NB572: Quantum Switches and Flying Cars
Take a Network Break! We start with follow up on Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and Linux 7.0. On the news side, Cisco announces a prototype quantum switch that promises to support multiple quantum encoding modalities, Cato Networks adds an enterprise browser to its security offerings, and Mozilla validates the bug-finding powers of Anthropic’s Mythos model. Anthropic... Read more »You Can’t Patch People
One of the things I’ve noticed when it comes to IT is how quickly we’re willing to use software to solve people problems. Over my career I’ve seen all manner of crazy solutions to get around people being lazy or uneducated. Remember vMotion? Or OTV for stretched layer 2? Why do you think those solutions came about? I posit that it’s because it’s faster to write software than to patch people.
Hacking Humans
I see this most often in cybersecurity. Developers love to create software solutions that prevent things from happening. Phishing and all its various forms are some of the top priorities for solutions that prevent leaking of information. While we have invested a lot in phishing tests and education it’s also very likely that there are controls in place that prevent users from accidentally giving out information to threat actors.
Why are we so willing to write software to fix problems instead of teaching people to avoid those issues? I think in part it’s because software is predictable. If I create an app or write some controls into a platform it’s going to behave the same way every time. That’s the definition of deterministic. Every time the software Continue reading
Revocation
How have we got to the point where certificates cannot be revoked?Revocation
How have we got to the point where certificates cannot be revoked?TNO061: Networking Theory and Practice; Networking in the Classroom Today
Scott Robohn sits down with Andy Smith, a distinguished engineer with Arrcus Networks, where he and his team work to advance networking with modern software and new architectures. He’s also a lecturer at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Andy shares his networking journey, talks about how networks and... Read more »HN824: That’s Not a Job for an LLM: The Right Way to Apply AI to Network Operations (Sponsored)
On today’s sponsored Heavy Networking, we get off the AI hype train to talk about how different artificial intelligence techniques usefully impact network operations—and where they aren’t a fit. The various forms of AI represent a set of tools that, like any tool, have use cases, capabilities, and limitations. Our guest is Avi Freedman, CEO... Read more »State of Network Automation with Urs Baumann
I stopped tracking the (lack of) progress in network automation years ago, when I realized I had nothing new to say. As an eternal optimist, I hoped I was just missing something, but Urs Baumann (the guest of Software Gone Wild Episode 206) destroyed my hopes when he said, “I can still use the same slides I created 10 years ago”. On a more positive note, he recently completed his Master’s thesis on AI in network engineering, so we ended with a nice chat on its potential impact.
Hedge 303: Data Centers?
In this roundtable episode of the Hedge, Eyvonne, Tom, and Russ hang out and talk about data centers–why are we building all these things again? Our second topic is the FCC’s ban on non-US made home routers. Was this the right thing to do? Was it the wrong thing to do? Were there any other policy options?
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LIU013: The Engineer Who Built a Business to Fund a Mission
Ray Cline has been in the tech trenches since he was twelve years old, helping his Dad run a bulletin board service. Today he runs an MSP called Libertas Consulting and leads a nonprofit called TEKnowledge Worldwide (TKW) that has donated over a million dollars in network infrastructure to communities in need. Join us for... Read more »Keindahan Danau Moat di Bolaang Mongondow Timur, Sulawesi Utara
Mengenal Danau Moat
Danau Moat adalah salah satu destinasi alam menakjubkan yang terletak di Moat, Modayag, Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow Timur, Sulawesi Utara. Danau ini menawarkan pemandangan alami yang memesona dan menjadi sumber kehidupan bagi masyarakat sekitar. Setiap pengunjung yang datang akan langsung merasakan ketenangan dan kesegaran udara yang jarang ditemukan di daerah perkotaan.
Selain keindahan alamnya, Danau Moat juga memiliki keanekaragaman hayati yang menarik. Airnya yang jernih menampung berbagai spesies ikan lokal, sementara tepiannya dipenuhi oleh pepohonan hijau yang menambah suasana damai. Dengan lokasi yang mudah dijangkau, danau ini menjadi tempat favorit untuk wisata keluarga, fotografi alam, dan rekreasi edukatif.
