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Moral of the story: Don't take reserved keywords for license plate numbers.
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Please, use nullptr.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I have been asked to extract emails, attachments, contacts and calenders from a number of large PST files and to export the emails as DOCX files. I have written some VBA code in Outlook to do this, but the scope of this project has rapidly expanded and this is now too slow. I reckon there are about a million or more emails and attachments in total.
Can anyone recommend tools (free or paid-for) that can quickly and efficiently do this?
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Google is the best search engine.
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From the latest Netflix shows I am watching, South Korea sure seems the best hot place to be to experience ghost tourism!
I am sure there are tourism opportunities over that! 
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Ghost tourism? You already are in the Lounge. This place is crawling with the groaning ghosts of programmers past, who were literally frustrated to death, struggling with Windows' idiosyncrasies. 
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OMG! You are so perceptive!  
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Poppable paste provides short-lived taste (9)
Answers so far this week: Marshmallows, Humbugs, Candycanes...
modified 4hrs 15mins ago.
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Hmm... spinach doesn't fit. Damn!
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I said poppable, not Popeye-able! 
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Go on then, I'll have a guess at bubblegum.
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Correct!
You should guess things for a living
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Well, I'd figured candycanes yesterday but didn't have time to come up with a clue for today, so it only seemed fair that I answer it today.
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I was approached recently for a role with a local software house. As it was local, and the job spec sounded interesting I agreed to an interview. I recently had a second meeting to go into the role in more detail. I'm now really confused. The role sounds great, the MD (who interviewed me) was a really great guy and they want the role to guide them technically going forwards (so will have a lot of say in their technical decisions). On the other hand though, I'm happy where I am. I've built up the proceses, technical stack, architecture, build / release pipelines etc from scratch. I have made a huge difference since starting here 3.5 years ago. I have a personal investment and feel reluctant to just walk away from what I've built here. I have a lot of autonomy and decision making responsibility here too.
I'd be interested to hear other people's thoughts.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Which one pays the most? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
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If money were my only motivation I'd spend an hour commuting to London on the train every day. The role I interviewed for is paying slightly more than my current role (they're not going to offer me less).
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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I'm not saying that money is the only motivation, and commuting time is certainly important.
The things that you mention are not, though (To me anyway. I respect that other people may feel differently). As long as you're happy with the company, the environment, the collegues, the pay, the commute etc, whatever you do shouldn't matter much.
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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When I was younger money was probably more of a factor. I'm older now *cough cough* and am paid well for the work that I do. So for me the things I've listed are important. I want to be happy where I work. I've had a few roles in the past where I wasn't happy due to things like the culture, people etc. So for me personally, happiness is more important than money.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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What you say now is exactly what I said in the post before this.
But in your OP you only talk about the actual work tasks, and THAT is completely irrelevant - in my humble opinion - unless of course you take a job where you don't actually know what you're doing. In that case it's definitely stressing (not that I would know, of course  ).
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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When you say local, does it mean less commute? And is that same/different for current job?
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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