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 On Device Learning

I talked with him in the olden days[0]. Great guy. Incisive questions, got to the heart of things in very few words.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllJoyn

RyJones··on Ask HN: Anyone working 4 day week here, as an employee?

We switched to four day weeks last year. In practice, it means I now work six days a week instead of seven.

RyJones··on A Microsoft team racing to catch bugs before they happen

You mean, the job description they ended in 2006? Sure

RyJones··on Who is collecting data from your car?

If you want to see what Honda collects: https://gist.github.com/ryjones/73739f6a7e662b9ed9ba64d9141f...

RyJones··on Apple's feedback mechanism is broken

He's right. I submitted a radar[0] in the Xcode toolchain with a very simple repro and it was never acted on - a compile would fail with an error when there was none. It killed our CI system.

[0]: https://gist.github.com/ryjones/3e9a851e92794d67b5e37197608a...

RyJones··on Why are maps so hard to make?

Thank you! I loved working in USGEO - S&T and MapPoint were great - we each got to leave an Easter-egg POI [0]! I even make maps in my spare time[1] :) . W

[0]: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryjones/15511609618/

[1]: https://ryjones.github.io/Area29SnowmobileTrailMap/

RyJones··on Why are maps so hard to make?

I worked on S&T years ago - thanks!

RyJones··on Narcissism is rampant, so how do we address it?

People need affirmation. I am people; therefore, affirm me? I don’t know. It was a slog to read.

RyJones··on Website Will Self Destruct

I would love for someone to listen to me.

RyJones··on Rescuing the Compuserve Collection

I regret the tons of Dr Dobbs, Byte, and the like I dumpstered in the late 80s.

RyJones··on Microsoft is tied to hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign bribes

When I went blue in 2005, I had to sit through sexual harassment videos by some guy.

Who had been fired.

For running HR like a harem.

RyJones··on Show HN: `Git add -p` with multiple buckets

Are you ex-MSFT? I am, and I miss that workflow.

RyJones··on Show HN: I made Devzat – It's like Discord but in the terminal, over SSH

Strange. I reported to Brian for years. He’s moved on, for now, I guess?

RyJones··on The first RISC-V portable computer is now available

Yes. You don’t need to sign up for a membership or some other thing to manufacture chips that comply with the standard.

RyJones··on The first RISC-V portable computer is now available

Open source ISA - no licensing fees.

RyJones··on Pull Request File Tree Feedback

ADO will go away once all of the features are migrated to GitHub.

RyJones··on Alleged full dump of Russian military personnel, including IDs and SSNs

Yup. For a while I was getting love letters from the OPM every quarter or so.

RyJones··on Thousands of Mazdas in the Seattle area are stuck on a single FM radio station

I still listen to it!

Also KBRD 680, when I can. A radio station playing public domain music picked by a parrot? sign me up

RyJones··on Reduced-hours software development engineer position at Amazon

I don’t miss Lab 126

RyJones··on Mementos Mori

The Baffler has been a source of excellent weirdness in my life since 89? 90? Good folks.

RyJones··on [dead]

(2021)

RyJones··on Inviting another GitHub user to be your successor

It’s up to the person that created the repo if forking is allowed

RyJones··on Every DoorDash employee, from engineers to CEO, will make deliveries

William was so helpful[0] someone asked for him much later.

0: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20091123-00/?p=15...

RyJones··on CPM MagnaCut

Impossible to work with; the start up making it stopped making it. I’ve seen amazing knives made from it, but the knife makers I know that did said “never more”

RyJones··on CPM MagnaCut

The custom knife industry was really excited about SM100 at first, as well.

RyJones··on Finnish Man Blows Up Tesla Car Instead of Replacing Battery

I worked to blow up a toilet for Dave Barry’s edification[0] a little while ago[1]. While it was fun, we were picking up porcelain for years after. Do not recommend.

0: https://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/2008/04/we-have-ne...

1: https://youtu.be/yMQO8SuWDzk

RyJones··on Georgia teacher read the fine print and won $13K (2019)

Have you taken time to give a close reading to the ICD-10[0]?

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29642489

RyJones··on Woke Up to an NFT of Myself

As an employee of the Linux Foundation - yes.

RyJones··on Expired web domains help criminal hackers unlock enterprise defenses

We get constant reports of renamed GitHub orgs/repos being used to conduct software supply chain attacks. It’s terrible.

RyJones··on Chemical emitted by babies could make men more docile, women more aggressive

Used to be a new father; can confirm. Women who would not pay attention to me without a baby would stop me on the street to coo over a babe in arms.

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