Aktivitas Wisata di Danau Moat
Pengunjung bisa melakukan berbagai aktivitas di sekitar Danau Moat. Pertama, memancing adalah kegiatan yang populer karena danau ini kaya dengan ikan air tawar. Selain itu, banyak pengunjung memilih berperahu untuk menikmati keindahan danau dari perspektif berbeda.
Selanjutnya, berkemah di tepi danau menjadi pengalaman yang tak terlupakan. Dengan suasana yang sejuk dan tenang, pengunjung bisa merasakan kedekatan dengan alam sambil menikmati matahari terbenam. Untuk para pecinta fotografi, Danau Moat menawarkan view eksotis yang sempurna untuk menangkap pemandangan alam Sulawesi Utara.
Flora dan Fauna di Sekitar Danau
Flora di sekitar danau sangat Continue reading
Tembok Besar Gorgan: Benteng Kuno Terpanjang Iran
Sejarah dan Keunikan Tembok Besar Gorgan
Tembok Besar Gorgan merupakan struktur pertahanan kuno yang membentang di timur laut Iran. Dibangun sekitar abad ke-5 Masehi, tembok ini menjadi simbol kekuatan militer dinasti Sassanid. Menakjubkannya, panjang tembok ini hampir setara dengan 200 km, menjadikannya terpanjang kedua setelah Tembok Besar Tiongkok.
Tembok Gorgan dirancang untuk melindungi wilayah dari serangan nomaden dari utara. Selain itu, benteng ini menunjukkan kemampuan teknik sipil yang tinggi, dengan bahan bangunan yang tahan lama, termasuk bata merah dan batu alam lokal. Dengan parit besar dan menara pengawas setiap beberapa ratus meter, pertahanan ini memberikan kontrol strategis atas rute perdagangan dan migrasi.
Struktur dan Arsitektur Tembok
Tembok Besar Gorgan memiliki arsitektur yang kompleks. Panjangnya membentang dari Laut Kaspia hingga Pegunungan Pishkamar, melintasi lembah dan dataran tinggi. Benteng ini memiliki parit lebar di satu sisi dan dinding batu setinggi lebih dari 6 meter di sisi lain.
| Fitur Utama | Detail |
|---|---|
| Panjang | ±200 km |
| Tinggi dinding | 6–8 meter |
| Lebar dinding | 3 meter |
| Menara pengawas | Setiap 10–15 km |
| Bahan | Bata merah, batu lokal |
Selain itu, menara pengawas dan pos militer kecil tersebar sepanjang tembok, memungkinkan pengawasan efektif terhadap gerakan musuh. Arsitektur ini menunjukkan strategi pertahanan berlapis, yang jarang ditemukan pada benteng Continue reading
Worth Reading: AI and Knowledge Stagnation
Another week, another interesting AI article (is anyone writing about anything else these days?), this time from Noah Smith (another author worth following). I found this gem hidden in his weekly roundup:
Instead of trying to write a piece of code from scratch, or prove a math theorem from scratch, or figure out some piece of knowledge for yourself, you just ask AI to do it all for you. So everyone ends up getting the right answers to questions whose answers are already known, so they don’t end up adding anything new.
CSS & vertical rhythm for text, images, and tables
Vertical rhythm aligns lines to a consistent spacing cadence down the page. It
creates a predictable flow for the eye to follow. Thanks to the rlh CSS unit,
vertical rhythm is now easier to implement for text.1 But illustrations
and tables can disrupt the layout. The amateur typographer in me wants to follow
Bringhurst’s wisdom:
Headings, subheads, block quotations, footnotes, illustrations, captions and other intrusions into the text create syncopations and variations against the base rhythm of regularly leaded lines. These variations can and should add life to the page, but the main text should also return after each variation precisely on beat and in phase.
― Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style
Text
Three factors govern vertical rhythm: font size, line height and margin or padding. Let’s set our baseline with an 18-pixel font and a 1.5 line height:
html { font-size: 112.5%; line-height: 1.5; } h1, h2, h3, h4 { font-size: 100%; } html, body, h1, h2, h3, h4, p, blockquote, dl, dt, dd, ol Continue reading