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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Aug 4, 2019 18:58:40 GMT -5
Came up with at least a semi-automated method to build up a static quote list (build a watch list in my broker's watch list function, export it to a computer readable CSV file, massage the CSV file to HTML, and post it here. Haven't done it end-to-end, but it's a matter of getting off surfing the web to making code to do the massaging functions.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Aug 6, 2019 19:04:48 GMT -5
Figured out this afternoon that I can group the stocks arbitrarily. I will likely categorize them. Haven't yet written the functionality to massage the data into an BBCode text file I can cut and paste. Might do it as a Word macro. Wrote a Word macro at work to partially autogenerate a document but that was ten years ago!
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Aug 7, 2019 21:24:56 GMT -5
Been working on my VBA macro tonight. I don't think I've written a VBA macro in at least ten years. I now can parse the data into separate variables, now I need to figure out how to write it in BBCode format. Probably about a third done.
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Post by greedy stock buyer test on Aug 7, 2019 22:23:44 GMT -5
lind made me learn that snakey language.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Nov 28, 2019 21:07:50 GMT -5
This project is on the back burner for me. About the time I started doing the VBA macro, I went through a stretch in September and October where I was bouncing in and out of hospitals. First surgical treatment for an enlarged prostate (I had the UroLift procedure), which was a success by my urologist's metrics. Then, an ear infection. Finally, a mild case of pancreatitis (I had the metabolic derangements of pancreatitis and I had an elevated temperature, I was nauseated, I had a belly ache, and I was covered with sweat). Have other tasks in my retiree's to-do list. My home office (the "business room" though I don't really do any business in it) needs cleaning. My bedroom needs to be cleaned.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 17:21:12 GMT -5
Call GHOST BUSTERS !!!!!!!!  |
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Jan 8, 2020 18:50:53 GMT -5
Interesting distraction on the computer now: an Ada toolchain. So far, I’ve written a “Hello, World!” program and printed the numbers from 1 to 9 inclusive on the screen. I am probably equally rusty on all languages but I have fifteen years of experience with Ada. Though only a little experience with I/O. Most of the Ada programming I did was bit banging on the International Space Station.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Mar 5, 2020 20:01:20 GMT -5
The things I can think of to do on the computer expand to fill all waking hours. I've been cleaning up genealogical data. I had four types of data (living in a certain place, military service, being elected to an office, or being appointed to a position) reduced to "Event" and a date and place by a piece of genealogy software that could not distinguish between the above categories. Fortunately, I have a genealogical database with all the types of data correct and a printout of what needs to be fixed (28 pages). So it's essentially copy and paste operations. I'm also cleaning up the place references as I go. They seem to have a lot of spurious commas in place names.
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Post by sneakers (Metro Houston) on Jun 19, 2020 6:55:50 GMT -5
Went out and sold three of my four losing stocks yesterday. Decided to reinvest the proceeds in the FAANG (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google) stocks. My stockbroker (Schwab) now supports investment in fractional shares of stock given a dollar amount.
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