From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.taht.net (mail.taht.net [IPv6:2a01:7e00::f03c:91ff:feae:7028]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7D9443BA8E for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2019 14:10:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from dancer.taht.net (unknown [IPv6:2603:3024:1536:86f0:eea8:6bff:fefe:9a2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.taht.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 249901F40B; Mon, 4 Feb 2019 19:10:05 +0000 (UTC) From: Dave Taht To: Jonathan Foulkes Cc: Dave Taht , bloat References: <25CA545B-DFAE-485C-A81B-DBAC798B5BF3@jonathanfoulkes.com> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:09:24 -0800 In-Reply-To: <25CA545B-DFAE-485C-A81B-DBAC798B5BF3@jonathanfoulkes.com> (Jonathan Foulkes's message of "Mon, 4 Feb 2019 12:13:29 -0500") Message-ID: <87ef8n74m3.fsf@taht.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Bloat] keeping the lights on at bufferbloat.net X-BeenThere: bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: General list for discussing Bufferbloat List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 19:10:06 -0000 Jonathan Foulkes writes: > Hi Dave, I just logged into Patreon and tried to set up a monthly > donation, but I keep getting Internal server errors from their > platform (tried different browsers as well), so heads up on that. It was because they were having problems that I checked the account. > I=E2=80=99ll try again later today and tomorrow if needed. But you might = need to send a reminder once whatever is going on there clears up. $30 in donations showed up immediately. (thank you matthew and richard!) $7 to go. :) I know it's a modest amount to have angst over but at this point given my other debt obligations it's best to have zero net costs here. I do not like discussing my finances but I just got thwacked hard from a direction I should have expected by now. > > Thanks again for all you do, Well, I haven't been doing much of late. After two grants and a contract fell through last july (seeing both openwrt and cake ship two weeks later was bitterly ironic then), and I gave up the yurtlab ($1100/month), I did manage to retain a portion of the basement at the site in exchange for some work (which included rolling out 18.06.1 across the lupin campus), and I can keep that going so long as I keep that network up to date. There's a bit of room to work down there (~450 sq feet) and I hope whenever the make-wifi-fast patches land I'll be able to do some QA and measurements. I'd given up then and sought employment aug-dec only to discover that nobody in the bay area wanted my C, queue theory, ietf, or project management skills, and I otherwise was frightfully obsolete. I long ago needed to pick up go or python or rust if I wanted to continue programming or find a mgmt role that made sense. A friend of mine opened a restuarant which had some appeal for a time! The *best* rejection I got over the course of 6 interviews was: "fq_codel saved my marriage... but you are a rocket scientist, and we don't need rocket scientists just now." It is long past time for me to seek a new business model and monthly income sources. I started a new semi-paid P/T gig a while back (the "ipv4 cleanup project" - https://github.com/dtaht/ipv4-cleanup ) which is keeping me *literally* above water - I live full-time on the boat now, which is a heck of a lot cheaper than any normal housing in the bay area. Except: the "bufferboat" also has some desparately needed repairs pending and it isn't the most productive office environment. I haven't put in for any grants yet this year. I mostly think it's time to move on and do something else. I'd like to get a floor under some other people and participate in GSOC, though, at least. I think I can pull out of this in a few weeks overall, it was just this morning was bad, very bad. > > Jonathan > >> On Feb 4, 2019, at 11:55 AM, Dave Taht wrote: >>=20 >> I came very close to not being able to pay the linode bill for >> bufferbloat.net today. I got nailed by a huge back bill that wiped me >> out completely (and then some). >>=20 >> Anyway... the linode bill is $100/mo, and donations have fallen to >> only $66/month. If you have a few spare bucks a month you can throw in >> to keep the flent test network alive, please see: >> https://www.patreon.com/dtaht >>=20 >> thx. >>=20 >> --=20 >>=20 >> Dave T=C3=A4ht >> CTO, TekLibre, LLC >> http://www.teklibre.com >> Tel: 1-831-205-9740 >> _______________________________________________ >> Bloat mailing list >> Bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat > > _______________________________________________ > Bloat mailing list > Bloat@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat