Human language is a method to *communicate* an abstraction in one person's head to an abstraction in another person's. There are number of implications in that statement:
1 While we *perceive* that the other's abstraction is the same as our own, it almost certainly is not.
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Jul 13, 2022 • 9 tweets • 7 min read
@aniccia@kevinroose@nytimestech I admit I was taken in on this one, under the logic that users of the network would put hard currency into the system to pay for service. But I - an experienced telecom architect - did not do sufficient diligence on their architecture. Otherwise I'd have known. 1/@aniccia@kevinroose@nytimestech Flaws (which mostly arise because arrogant 'software guys' did this instead of grizzled telecom veterans): 1) Use of an obscure IP port that many public networks won't let you access.
1a) Forces you to pay for static IP or VPN. 2) Every node mines the whole chain, meaning..
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Oct 29, 2021 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
With news that Jessica Rosenworcel will be chair of the FCC, it's time to begin questioning what will undoubtedly be her quest to restore #netneutrality regulation. I invite @skeptech to this thread.
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The issue I have with net neutrality is that it's a solution looking for a problem... and not a viable solution to some of the things it purports to solve. Broadly, we can consider two areas of telecom - distribution (esp residential) and back-end interconnect.
