This is a fun one. To set the scene and provide information in temporal order, my Talos and WD Black NVMe device have never "gotten along" well. Frequently, the device would fail to train for whatever reason. Calling reboot from a Petitboot shell with fast-reset enabled was enough to fix this, so I didn't think … Continue reading Cascading failures (or, why I did nothing this weekend)
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Speaking with authority
I've just spent the better part of three hours arguing on IRC about Let's Encrypt clients. After speaking with two others, I realised that nobody who I spoke with before knew their facts were facts. Different people all told me various incorrect information, such as: No ACME client supports doing a manual DNS TXT record … Continue reading Speaking with authority
GitHub and IPv6, three years later
Three years ago, I wrote Going IPv6 native without IPv4, which noted all the services I couldn't access over IPv6. After all this time, there is some good news, and bad news. First, the good news: BitBucket, Savannah, and Launchpad all support IPv6 now! Now, the bad news: GitHub still does not. This has actually … Continue reading GitHub and IPv6, three years later
Being wrong
I think it's important to note this in public: Sometimes, I'm wrong. I don't know everything. Sometimes, my opinions are based on things I've been told second-hand, or on things I don't fully understand yet. Sometimes, the facts that I believe to be truthful and accurate turn out to be outdated, or incorrect. Sometimes, I … Continue reading Being wrong
