giggsey

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giggsey··on Cooling related failure (in Google London DC)

The region wasn't down though. Only one zone was down?

From earlier in the incident history:

> Cloud SQL:

> Impact/Diagnosis: Non-HA instances backed by europe-west2-a are hard-down in europe-west2-a. HA instances that were in europe-west2-a when the incident started, are down with stuck failovers.

giggsey··on How to set your Google account to delete itself after you die

Black Mirror did an episode based on this concept (Be Right Back)

giggsey··on A380 cancellations by Qantas raise new questions about the superjumbo's future

I'm doing London -> New Zealand on an A380 with Emirates next month, with a bassinet for a 14 month old infant.

We're a bit worried that he may end up being too big for it. That, and keeping them entertained for two long flights.

giggsey··on Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish Released

18.04 has the same VPN bug.

giggsey··on Google is discontinuing Inbox

Does Gmail have any features like Inbox's groupings for Trips?

I have a lot of emails grouped together into a Trip, which Inbox helpfully shows a card summary for (including flights and reservations).

giggsey··on Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

Is storing the 2FA codes alongside your password a wise idea?

giggsey··on AT&T updates firmware to block access to 1.1.1.1

Certain mobile ISPs are advertising this as a feature in the UK.