I retired from Packet Pushers 28 June 2024. It’s my privilege to have reached so many people, I thank you for listening. This account is no longer in use. The @PacketPushers continues with more shows than ever. Vendors should go to https://t.co/QxtvnGyOm1 to contact sales.

Link: What share of lithium-ion batteries are recycled? - https://t.co/eFdmk5xVEF TLDR: Most Lithium batteries are still in use, and not ready for recycling. LiFePo batteries minimum 15 year span,.

A thing about AI hardware platforms is that it includes DESKTOPS/LAPTOPS as well as servers. Cisco will never be able to full stack AI because it will never sell desktops or laptops leaving it a laggard in the AI sector.

“Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Market Records Second Consecutive Quarter of 30% Growth, Reports Crehan Research” Fibrechannel is successful, still convinced that Infiniband would be the perfect upgrade path for legacy storage.

Vendors can find you (customer) your next job is common for senior level execs. Cisco/EMC/IBM use this strategy extensively when customers resisted sales they will undermine them top down, get them replaced or moved, and then recommend a replacement that was a known ally/friend

Your first fiduciary duty is to yourself, and then to your employer. Two decades ago we had a company first approach but that loyalty has broken down Link: The Gili Ra’anan model: Questions emerging from Cyberstarts’ remarkable success | Ctech -

The reason electric vehicles are falling in price is obvious - they were vastly overpriced. Early adopters paid a first generation premium - which was stupid. Prices are resetting to what market will bear - roughly similar to fossil cars which are 40-60% cheaper.

The CLI was the first API. Which demonstrates how bad APIs can be.

New email signoff: Never would be better than later for my SLA "Vendor Tech Support”

One thing I think about Nvidia is that when the AI bubble bursts/deflates, they will switch to shipping hyperconverged x86 servers & take market share from Cisco/Dell/HPE/Lenovo to keep hardware revenues going while they build a software moat. My guess is within 6 months

“Cisco fixes WebEx flaw that allowed government, military meetings to be spied on” Look, Zoom and Teams aren’t great at security but Webex seems to be the least competent product of the three.

Heads up.

The AI hype could quickly turn into an overpriced bubble if the existing free models are enough for most use cases. Why pay to generate AI models if the only value is improving existing features ? Better spellcheck, reading manuals, image classification aren’t worth money

There was never a shortage of rare earth materials. There might be a lack of rare earth processing/extraction because it’s messy, toxic and highly damaging to the environment. Link: REE | Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth elements discovered at… -

It’s a shame that this ‘cybertruck prototype’ made from dumpsters is actually more useful than the final product.

Cost of solar and batteries going down, while SMR costs rise dramatically.

By the time small modular nuclear get approved designs, planning permission, funding and then building completion well, solar and some type of battery/storage will have made it obsolete

Why train generative AI models when no one wants to pay for products that have ‘AI’. For example, Apple isn’t charging extra for its AI tools and that’s a big marker.

After the inclusion of 3 point seatbelts, emergency room visits from cars crashes went up exponentially. The result of people getting injured rather than dying in car crashes.

A wise man once asked me, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" I thought hard for a bit and then I slapped him across the face.