Stephen Strowes

@sds@fd00.space
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internet measurements; fastly. formerly ripe ncc, yahoo, boundary, university of glasgow

i like old computers and ipv6 deployment

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locationNYC | Edinburgh
Stephen Strowes15h ago

it is 9 days since I last opened a laptop, any laptop

usually during downtime I'd still have reason to open a personal laptop, but not in these last 9 days. it's pretty good.

Stephen StrowesAug 12
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Stephen StrowesAug 2
time for me to finally figure this thing out
Stephen StrowesAug 1
I am once again asking for your submissions to the MAT WG, for RIPE 91 in Bucharest, October 20th -- 24th: https://mailman.ripe.net/archives/list/mat-wg@ripe.net/thread/246RBWSQT65EHVODQF6XLU3VKFFJ7R32/
Call for presentations at MAT WG at RIPE 91 - mat-wg - mailman.ripe.net

Stephen StrowesJul 31
Sue SmithJul 31
Anyone who ever feels out of their depth should know that it's common for senior executives in large distributed tech companies to use the default slack avatar and never think to update it
Stephen StrowesJul 24
Doug MadoryJul 24

LEO satellite operator Starlink currently experiencing a total outage beginning at 19:13 UTC today. #Starlinkdown

No word yet on cause of the outage.

Stephen StrowesJul 24
Michael BuschJul 24

. @pluralistic correctly writes about how Starlink is a scam: https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/24/geometry-hates-cars/#dogshit-unit-economics .

It would be nice to not keep having to explain the basics of how orbits and microwaves work.

Pluralistic: Trump’s FCC abandons the future (24 Jul 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Stephen StrowesJul 23
Sindarina, Edge Case DetectiveJul 22
#DeathAndTheGrabClawMachine
Stephen StrowesJul 21
Show threadJordan KayJul 21
@collin There’s absolutely no reason to believe this doesn’t apply equally to code as it does to words.
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Doug MadoryJul 24

LEO satellite operator Starlink currently experiencing a total outage beginning at 19:13 UTC today. #Starlinkdown

No word yet on cause of the outage.

Show threadDoug MadoryJul 24
The Starlink outage is now in excess of two hours in duration, making this incident Starlink's longest outage since becoming a major service provider. #starlinkdown
Show threadDoug MadoryJul 24
We're seeing a restoration of traffic to Starlink beginning at 21:28 UTC — 2 hours and 15 minutes after the outage began.
Show threadS38Jul 24
@dougmadory
5 9s is hard.
Show threadJames TinmouthJul 24
@sab38 @dougmadory won't be able to get to 4 9s for a couple of years now! They don't claim 5 9s do they?!
Show threadJoe MansfieldJul 24

@dougmadory @sundogplanets

If they use the network itself for some of the command and control traffic then this sort of outage could become really bad news very quickly.

It will be very interesting to see how this unfolds.

Show threadProf. Sam LawlerJul 24
@helvick @dougmadory I'm just really really hoping that they don't. In the last 6 months Starlink conducted one collision avoidance maneuver every 30 seconds.
Show threadJoe MansfieldJul 24

@sundogplanets @dougmadory

I’m seeing messages that indicate it’s back so phew I suppose.

Show threadProf. Sam LawlerJul 24
@helvick @dougmadory Hooray for avoiding Kessler Syndrome! For now.
Show threadsimonbpJul 24
@sundogplanets @helvick @dougmadory Upload, download, and be merry, for tomorrow we collisionally cascade
Show threadavatastic  Jul 24
@dougmadory are we all just assuming that musk is refusing to pay a peering partner and is finding out that if you don't pay, you don't get peered?
Show threadAxomammaJul 24
@dougmadory SO MUCH WINNING!
Show threadNitin KhannaJul 25
@dougmadory what’s the cause?
Show threadHashRaydamonJul 24
@dougmadory Elon throwing a tantrum is always a possible explanation
Show threadKaren StrickholmJul 24
@dougmadory Hacked?
Show threadzl2todJul 24

@KarenStrickholm @dougmadory

If someone has ransomewared Elon's flockbots I shall be highly amused.

Show threadKaren StrickholmJul 24
@zl2tod @dougmadory Right??!!!
Show threadwrosecransJul 24
@dougmadory I love how "State of the art APT cyberattack" and "The fratboy CEO was high and a chatbot told him a dog meme should replace the radio firmware and he just YOLO'd unreviewed code at most of the things humanity has ever put into space" are equally plausible explanations.