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RyJones

2,953 karma · joined December 19, 2011

Seattle-ish.

ry@walledcity.org

github.com/ryjones

linkedin.com/in/ryjones/

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/ryjones; my proof: https://keybase.io/ryjones/sigs/_Y74JM4Ky1cr_jPoSyTVPmKzUsidThTLwwMAFlOGOlQ ]

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RyJones··on DynIP – Dynamic DNS with RFC 2136, IPv6, DNSSEC, and BYOD
Trying to set it up with HOVER as a registrar - I get:

Nameserver [ns1.dynip.dev] doesn't exist at the registry (Code 480)

RyJones··on Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026
I'm in the same boat. I've been using the Gemini CLI since late last year - it's the only reason I moved up to Ultra.

I guess it's time to move to something else with a business model that might survive a reorg.

Update: unsubscribed from Google Ultra, moving to Claude Max

RyJones··on The quiet renovation at Bitwarden
For my Linux machines, I'm almost always coming to them via SSH or proxmox console. I started with Unix in like 85 or 86 and live on the command line when I can.
RyJones··on The quiet renovation at Bitwarden
Apple's passwords app. It's what I use almost everywhere. I use 1password for work but I'd prefer not to mix work and personal life.
RyJones··on The quiet renovation at Bitwarden
Thank you for pushing me to migrate away from Bitwarden. I've used them for years but I was moving away slowly; now I've moved.
RyJones··on Soft launch of open-source code platform for government
One of the projects I work on, OWF, has great engagement with our open source efforts from Dutch companies and NGOs.

https://openwallet.foundation/staff/

RyJones··on My phone replaced a brass plug
My USPSA rank is public: I'm terrible with pistols. I haven't shot in competition for over a decade. This is the kind of project that tickles a couple of my nerves and might get me back to the range.
RyJones··on Sumida Aquarium Posts 2026 Penguin Relationship Chart, with Drama and Breakups
I took my mom there a few years ago, it is a really nice setup. If you’re in town, highly recommend.
RyJones··on The GNU libc atanh is correctly rounded
Interesting: https://youtu.be/cb5r3r38O9c

Guy's world records get deleted due to changes in atanh over time

RyJones··on 20 years on AWS and never not my job
He wants to evangelize, spread, and support FreeBSD adoption; this free labor helps in this.
RyJones··on Moooooonitoring the Cow.txt Herd
I wonder if Jeff Lawson (bovine) is involved.
RyJones··on Show HN: I built a navigation app that displays weather along the route
The route from Tallinn to Warsaw to Kyiv was pretty good! Nice tool.
RyJones··on Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?
A friend in Palouse has found several heritage apple trees and has spent at least a decade grafting and working with them. It’s an interesting hobby to watch him experiment with.
RyJones··on Is BGP safe yet?
T-Mobile consists of at least five distinct networks depending on when your carrier was purchased, last time I was talking with some of the network security guys in Factoria. It’s been four years - they may have converged some of them.
RyJones··on FCC updates covered list to include foreign-made consumer routers
I preordered one, I got it, and I sold it. They are active on Discord. Why did I sell it? The shortcomings of the platform made me realize I should just go with UI, despite my reservations about the company.
RyJones··on Nintendo Sues U.S. Government for Tariff Refunds
when I worked there, I described it as a navy of lawyers with a dinghy of engineers.
RyJones··on Inferring car movement patterns from passive TPMS measurements
If you capture cellular control frequencies you get msisdns for free.
RyJones··on Inferring car movement patterns from passive TPMS measurements
I built a demo of this back when I worked at Qualcomm in Seattle; match this with WiFi beacons and you can trace a person fairly well. It's been over a decade, but at the time both iOS and Android would send pings fairly frequently to all known WiFi networks looking to see if they should switch to a faster one. With your device ID, list of SSIDs you know, and your TPMS data, a person can learn a lot about you.

Like, where do you work? Where do you stay (Hotel SSIDs)? Who are your friends (other people's home SSIDs)?

RyJones··on Monkey Patching in VBA
VBA is an interesting language. The builtins are huge - C++ may never have a loan amortization primitive, but VBA sure did/does
RyJones··on Claws are now a new layer on top of LLM agents
Reminds me of Qualcomm
RyJones··on My smart sleep mask broadcasts users' brainwaves to an open MQTT broker
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.

RyJones··on Scott Adams has died
here you go.

https://blog.ryjones.org/adams

RyJones··on Scott Adams has died
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.

RyJones··on Show HN: 22 GB of Hacker News in SQLite
Neat. I keep wanting to build something like this for GitHub audit logs, but at ~5 tb, probably a little much
RyJones··on Unifi Travel Router
I carry my GL.iNet GL-E750V2 all over the world.
RyJones··on Thin desires are eating life
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

RyJones··on Thin desires are eating life
I send postcards when I travel. I love doing it.

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

RyJones··on Gemini 3 Pro: the frontier of vision AI
The correction I expect to give to an intern, not a junior person.
RyJones··on How did the Win 95 user interface code get brought to the Windows NT code base?
sd was a light customization of p4

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180122-00/?p=97...

RyJones··on Fran Sans – font inspired by San Francisco light rail displays
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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