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while observing how people tend to behave in so called “serious situations” and “serious environment” I began to create different theories. as i’m lacking background in psychology i was not proficient in doing that, but then I stumbled upon this article. in particular, this quote caught my eye: For poor performers to recognize their ineptitude would require them to possess the very expertise they lack. indeed, that’s the case! and it’s worth remembering as well, that: ...

every two (or three, depending how desperate you are) years, in life of every CCIE and CCDE there is this looming deadline called ‘recertification’. panic is usually short lived and ends with ‘push’ - succesful recertification. in variable styles and techniques, but successful nonetheless. i had opportunity recently to execute this dance. and wise words people say, that if you loose daily connection with networking gear and technologies, you very quickly loose and forget expert level skills. ...

…discussions were already covered on my blog. arstechnica just published A/B/X test of Ethernet cables capable of suspiciously “enriching” sound and as you can imagine… there’s no difference in those priced at 340$ vs those priced at 2.5$. it’s good laughing experience to compare this review and the one provided by this fraud, that’s trying to say over his fake so called ’test’. please read comments as well - there’s interesting one, where one of the commenters mentions that 0=0 and 1=1 in digital processing, while the author (again, fraud) still claims there’s a big difference. ...

Life is unfair. And the unfairness is distributed unfairly.

interesting blog article how to create truly free way of publishing without fear of censorship. it seems that the last reddit problem restarted discussion about free speech and crypto non-repudiation of published content. in the context of rising pressure from US to build backdoors in every equipment, maybe this is some kind of solution? if you think about it… no, actually you no longer need to do so. it was already thought out. there are people believing that bitcoin (protocol, not digital currency) will be basis of all internet communication soon enough. ...

…this is how you should build lean IT systems. in particular, I like this quote: And the new login system, which MPL launched in February 2015, is remarkable. It is faster and it is cheaper than the old one: The old system responded to requests somewhere between two and 10 long seconds; the new one takes 30 milliseconds, on average. The old login system cost $250 million to build and would have required another $70 million annually to stay online. The new system cost about $4 million to build, and its annual maintenance cost is a little less than $1 million. ...

…are of course one of the worst and evil habitats in this world. treating passengers like cattle during the entire process of boarding and exiting the plane (let’s not skip the “joyful” stage of buying a ticket, let alone attempting to modify it later) has become - generally - a new standard today. a few months ago I had the opportunity to fly back and forth in Poland on two different days - Monday and Wednesday. on Monday, security screening team couldn’t handle the onslaught of people coming in, so my hand baggage was scanned VERY briefly and team was actually urging me to stop blocking the doorway. there were many people whose baggage was even checked even more superficially - or not at all (despite the lack of cards confirming their air crew status they were allowed to skip the gates totally). On Wednesday, on the other hand, my backpack was completely undressed, including all the individual cables being pulled out. then finally gate securty agent asked me to start the computer and iPad. to my questions about the difference from Monday behavior, he could not give any meaningful answer except that “it is all through the European Union” and that “I am not interested, I have my duties”. I immediately felt better and safer as a passenger… ...

The best revenge is massive success. Frank Sinatra

i’m ten pages into an ethernet-phy manual and i’m pretty sure the internet is impossible bike