NBN press document from the last several years.

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@kristoforlawson @decryption It’s the unfortunate reality of the cheaper faster sooner NBN. Their only mandate is to deliver 25/5 so if your getting more than that, they’ve done their job. You might see a small boost once legacy services go, but settle in to your internet for the next decade.

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@bengrubb were you on QF74 this morning by chance? Either saw you or a doppelganger and it took coffee to figure where I knew the face from.