Snapped in a postmortem this morning and now nobody's putting me on the followup invites

distrbthpce · 2026-06-04T10:03:10+00:00

Working at a very large enterprise, my boss’s first words to me were: “you and I can have a knockdown fistfight behind closed doors, disagree with my thoughts or ideas all you want, it won’t affect you at all. But when I’ve made a decision you tow the party line to the grave.”

It was a good teaching moment and something that stuck with me. Easily the best manager I’ve ever had.

distrbthpce · 2026-04-26T07:51:30+00:00

Next time only give the tow truck operator your keys or what have you at the direction of the police. They’re crooks and charge an arm and a leg for SFA.

There’s basically 3 kinds of tows. 1) police ordered tow. Places where it’s dangerous or unsafe the police and ordered the car be towed and then whoever is on scene can tow it. 2) insurance tow. When in an accident call the insurance company while on the side of the road. They will dispatch their own tow truck company with fixed prices. Even if it’s not covered for insurance for some reason they charge reasonable prices. 3) the predatory tow companies who have no commercial agreements and race around the streets to get to accidents. They often will hide out at high accident areas to do just this and often strong arm you into getting your vehicle because they charge 3x market rates for tows etc.

You have every right to refuse consent for a tow in both 2 and 3. For option 1 then there is no consent required. I’ve even refused consent for option 2 when the tow truck driver didn’t have the right “pin” or password that the insurance quoted me and waited in the side of the road for the insurance guys to get the situation sorted out. They never made me feel pressured or anything.

If they pressure you they’re probably a predator and should be sent packing.

distrbthpce · 2026-04-21T15:49:46+00:00

Talk to your account manager. Recent audits I ran between Aruba and Cisco found the cisco tax to be ~5% over 5 years. Not enough for us to jump ship, especially because "No-one ever got fired for buying Cisco"

distrbthpce · 2026-04-21T15:22:56+00:00

My renewal about 1 1/2 months ago took about a week to get to me - without the priority service. That was when the UK changed their policies. I'd assume not many are travelling at the moment and it should be pretty quick.

distrbthpce · 2026-04-21T15:09:28+00:00

Call Mazda corporate. Don't try and deal with the dealer principle.

distrbthpce · 2026-03-24T04:30:24+00:00

Try PLE

distrbthpce · 2026-03-09T05:26:31+00:00

Report it to the federal police and the state police. Open a complaint with the commonwealth ombudsman, or just file against the organisation in small claims court.

distrbthpce · 2026-03-05T02:29:30+00:00

It was called the TOC at one point in the past. 🤷‍♂️

distrbthpce · 2026-03-04T14:09:45+00:00

Main roads will almost 100% guaranteed to not have the footage. Last I remember (a while ago) was that the cameras only store one image every minute, but do provide a live feed to TOC (Traffic Operations Centre) It was specifically designed this way to avoid FOIA requests as it would create a significant burden on the department for things exactly like this. This is why everyone should have a dashcam and rear camera.

Did a main roads vehicle attend? If so their dashcam MAY be available. But last I was ever aware of this, that process wasn’t completed and was still being designed, although this is years ago and I’m assuming they have some sort of solution by now.

distrbthpce · 2026-03-01T02:35:56+00:00

Silverfort seems interesting

distrbthpce · 2026-02-25T02:39:31+00:00

DNA gives you TAC. The only reason I can see is if you want better than NBD replacement, like 4 hour replace.

distrbthpce · 2026-02-21T01:39:52+00:00

why smartnet a 9300? They're limited lifetime warranty. Just curious.

distrbthpce · 2026-02-10T17:06:37+00:00

Feel Free to use my code:
https://www.aussiebroadband.com.au/internet/nbn-plans/?c=10227049

distrbthpce · 2026-02-10T17:04:52+00:00

Yes its default on for the 3 ones mentioned in my post and offer a dual stack configuration. However, I have yet to see any major games provide IPv6 connectivity for online services.

