Jay Parlar
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Jay Parlar
@parlar
🇨🇦 Engineer @crowdstrike. Ph.D. in Software Engineering. Formal methods advocate (TLA+, Alloy, Z3). Python/JavaScript/etc. Husband & dad. He/him
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Bergabung Ekim 2008
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@theomn Strangely, LinkedIn is the only social network I look at now. I miss chatting with folks here though. But I can’t even use a good client anymore, this first party client has been forced down everyone’s throat
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@RoderickOn @hotdogsladies That had to have been my quickest Patreon signup ever
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Roderick on the Line, Ep. 470: "Too Clever by a Cat"
The Problem: Mores are thought eels.
merlinmann.com/roderick/ep-47…

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@norootcause have you seen how a huge percentage of Canada doesn’t have internet today? All of a Rogers is down, cellular and wired internet. Many ATMs and debit/credit machines are down.
There’s going to be a good story here!
Odds it was a config change?
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@norootcause But maybe it’s a way to prevent blame from hitting human operators! Time to replace “human error” with “AI error”
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Note to Rogers: AI won’t save you from incidents
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@norootcause From an email the CEO just sent: “…we will continue to focus on reliability, investing $10 billion over the next three years. This includes more oversight, more testing and greater use of Artificial Intelligence to ensure we’re able to deliver the reliable service you deserve.“
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@norootcause From an email the CEO just sent:
“…we will continue to focus on reliability, investing $10 billion over the next three years. This includes more oversight, more testing and greater use of Artificial Intelligence to ensure we’re able to deliver the reliable service you deserve.“
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@norootcause Here we go, it’s linked here (random docx download) mobilesyrup.com/2022/07/23/rog…
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@parlar Impressive that it’s a C-suiter, tho
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@norootcause Maybe they’re one of those managers that still likes to code, and they messed up a YAML config
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@norootcause “The regulator is also asking the telecom to describe any measures that were put in place after a software upgrade knocked out Rogers wireless service in April, 2021, and to explain why those measures failed to prevent the most recent service disruption.”
stocks.apple.com/AhhXYs_SGThq0M…
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@parlar "[A maintenance] update caused some of the routers in our system to malfunction and that malfunction caused traffic overload. And as a result of that, the whole system just shuts down and the network became inoperable to our customers."
ctvnews.ca/business/roger…
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