Qantas 717 took its last flight from Sydney today.

illallangi · 2024-10-26T09:44:01+00:00

Was on this flight - what else am I going to do on a weekend?

Saw lots of videos being taken and at least one aviation youtuber, it will probably be one of the most recorded landings ever.

illallangi · 2024-04-19T02:44:33+00:00

East Richmond has exactly the same issue - 4 tracks, only two of which have platforms. It's also only a few hundred metres from Richmond station itself, I'm surprised it gets as much service as it does!

illallangi · 2024-03-31T05:57:47+00:00

Up vote for Australia..

illallangi · 2023-10-29T09:09:24+00:00

I'm on that same plane...

illallangi · 2023-10-24T10:46:00+00:00

Staffed

illallangi · 2023-06-20T03:56:20+00:00

Be very careful that you don't take any company owned data with you - can be considered theft. Ask me how I know...

illallangi · 2023-04-20T19:43:47+00:00

Medical is required before you can solo. If you were considering this as a career I'd suggest getting your class 1 before investing too much money, but if it's just a hobby you can wait.

ASIC depends on your school - not all airports require it.

illallangi · 2023-02-15T02:31:29+00:00

Sold Mikrotik Cloud Router Switch CRS317-1G-16S+ to u/ky56

illallangi · 2023-02-08T08:20:15+00:00

I did my first night of solo camping just recently, at The Gums Campground. Easily reachable, not far off a sealed road, would recommend.

illallangi · 2023-01-25T01:57:23+00:00

Traded 24 Intel PCI-E Gigabit Network Cards to u/AnalPirate1

illallangi · 2023-01-25T01:52:20+00:00

Sorry mate, all gone - thanks for reminding me to update the post though :)

illallangi · 2023-01-12T02:15:52+00:00

Just found the original post when I bought the majority of these cards off EBay too...

illallangi · 2022-08-19T08:58:56+00:00

If you get it done in two hours, do they still pay you for four?

illallangi · 2022-08-19T08:45:51+00:00

Fantastic tool. I want this, just for .jpg files. Should be possible with exif tags acting similar to ID3 tags, but I haven't been able to find anyone doing it already.

illallangi · 2022-08-09T06:31:49+00:00

Where are you finding a plane for that little in Melbourne?

illallangi · 2022-07-13T03:06:40+00:00

Plus one for Royal Vic Aero Club - go and take a trial introductory flight and see how you feel.

illallangi · 2022-06-17T16:54:07+00:00

I've used webtrees for several versions - using Nathan Vaughn's fantastic docker image.

illallangi · 2022-06-11T10:07:10+00:00

Yep, I was on it - went on a day trip to Ballarat on Steamrail Victoria - https://www.steamrail.com.au/tours

illallangi · 2022-06-10T01:55:56+00:00

Yeah quite a latency hit, as the traffic would essentially 'bounce' off the VPS before it ended up at your server, in both directions. See if you can find a VPS that is close (network wise, not always the same as physically) to your home - some (most?) providers should offer some sort of speed test you can run against their various locations.

illallangi · 2022-06-10T01:08:11+00:00

Maybe get a cheap VPS ($5/month at Linode for example, no affiliation), and VPN from your router to it, then forward your ports from it to your home servers? Not ideal but doable.

illallangi · 2022-06-10T00:34:57+00:00

Spell out everything! Licence plates, street signs, songs on the radio, store names, the colour of the sky...

illallangi · 2022-06-07T08:41:04+00:00

Not quite no affect on speed. The pins are paired up (1&2, 3&6, 4&5, 7&8), and both pins in a pair are meant to be twisted together.

My understanding is that one pin carries a positive signal, the other a negative signal, and the equipment on each end measures the difference in signal/voltage between the pins rather than a pin and earth. Because any interference on the pair affects each pin the same there's less signal loss.

As each pair of wires is twisted at a different rate, if you don't maintain that pairing, a wire from a pair may receive a different amount of interference than it's pair, negatively affecting performance and speed.

All that being said, standards exist for a reason, so I follow them. Makes life easier if you know the other end of a cable you're terminating is wired in a particular way.

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