From ESNOG (although I am subscribed, I dont really receive notifications…) I saw this presentation, and then I found the main video reference.
BUM: 1.5Mbps -> that goes to all customer ports!! Small devices can’t cope with that.
Ratelimiting for BUM ingress/egress
Originally IXP is VPLS. Issue with long lasting flows / long lasting MACs
Solution: EVPN + ProxyARP/ND Agent.
I know EVPN is mainly for Datacenters but it is interesting the move to IXP. Although I remember reading about EVPN into Cisco IOS-XR platform that is mainly a ISP device.
I didnt know anything about this conference until the last two months started to read news about it from different blogs. I am surprised the webpage doesnt link to the videos. This one is quite interesting but after the 15 minute becomes very hardcode for me.
I guess there are hundreds of project that try to use GPT to build apps. I found this one and looks very nice. I would like to use it if I find time for one idea.
From this blog, I could read an interesting presentation about network performance using satellite services. I guess there are many blogs about the performance of Starlink but this was the first time I read something about it. I was surprised the results were not that good even with the latest version of Startlink (that I didnt know neither)
I checked out this blog note from Google about Falcon. To be honest, I dont really understand the “implementation”. Is it purely software? Does it interact with merchant Ethernet silicon ASICs? There is so much happening trying to get Ethernet similar to Infiniband that I am wonder how this fits outside Google infra. At the end of the day, Ethernet has been successful because everybody could use it for nearly anything. Just my opinion.
I watched this video yesterday by coincidence . I was keen to know about making learning addictive. And honestly, I liked the video, it was funny and informative. And it is interesting that you can turn evil manipulations into positive ones. I didnt know the presenter was the founder of duolingo and he was from Guatemala. I use duolingo to learn languages, I am not sure if you can really learn a language this way (at least I am not that smart) but it helps to practice a little, and then the compound interest should get you to some decent level. This remind me to brilliant. It is something I wanted to use, but at the end of the day, I dont have time for all things I would like to do. I need to focus in the things I really need to do.
Today I attended a conference from the author of this book. I haven’t read so didnt have much background and didn’t pay full attention to the invitation too…
Some notes:
Change is the norm! Not the exception.
Change is just change (sometimes is good, sometimes is bad. Accept it)
The idea is to move to a mindset of “order -> change -> reorder” instead of trying to get things as they were before.
4 steps about Change: Accept, Embrace, Take proactive action, Move forwards to somewhere new.
The idea is to be “rugged and flexible” in three aspects
1) Mindset:
– Develop a “being” instead of “having”: ie I am a good engineer vs I have a job.
– Set expectations + update accordingly
– accept the indeniability of change
2) Identity:
– Diversity of sense of self: a.k.a Have a diverse portfolio of your personality. I liked the example of Nils Van der Poel. Before the Olympics he wasnt performing and and reason was he was scared…. He was only Nils the skater. He decided to have a live during the weekends… (not just the skater) and then at the Olympics, he smashed. He created different selfs so there wasnt just one. So it is easier to get scared if shit happens. Or it is like having a house with just one room, if something happens your are out. You need to look after those rooms though.
– Figure out your rugged boundaries: Your core values. Those should be:
— 3 or 5
— well-defined
— concrete them daily
3) Action: 4 Ps: Pause (breath, label feelings), Process, Plan, Proceed. Action created motivation, not the other way around. So dont wait for the motivation, just do. Be patient. Compassion about self. And resilience = Social support + routine.
When change happens, you core values will keep you floating.
Reading this news I was surprised by the mentioned paper where LLM can take up to millions of tokens. My knowledge of LLM infrastucture is very little (and the paper is a bit beyond me…) but I thought the implementation of this models followed kind of “chain/waterfall” where the output of some GPUs fed other GPUs.
Patagonia: This page was amazing for organizing the treks in El Chalten. Included even the GPS maps that worked perfect with GPX.
And this is one of the best views in many years. It was hard to get through the snow without proper kit but that view…. I wish I could have stay a long time but the temperature and mainly the wind didn’t help. “Lo bueno, si es breve, dos veces bueno”
Buenos Aires Bakeries: Something that I was really surprised about BA was the insane amount of bakeries (confiterias) and butchers in the city. I followed this link to find some good ones. But you can find some gems in any borough.
This is a random bakery around “La Boca”. Really tempted to apply for a job there.
MediaLunas: It is kind of a small croissant. video, recipe
Empanadas de Acelga: I need to learn how to make them
Futbol: I went to a game of San Lorenzo. I was really impressed with the passion. San Lorenzo lost but the supporters didnt stop singing during the whole game, didnt repeat a song and never stop cheering their players. Not sure if that happens very often in EU. And a lot of families, and a lot of kids playing futbol inside the stadium.
