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Don’t pick your profile picture yourself

Photo by Ellen De Vos.

“You might really love that one photo where you squint your eyes and make a pouty face, but chances are what you like doesn’t look as good to other people. A recent study suggests you’re better off having someone else pick your profile pics. ”

Via http://lifehacker.com/why-you-should-let-someone-else-pick-your-profile-pictu-1794342712

Permanent home-office for all? Not necessarily – Siobhan Morrin

For those who work in offices, the pandemic has completely changed the daily routine. The time and hassle saved without a commute in the WFH world has made a permanent change appealing, with several studies showing most people don’t want to return to the office full-time. However, many leaders say they want their staff to return to the workplace, and not necessarily because they don’t trust them. The serendipitous conversations and corridor catch-ups are too valuable to lose. And, research confirms, most people miss chatting to their colleagues too. (link)

 

Working with TC on Linux systems – dasblinkenlichten

With that out of the way – I wanted to spend some time in this post talking about the command line tool found on Linux systems called tc. We’ve talked about tc before when we discussed creating some network/traffic simulated topologies and it worked awesome for that use case. If you recall from that earlier post tc is short for Traffic Control and allows users to configure qdiscs. A qdisc is short for Queuing Discipline. I like to think of it as manipulating the Linux kernels packet scheduler.

Working with TC on Linux systems

Increasing Port Density in Data Centers | Network Computing

Demands for connectivity in the data center are rising, especially in hyperscale data centers where 1728- or 3456-fiber cables are becoming more popular. Connecting such high-fiber-count cables to servers and switches is the key challenge because there’s only so much rack space available. Fiber patch panels are at the center of this challenge. To address this issue, the industry is increasing port density in patch panels to accommodate the ongoing thirst for bandwidth.

Source: Increasing Port Density in Data Centers | Network Computing

IPv6 Buzz 048: From Learning To Teaching IPv6 – Packet Pushers

Enjoying this episode on IPv6 learning and personal experience with
@vlinder_nl

In this week’s IPv6 Buzz episode, we discuss the path from learning IPv6 to teaching it with Nicole Wajer, a Technical Solution Architect at Cisco and a frequent presenter at CiscoLive. She’s an expert on IPv6 training.

Source: IPv6 Buzz 048: From Learning To Teaching IPv6 – Packet Pushers