橄榄村
橄榄村：IT行业和其它
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(2024-03-30 17:29:55)
IamusedtostayathotelswhenIvisitedShanghai,fromtheHomeInnorthelikebackinthedays,tomorefancierorwesternbrandhotels,nowthatIhaveafamilyandkids.
IneverthoughtthatIwouldstayinhotelswhenIgohomeandseemyparents.Butthathappenedinyear2016.
我们大概是傍晚到的我父母的家：两卧室的老公寓。我当时根本没有想到要去住旅馆。但是吃了晚饭后，我很快就意识到住在我父母家不现实。因为另外一个我是的床上都放了东...[阅读全文]
(2024-03-25 10:09:15)
Yesterdaymorning,IwenttothethenewucityPaneraBreadasusual,andnoticedsystemisdownnationwide:themobileappandthekioskdidn’twork.Buttheregisterstillworks.NotethenewUCityisanalldigitalstoreandit’salmostfulloutage-themanagersaidtheyhaveacomputerforemployeeorderandIassumehecanringabitregularcustomersalesasneeded.WiFiisdowntoosoIamusingiPhoneashotspot.IposteditonTwitterandalsopostedasurveyyeste...[阅读全文]
(2024-02-21 10:04:20)
Writingfrommyexperienceoncreditcardbothfromconsumer(outside)andbusiness(inside)perspective:meaningencouragemoreusageofthecardvialoyaltyandrewards,makesurethecardisonthetopofthedecketc.IalsounderstandAmericansareaddictedtothecreditcardtoalargeextent.Fulldisclosure:between2015and2019yourstrulyworkedfortheMastercardloyaltyandrewardsdepartmentonBizOps(productionsupport,SiteReliabilityEngineering,andpr...[阅读全文]
(2024-02-19 19:42:35)
我的小女儿经常说的一个口头禅是如上的标题。这个好像也是mybetterhalf（aka也就是我太太)有时头疼的一个问题。我觉得吃或者饥饿也是人的本性之一吧。我自己总的来说应该是没有因为经济的原因，在小时候饿过肚子。我太太应该也没有（她也是浙江人）。有一次我闯了一个不大不小的祸：小朋友玩捉迷藏，我好像躲在那个油菜的杆子后面，后来那家人说他们那个还有菜籽[阅读全文]
(2024-02-19 16:29:24)
油管：myYoutube2022videoforBRKHQvideobelow(narrationmostlyinChinese)
CharlieMunger
WeknowCharlieMunger(Wiki)passedawayrecently,andhewasthevicechairmanofBerkshireHathaway:hehadsomeinfluenceonWarrenBuffet'sinvestmentsovertheyears,includingSee'sCandy,CocaColaandsoon.HereisthefreeonlinebookPoorCharlie'sAlmanack(youcanpurchasethepaperversionsthroughthelinkshere...[阅读全文]
(2024-02-10 08:08:17)
OurolddaughterSerenityisentering7thgradethisschoolyear,asIsaidsomewhereelse,in6yearsshewillverylikelyattendcollege.Useherword,"IwanttoaqualitycollegesuchasColumbiaU".IknowshewantedtobeawildlifebiologistandlastIcheckedshehasnointentiontobeaengineeroracomputerscientist(likeherprouddad:-)我们的大女儿Serenity本学年要上7年级，正如我在其他地方所说的，6年后她很可能会上大学。用她的话，“我想...[阅读全文]
(2024-02-09 05:20:18)
上面这张照片(takenatCCRC)没有小孩，thisisdoneonpurpose.这个是从楼上的bar/restaurant拍过去的。我的两个小孩开始打网球有一年左右,她俩都有进步：从一开始完全是新手到现在可以和同级别的小朋友打几个回合了。想到我自己真正开始打网球还是来美国以后，读研究生时跟同学打了一下。97,98,99年美国打网球的地方跟国内相比简直是天壤之别。我当时在罗拉的沃尔玛买了个威尔森Wilson[阅读全文]
(2024-02-08 11:14:34)
(Update11-13-2023)Migratedmosteverything.ThestickingpointistheMicrosoftAuthenticatorapp(forworkandschool),andtheRSASecurIDapp(forwork).ForMicrosoftOffice365etc.,Ifoundthislinkisimportantanduseful.Itwillsavetheusersometroubleandbasicallyitwillallowtheusetoselfserve(setuptheapponthenewdevice).Thetrickistoaddthephone(textmessage)numbertotheaccount,beforedeletingtheauthenticatorappontheoldiPhoneandont...[阅读全文]
(2024-02-07 05:34:26)
WhenIwaslittle,mymaternalgrandmasometimeswouldsaymyelderbroissuitableforacarpenterduetohiscalmdemeanor.Thisisjustapictureofacarpenter(notmybrother)SurvivingasanIT,especiallyasoftwaredevelopercontractorisnoteasy,frommypersonalexperienceandobservations.Ihavemostlybeenanemployee(sometimespeoplecallitfull-time),withafewstintsasacontractor(myLinkedInprofilehere).IworkedasacontractormostlybecauseIneeded...[阅读全文]
(2024-02-07 05:04:12)
Thepictureisfrom春节回家路上，你是否还记得那张旧船票？
再过几年，如果不出意外(knockonthewoods)，我会送我的老大去上大学。希望是一所她理想中的学校。今年是我大学毕业30周年。也就是说我是34年前（也就是1989年夏天）开始去上大学的。我家在宁波，我的大学在武汉。那时候国内火车没有现在那么发达。但是那时候有轮船，有客运的海轮和长江轮船。宁波到上[阅读全文]