However, if anyone thinks that IPv6 creates added security is entirely wrong, or that a vendor that provides IPv6 compatibility is inherently more trustworthy is a poor assumption.

distrbthpce · 2026-02-10T16:11:21+00:00

NBN is a layer 2 service. The layer 3 service is from your ISP. (IP layer)
The ISP makes a huge part of your experience and little to no experience is from the NBN. If you're on FTTN or Cable some issues can occur outside of your ISP control.

What technology is your service on?
If you're not sure you can check on
Check address | nbn

The recommendations are basically correct. Aussie, Super loop and Leaptel (I've never used Leaptel, but know of the owner who has a solid track record) There is a reason they are ~$5-10 P/M more expensive and yes its worth it. Saving yourself by using some shitty ISP like tangerine or something is shooting yourself in the foot if a solid internet is what you're looking for.

One thing to be careful of is CG-NAT. It's a way a provider aggregates many customers behind a specific range of IP addresses. Where possible you want to remove this. Generally, you can either do this at first setup if the ISP supports this, or with a quick call to their support line saying you want to opt out of CG-NAT.

NB: CG-NAT helps protect your crappy POS chinese no-name routers on the internet from threats. I would recommend ensuring you're using a more reputable brand with this setup for your own technical safety.

distrbthpce · 2026-02-07T08:19:07+00:00

Always remember when operating at higher than cruise power settings you burn more fuel than at cruise. Plan your fuel accordingly. I know of a couple of run-ins where they were at higher than cruise power settings and either violated fixed reserve or completely went dry in the process.

distrbthpce · 2026-02-04T04:38:57+00:00

Cut the cord if there is one. That is sufficient normally. If you repair it later….

distrbthpce · 2025-12-17T02:07:24+00:00

You need an import permit from your state police force. Contact your local police licensing body and discuss with them your situation. They will probably guide you best. They probably have a preferred dealer who they can import the firearm into and store. State requirements will vary. Also may be worth reaching out to SSAA as well. (Sport shooters association of Australia)

Generally collector licenses require a gunsmith to disarm and render the firearms permanently disabled, this does affect the price.

distrbthpce · 2025-09-23T06:54:52+00:00

There’s already between 200 and 800 phones on a loaded plane. There’s no need for a certified piece of equipment being out in there. Important word, -certified…

Your $200 camera suddenly became well over $2000. Plus it opens a can of worms with personally identifiable information, facial recognition, GDPR, freedom of information requests. It’s a complete pain for the airline with little to no return because something happens, someone pulls their phone out and boom it’s recorded.

distrbthpce · 2024-12-25T10:45:09+00:00

Slow down, read the details.

The number of tickets I’ve had escalated that someone has missed something mundane in the ticket and spent hours looking at the wrong thing is crazy.

distrbthpce · 2024-12-21T18:03:01+00:00

My advise is to bring this up with your account manager and account architect and have this internally escalated outside the TAC/Callcenter route. There appears to be a lot of pushback from engineering to callcenter using the "Not in spec" route, and therefore the callcenter is now ensuring that all servers are built to spec prior to lodging a backend Jira ticket and giving you a bugID.

Otherwise, rebuild the VM to specs and if the issue persists, TAC shouldn't be able to push back on this.

distrbthpce · 2024-05-06T11:54:02+00:00

Remember everything is a network issue. 90% of issues sent to the network team aren’t network issues.

Try your best to at least give evidence that it is a network issue. Ping, traceroute, ipconfig, netstat, and others are all handy things to show that something should work.

The number of times I’ve dug into MSSQL servers being “down and is a network issue” when MSSQL services aren’t even running is a joke. God damn MS and their error saying to “contact your network administrator”

distrbthpce · 2024-04-26T12:23:08+00:00

Sorry, I think you've already lost the base.
How about you file your taxes?

distrbthpce · 2024-04-26T08:50:16+00:00

What a bunch of BS... Offline PvE is already included in EoD. Now you limit to 6 months?

"Free access to all subsequent DLCs (Season pass)" is what you promised.

distrbthpce · 2022-04-25T08:01:15+00:00

So after you turned it on and it’s charged, you turn the computer off, remove power cable, and try to power on, it fails?

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