A long time ago I started writing a Python based Diameter stack, that eventually became PyHSS , my partner drew a picture of a Snake wrapping around a database, and today PyHSS is the most popular open source HSS solution. It’s been a lot of fun, and I learned a tremendous amount, but the project has long been more…
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Poking around in Android the other day I found this nugget in Carrier Config manager ; a flag (KEY_INFLATE_SIGNAL_STRENGTH_BOOL) to always report the signal strength to the user as one bar higher than it really is.
It’s 1986 and you’ve got a 31 tons of copper, in the form of a giant 46 meter tall statue, that’s looking a bit worse for wear.