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VBA is an interesting language. The builtins are huge - C++ may never have a loan amortization primitive, but VBA sure did/does

Reminds me of Qualcomm

Why is it that almost all ODB-II dongles you buy have the same MAC address? If you buy two, one for each car, your app can never tell which car you're connected to.

They all come with Bluetooth certified logos, as well.

The ones that don't reuse everything cost like $120, not $15.


One of my emails to Scott ended up in his first book; I was the one who emailed about carrying ice.

Fair winds and following seas, Scott.


Elaborate, please? (The excerpt that ended up in the book.)



That email he sent you... boy, the last paragraph is such a gem of persuasion.


Neat. I keep wanting to build something like this for GitHub audit logs, but at ~5 tb, probably a little much


I carry my GL.iNet GL-E750V2 all over the world.


I send postcards when I travel. I love doing it.

https://findingfavorites.podbean.com/e/ry-jones-postcards/


I'm an Engineering Manager. I print out certificates for people on (and beyond) my teams, referencing something they accomplished (big or small), add one of the "boy scout badges" I bought in bulk from AliExpress (and then retroactively created & reference a set of values based on the iconography) and mail out "Engineering Merit Badges" to our remote employees. Maybe a few think it's dumb but the vast majority love it. The collector-types try to earn the entire set (I made one of the badges really hard to get because of this), while physically getting mail really seems to resonate with anyone under 35. A few people more distant from my teams (i.e. different departments) DID seems supsicious at first when I asked for their home address, and my boss wondered how I spent several hundred dollars in postage last year, but I try and send out at least a dozen a month while still keeping them meaningful. It's actually a bit of work (of course I wrote software to help manage and create everything) but I love it too.


One my convoys from Tallinn to Kyiv, I make little dog tags https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYSqxFiEeps and coins to hand out to drivers and staff. For work, I used to make poker chips: https://github.com/ryjones/recognition/blob/main/chips.md and coins: https://github.com/ryjones/recognition/blob/main/coins.md . When we did coins, I would custom engrave them for TSC/TOC/TAC members and people in the community I knew I would meet at events. https://youtu.be/0LXsauB5Qao

See also gift boxes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21uGljlJVoI


The correction I expect to give to an intern, not a junior person.


your intern can generate and edit photorealistic renderings of wine glasses? Still not bad.



It’s been a while since I grabbed this: https://blog.ryjones.org/2006/10/21/Welcome-to-the-Bay-Area


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