Sorry for the super sporadic posting. Still in the process of moving and everything. I am giving updates on my Mastodon and !stamets@lemmy.world if anyone is interested but there’s really no reason to be.

Hope everyone has a fantastic Friday. Live long and prosper, you glorious bastards.

    • Tyfud@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I’ve posted this before, but that protective boot is optional and not a part of the standard.

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      8 months ago

      Probably because no one in there was using ethernet cables with snag protectors to design or test.

      In fairness, if this was targeted to medium-large corporates they would expect to be using manually terminated cables which don’t have that feature.

      I’m sure someone added that type cable to the testing procedure after this though.

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      8 months ago

      QA budget has been gutted. They can’t afford the Bougie Ethernet Cables that come with boots.

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      8 months ago

      Yea, either Cisco has shit processes that don’t involve multiple checks after drawings are first made, or multiple people fucked up in checking.

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      Guessing QA test script does not specify which port to plug the ethernet cable into. So they choose whichever is closest to their dominant hand.