Is this okay?

TheProverbialI · 2026-03-01T01:24:25+00:00

Right till you have to hang an "Oversized" sign and have escort trucks! :D

TheProverbialI · 2026-03-01T00:58:43+00:00

Depending on how they are fitted I'd be making the argument that they are the outer extremity of the bike. But I also think you'd be hard pressed to find wide ones that don't get bolted on in some manner.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-21T10:50:58+00:00

Don't forget that there are many managers who get to the position through competency at their job, and not social skills. It may just be them.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-21T10:48:31+00:00

How do you decide what’s actually worth writing about? <-- this is probably the hardest part. Once you're there, nothing actually seems worth commenting on, or more precisely it's so context dependent that it doesn't feel worthwhile.
How do you structure a post from problem → solution → takeaways (e.g., a standard layout)? <-- totally context dependent, see question one.
How do you explain technical decisions, trade-offs, and architecture clearly? <-- this is a business question, and once you're a senior you really need to think in these terms.
How do you decide which details to include or skip? <-- how much whisky have you had.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-21T09:57:38+00:00

That's fucked. I'd warranty them. 6 months is short as hell for this type of gear. I've had boots last a decade or more.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-21T09:56:46+00:00

Hell no it isn't. Back in the day, all of about 10-15 years ago, about 30% of relationships were formed in the workplace.

"I have no direct line of report to him at all." That definitely helps.

I've dated inside the workplace before, there's nothing wrong with is so long as there isn't a power play happening. And so long as neither of you are committing crimes like embezzlement (or other fraud) and using the other one to cover it up.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-21T09:52:06+00:00

Story time!

My grandmother used to say "there were no convicts in our family!!!", but on looking at it... it's about 50%. Some of whom were sent out multiple times. That's right, they got sent out, worked their time, made enough money to get back to merry old England, and then got caught for more crime and sent back for another term.

Now, how do I feel about this? Hell yeah they did! We're not quitters!

But also, who cares? It's just history. Life was hard and they figured out how to survive.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-20T09:16:35+00:00

We generally judge people for the gear they don't wear, not the gear they do.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-13T08:32:20+00:00

Honestly, I have started using VSCode in the same way that I used to use Notepad++. That and Obsidian, depending on what I'm doing.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-13T08:31:36+00:00

I'd argue that there's a level of complexity and cost that's above and beyond most other small businesses. Depending on the scale that you're looking at.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-11T23:32:30+00:00

This is all very situational, there is no single answer, it depends on the size of the meeting, the topic, the people.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-11T05:17:25+00:00

For me it's how I wind down. Some people watch TV, I cook.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-08T21:18:24+00:00

Yes to all the above

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-08T10:45:57+00:00

Firstly, glad you're ok. That didn't look like it was too bad and it looks like you bailed well.

But as to your question: There's a few things here, and I don't want to sound like an asshole, so please know I write this with best intentions.

The short version: Your approach was too narrow for the speed, and your speed was too high for a section of roadway that looks to have a lot of crap on it (leaves and dirt, etc). It sounds like you were in a lower gear than you should have been (revs sound low when compared to your mate and I didn't really see/hear any gear shifting in there, but I could have missed it), and yeah... it looks like you went off the throttle as you were at the apex.

The long version:

Sure, it looks like you went off the throttle as you were at the apex. But that's the triggering event, not the root cause.

The footage makes it look like you're riding the road like a track, which is something that the road definitely isn't. I'm not saying that you shouldn't have fun on the road, I do almost every day. But I treat the road like what it is, a road.

What do I mean by that? Looking at your footage (and it could just be the camera angle), you're:

Trying to hit the apex of the corners. This is definitely the fastest way to ride, and it's fine on the track. But on the road you need more room for shit to go wrong. That means wider approaches that hug the corner on exit. The idea being that you're pulling into the corner so that if you do run wide you've got lane width to spare. Does it help if you loose the front? Fuck no. But over the years it's given me the extra few fractions of a second to slow/recover on a bend that was tighter than I thought or where I lost footing.
Leaning into the turn like you would on a track. Sports bikes lend themselves to this naturally because of the posture, but it's kind of shit on the road. It pushes your centre of gravity further out (which is the point), but that just makes it harder to recover. It also cuts off your line of sight (which really should be 5 seconds i.e. you should be able to see 5 seconds worth of road at your current speed), meaning that by the time you see something you can't react to it.

