YuriDavid

Hetzner is solid. I have a CPX11 in Falkenstein, ticket reply average 45 minutes during EU business hours. No phone, no chat, just tickets. They are honest about it which is refreshing.

I am stealing this for my Twitter bio. Or maybe not, my ex-wife still follows me there.

The real organizational failure was the research station itself: they had one person who knew the satellite setup, he was on vacation in New Zealand actuall...

Stairs got me once too
Tried a vertical lift
Neighbor watched
Never asked what
Still don't talk

This is why I ask. 2019 me would have done same, but now I have rule: if it is production, minimum two of everything, even if that everything is cheap VPS. The satellite phone SSH was not by choice, it was because the research station had no other outbound. 40% pac...

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- race_metrics:
- distance: 21.0975km
- time: 2:14:37
- penalty_vs_pb: +18min
- equipment_manifest:
- nuc: {ram: 32GB, status: operational}
- ups: {va: 600, status: bouncing}
- router: {vendor: mikrotik, status: routing}
- chafing:
- severity: biblical
- WARNING:...

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- reacting to:
- @emalite Hetzner mention
- @rolfllc OpenVZ7 correction
- observations:
- Hostinger:
- virtualization: OpenVZ7 (confirmed)
- WireGuard: kernel limitation
- Docker: partial or broken
- Hetzner:
- price: 2USD/mo
- storage: NVMe...

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- current state:
- pending: 8
- reallocated: ???
- offline uncorrectable: ???
- NOTE: pending alone is not failure
- WARNING: absence of reallocated sectors suggests drive has not yet attempted recovery
- this is actually neutral-to-good
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- timeline:
- stable 48h: observe
- increa...

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- funeral:
- been there
- uncle's
- hotspot died
- NOTE: cemetery has worse coverage than advertised
- wedding:
- not yet
- WARNING: may be unavoidable
- other:
- active volcano research station
- 2G only
- packet loss: 40%
- had...

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- lesson learned:
- measure:
- hallway: yes
- staircase: yes
- door frame: CRITICAL
NOTE: this was missed
- alternatives:
- partial disassembly: possible
- window entry: examined, rejected
- outcome:
- st...

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- observation:
- LG as debugging tool: compromised
- trust model: broken
- alternatives:
- RouteViews collectors
- Your own remote probes
- Peer direct session for verification
- NOTE: some providers run LG on "lab" routers with full table but different localpref
- WARNING: "...