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How many devices do you think are on your home network right now? Guess first, then go count.

Pop quiz from the podcast: T568B, from memory, go. Then tell me what your building runs, A or B.

Can you answer this entry-level networking interview question? Flood or drop? Best answer in the replies.

Be honest, did you think your router knew the whole way to the website?

What are you building right now that nobody knows about? Reply with it. Be public.

Cool. I'd use this never. How about we solve problems that we actually have?

What’s the most useless thing anyone has told you while your internet was broken? Mine is “I can ping it.”

I wish I had the body to dress in no shirt and tiny shorts (aka like a wh*re apparently), but alas this pasty white body must be hidden for humanity’s sake.

So you want to be a network engineer? You gotta follow the rules. I didn't make 'em, sorry. What are your rules?

Would you want your Wi-Fi to know when somebody is in the room? Handy, or too much?

On the latest episode of Life in Uptime, we sat down with Lightyear CEO Dennis Thankachan to talk about how someone becomes a CEO and founder of a company worth millions and what his day to day actually looks like. #networking #tech #technology #podcast

Be honest. Is your email still on a text message code, or did you set up a passkey?

Go count them. How many Wi-Fi names can your phone see from your desk right now?

AI is fucking stupid. You have to put guardrails and give it explicit instructions. If it’s not doing what you want or it does something you didn’t expect, stop blaming the AI. Blame yourself. Learn from it.

I’m hoping this just means more granular control and not somehow making agent control impossible.

Your authenticator's TOTP codes work without a phone connection. A shared secret + the current time let the app and login service calculate the same code. The device you're signing in on still needs to be online. Here's how it works. #MFA #TOTP

Oh man, I saw Apple Hub trending and I was very confused.

I'm spending my night migrating my Hermes agent to @OpenAI's new dots assistant. Giving it the full test.

I’m buying a home with one of these bad boys installed with an intercom in every room. Straight from the 80’s. It doesn’t work but my first project will be getting it up and running. Screw unpacking the kitchen.