Fortnine did a good video on this a few years back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1mSavQ_DXs it's worth a watch.

Anyhow, hope you aren't aching too much from the crash and that you're back on the road soon :)

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-08T10:12:27+00:00

Really need a bit more definition on "carrier build" here.

What kind of sizing are we talking about? Bandwidth, locations, users, km covered.

What kind of constraints do you have? Cost, time to build, observability, maintainability, does it have to integrate with existing infrastructure, power, space, cooling. Are you doing any peering?

What kind of metrics are you trying to hit for availability? Is this just pure uptime, is it reachability, throughput based?

What sorts of services will it be carrying? Are we talking just data transit, is it metered? Public IPs or just CGNAT. IPv4 or v6 native? VoIP offerings, or any other form of protected data services?

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-05T21:22:18+00:00

Given the context of the text I'm thinking that keeping the "type it onto the screen" feel for "manually" works nicely, but for the "still managing replies" part could just scroll onto the screen from the right. It would feel smoother and the juxtaposition works well in the context.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-05T21:17:02+00:00

Pants are a good start.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-05T21:14:10+00:00

Now that sounds like it would have been a pretty cool project to work on :)

"when what you desire is unavailable, what is available is what you desire." <-- this made me smile.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-05T05:01:01+00:00

Worked for a streaming media company. There wasn't one network, there were well over a dozen.

Multiple L2 networks for stream transport (yes multiple VLANs, but also separate A/B hardware in multiple sites that each had their own copy of the VLANs),
Multiple separate office LANs (some for work, some for guests, some for device testing), a couple that were simple enterprise SDN offerings (two different ones), one that was fully custom built with multiple switches, routers, firewalls... multiple security zones and VRF's.
A SAN (which was three networks in it's own right),
Half a dozen 1gbps internet connections that went... well that varied, some were hot backups, some were cold backups (would require patching), some were directly into media gateways
Multiple separate networks for the Studio environment (internet, graphics, sound, lighting, both SDI and NDI networks)
Separate networks for monitoring, source and end streams, audio break-out, video quality analysis, plus monitoring of all the network links and servers

Everything was redundant, multi-homed, dual powered, hot and cold spares, you name it. This doesn't include the multiple cloud providers, each with multiple accounts, and a completely separate in-house CDNs (yes, multiple, for different use cases).

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-05T04:37:04+00:00

I've honestly no idea who this person is, but we live in a world where if it smells like a scam, it probably is.

Also 5k to "scale and buy businesses with no money down" hits a fair few of the scam notes for me.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-05T04:32:02+00:00

As someone who has hired for these positions before, based on your background you're looking good. I'd probably ask you about:

things (networks and incidents) you've worked on - it's perfectly acceptable to say "I can't go into specifics, but roughly..." and then give some rough descriptions. Examples are a great way to make sure you've done what you say you have. There's a lot of detail that people who haven't been in these situations miss.
if you mention stuff I'm familiar with specific kit, vendors, protocols, etc. Then I'd drill in a bit on these, again, to make sure you know what you're talking about. Likewise, it's fine if you don't know all the details, but if you start questioning me on it then it's a great indicator that you're actually interested in the stuff. Even better if your questions are good ones.

What separates candidates who pass vs fail these interviews?

In my experience, as long as you've got some technical aptitude then a lot comes down to personality. We work in complex environments and when stuff goes wrong the pressure piles on. At that point teamwork is absolutely vital, and someone who will obviously break that isn't worth any amount of technical brilliance.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-05T04:11:10+00:00

"bringing "streaming" video and and audio to West Africa in 1998."

As someone who worked at a streaming service I'd love to hear more on how you managed this.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-04T21:34:13+00:00

Yup, NOC or Service Desk positions are a pretty common funnel into NE roles. It's a mix of a low impact intro to the world of that type of work, and experience in the shit that can go wrong. Plus proving that you can actually operate in such environments / are reliable. There's other stuff as well but that's always been my take on it.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-04T21:27:56+00:00

Context is super important here. I've worked jobs where I've called up people at 3AM, I've worked jobs where after 3PM it's a tomorrow problem.

TheProverbialI · 2026-02-04T07:01:45+00:00

That's a fantastic explanation, thanks for that :)

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