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Hedge 293: Moore’s Law Jan 23, 2026

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Is there an interaction between Moore’s Law and network computing? If so, what is the relationship? How do advances in silicon capabilities and network speeds and feeds rely and drive one another. Geoff Huston joins Russ on this episode of the Hedge to look at a bit of the history.
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Hedge 292: Data Center Costs Jan 17, 2026

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The cost of building and maintaining a data center is rising rapidly–and not just in financial terms. George Michaelson joins Tom and Russ to discuss the wider costs of data centers.
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Hedge 291: The Assault on Standards Dec 18, 2025

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As the Internet centralizes and gets “big,” standards are often being sidelined or consumed. What are the possible results of abandoning standards? Is there anything “normal network engineers” can do about it?
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Hedge 290: The Amoeba and the Mathematician Dec 12, 2025

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In this Hedge roundtable, Eyvonne, Tom, and Russ discuss The Amoeba and the Mathematician
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Best of the Hedge: Hedge 6 on DoH (Part 2) Dec 05, 2025

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In this episode of the Hedge, Geoff Huston joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to finish the discussion on the ideas behind DNS over HTTPS (DoH), and to consider the implications of its widespread adoption. Is it time to bow to our new overlords?
This is part two of a two part series. This is a “best of the Hedge” repost.
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Best of the Hedge: Episode 5 on DoH (Part 1) Nov 28, 2025

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In this episode of the Hedge, Geoff Huston joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to discuss the ideas behind DNS over HTTPS (DoH), and to consider the implications of its widespread adoption. Is it time to bow to our new overlords?

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Hedge 289: Containerlab Nov 21, 2025

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If you are struggling with building labs on lighter weight systems–or if you’re just interested in what Containerlab is and does–join Rick, Roman, and Russ for this discussion of what Containerlab is, what it does, and where its going.

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Hedge 288: Loneliness Nov 13, 2025

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Sometimes we just like to talk about “life issues” as they relate to network engineering and technology career fields. Loneliness seems to especially plague network engineering and other “small” IT fields, where communities are small, change is rapid, and stress is high. Loneliness expert Lucy Rose joins Eyvonne, Tom, and Russ to discuss loneliness.

Check out the Cost of Loneliness here.

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Hedge 287: IPv6 in Planned Economies Nov 07, 2025

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Do planned economies, like China, have an advantage in deploying IPv6? What do the numbers on the DFZ show? George Michaelson joins Russ and Tom to discuss.

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