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Yeah, on one armrest you had the sound-tube headphone "jack" and the other armrest had an ash tray. Wild times.

I've had my Amazon account since '98 or so. I still have items on my wishlist from the 90s.

Think of all the database upgrades over the years to move that data forward...

Most people think of Oregon as the western third from the Cascades to the coast. The eastern two thirds is basin and range desert and equally beautiful in a different way.

Yeah, it was open but I didn't take the time for a soak. This was during the week in late summer and there was no one around at the time.

A few years back I camped out on the Alvord Playa in this part of Oregon on a clear, moonless, summer night: it was spectacular!

I've been to quite a few remote dark sky sites, but this place was something else.

Later that night a storm rolled in and I had to get off the Playa due to the strong winds and blowing sand and dust.

I ended up sleeping in my Jeep next to a power substation since I only had a half tank of gas and that wasn't enough to get me to the nearest open gas station. At this time in Oregon even the rural gas stations were full service only so I had to wait until morning when the store at Fields Station opened up and I could gas up and get back home.

It was a memorable trip.

I remember getting an email from John in the early days of Autodesk.

At the time most developers had Sun workstations and he had gotten into all our systems and ran a password crack program looking for weak passwords. Our network wasn't attached to the outside world yet so most of us had weak passwords.

Mine password was a geologic time era something like "Devonian". His only comment was, "No, Jurassic!". The name of his machine? Jurassic Sparc.

Early Warning Services (Zelle) | Full-time | ONSITE (Seattle, SF, Phoenix) | Sr. AWS DevOps Engineer

I'm looking to add a Sr. Cloud Engineer to the team that works on the cloud infrastructure behind our Zelle and Paze products. We have the typical mix of AWS services provisioned by Terraform.

We're returning to the office three days a week after the first of the year so my preference is for folks located near our offices in San Francisco or our Scottsdale, AZ HQ. I'm in Seattle and hope to have an office here in the near future, so a hire in Seattle would technically be remote with the understanding of transitioning to ONSITE once an office is established.

Early Warning is a bit unusual in structure: we're a private company that's been around for over 30 years and co-owned by Bank of America, Truist, Capital One, JPMorgan Chase, PNC Bank, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo.

Apply here: https://earlywarning.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/earlywarningcaree...

If you have questions, or want to reach out, my personal email address is in my profile.

I've had a half dozen or so Subaru's and have had little trouble with any of them. Currently we have a '17 Forester we bought new currently with 120k miles on it and just last week I picked up a used '21 Ascent.

The Forester has been though two batteries and just last week I had a wheel bearing in the rear replaced. No other trouble and still runs fine.

I got the Ascent to keep out in Seattle and that'll be my car there -- it'll fit right in -- Subaru seems to make up about 30% of cars in the Seattle area.

I just finished the audiobook version of this on a long drive through the heart of Ameristan. Very plausible. Remember Moab!

I have a friend that just spent the last two years building a fox-body Mustang drag car with a turbo-charged big-block Ford engine in it. I was surprised to learn he put a Powerglide in it. I guess the Ford folks even use the Powerglide. The US automotive aftermarket is amazing.

Drag racers. The current trend is very high-horsepower turbo-charged engines with lots of torque and a two-speed "auto" is all they need and there's only one shift in a 1/4 mile run.

I put "auto" in quotes because the automatic function is usually removed and you have to shift it manually.

It's getting a bit more coverage at least. Here's a (soft paywalled) link to a commentary about the incident in the Kansas City newspaper: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-com...

I worked in AutoCAD Support during these days. We hated the dongles ("hardware locks") as much as our customers. We eventually got rid of them. I haven't used any Autodesk product in decades so I don't know what they do nowadays.

I can also confirm. A fifth-wheel trailer with the proper size truck is very stable; even in severe cross-winds.

I use a gooseneck adapter on my RV since my farm trailer uses that and it's a bit more difficult to hitch up but you get used to it quickly.

Before COVID used fifth-wheels were very cheap -- my current one is a 2016 model I bought used for $17k in 2019. Things are a bit more expensive now but I figure the used market will probably go back to normal by next year.

Global.

I've been wearing nothing but Darn Tough for the last decade. They last awhile. After a few years a few get small holes or the elastic wears out. I save them up until I get 6 or so pair and send them back to Darn Tough. They send back a store credit for new socks. Highly recommended.

Outside, Inc | Sr. Cloud & Geospatial Engineer | REMOTE | $140k to $175k base + Equity

At Outside, we believe life is best spent outside experiencing healthy, connected, and fulfilling lives. We inspire and enable people to discover why.

Outside is the premier destination for active lifestyle enthusiasts. In addition to traditional, well-known media properties, Outside offers members a comprehensive suite of tools, experiences and content to help pursue their passions.

We're looking for an engineer to work on the geospatial backend behind our GaiaGPS and Trailforks products. We're looking for someone with experience in geospatial along with Python and AWS.

You can apply here:

https://outside.breezy.hr/p/d0ae624464bd-senior-engineer-clo...

Or feel free to ask me questions: msisk [at] outsideinc [dot] com

The Missouri GOP is on a roll.

They also want to get rid of the sales tax on guns and ammo.

I think nowadays an old car with a manual choke, a stick shift, and a separate coil where you can remove the ignition wire between the coil and the distributor would probably eliminate all theft outside someone just picking the whole thing up with a rollback tow truck. ;)

I often dream of going back to a car without any electronics at all.

Of course, I've had those and they have their own problems. Carburetors and point ignition systems have their issues.

So I instead live in a world where even my chainsaw has a CAN bus.

That's actually a minor plot point in Neal Stephenson's latest novel "Termination Shock."

I pick up my iPhone on a MagSafe charger with one hand all the time. As I pick it up I just use a finger to slide the MagSafe puck sideways and it releases. Not a big deal at all.

Jeff Geerling interviews John Clark and Demetrios Matsakis at Masterclock.

Back then there were several ways to do this sort of thing.

Rub-off dry transfer lettering like those from Letraset or mechanical pantographs like the Leroy were commonly used for technical lettering.

But it was probably hand drawn -- "draftsman" and graphic artists were found in all sorts of office settings that you don't see today.

I had a T1 line in my house when I lived in rural New Hampshire from 2000 to 2005. There was no other option at the time and I was working from home and needed something.

Cost was high (around $1k a month if I recall correctly) but it was very stable. And the support was good, too.

Once lightning struck the house and fried a bunch of stuff including the CSU/DSU in the basement. I called 911 and they sent out the local police. When he smelled the burnt electronics he suggested we call out the local volunteer fire department. Apparently lightning strikes can cause a smoldering fire in the walls.

The fire department arrived with a thermal imaging camera and you could see the heated up drywall screws leading toward the well-grounded telecom equipment for the T1. No fires in the wall thankfully.

While the fire department was there the local telecom truck pulled up to replace the CSU/DSU. The T1 was back in service within an hour of the lightning strike.

Wizards of the Coast | Engineering Managers and DevOps | Seattle, WA | ONSITE | Full-time

At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. That’s where you come in!

We're a division of toy-giant Hasbro, and we're expanding further into digital gaming. My teams are involved in building out a common gaming platform on AWS.

I'm the Director of Cloud & Date Engineering and the hiring manager for these positions.

• Cloud Engineering Manager: https://boards.greenhouse.io/wizardsofthecoast/jobs/59432700... • Data Engineering Manager: https://boards.greenhouse.io/wizardsofthecoast/jobs/59324070... • Senior DevOps Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/wizardsofthecoast/jobs/50367310...

Wizards is a fantastic place to work, especially if you're into D&D and Magic; we get tons of free product and steep discounts on anything else from Hasbro.

We're also big on work/life balance. You start out with 5 weeks of vacation a year, and we insist -- and plan -- on you actually taking time off and unplugging from the corporate network.

Note these are onsite jobs; we've been remote for most of the past 2 years due to COVID, but we're back in the office today! We're starting out with a hybrid work model with folks onsite 2 or 3 days a week. We'll see how that goes and adjust from there. But you will need to be in the Seattle area.

Same here. Nowadays I usually do "reverse interviews" and have the candidate grill me and ask me questions. After all, there's a ton of tech jobs and the power is in the hands of the candidate; their questions should come first.

Some folks are surprised by this and I often have to help them along, but that's cool -- it is a bit different.

Wizards of the Coast | Various Engineering Roles | Full-time | Onsite | Seattle, WA (Renton)

Wizards of the Coast is the world's largest publisher of adventure games, including Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons. We're a division of toy-giant Hasbro and we're expanding further into digital gaming.

I recently came onboard as Director of Cloud & Date Engineering and I'm building out the teams to create a common gaming platform on AWS.

I have one DevOps engineer opening that can be hired at either a junior or senior level:

https://boards.greenhouse.io/wizardsofthecoast/jobs/52566610... https://boards.greenhouse.io/wizardsofthecoast/jobs/50367310...

I will also have several engineering manager positions open soon -- I don't have those posted yet, but if you're interested ping me. You can find my email in my profile.

We're currently working remote but plan on going back into the office when COVID allows, so you'll need to be in the Seattle area (our office is in Renton). We'll probably adopt a hybrid model so you won't need to be in the office everyday, but details are still being worked out.

We have the usual big-company stuff like decent health insurance and other benefits. You'll get lots of free Magic and D&D stuff. Plus you get 5 weeks of vacation a year, and I will make you take them.

My current batch of fuel containers are all from Justrite.

They're expensive, but I don't have any issues with leaks. I have a 1-gallon for 2-stoke fuel, a 5-gallon for the gas mower, and another 5-gallon in yellow for diesel.

https://www.justrite.com/type-ii-accuflow-steel-safety-can-f...

Good timing on that capture.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/09/16/b-2-rolled-of...