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Having cancer is not a fight or a battle, it is about having luck or misfortune

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/10

It has been a while after my last post about me having cancer. No, I am not giving up. But I am having the regular fear of the upcoming checks: did the metastases return, or do I have the luck to outlive some 30% of my peer group.

The last metastases surgery has been slightly more than a year ago. A year from now, that percentage hopefully will be 50% and slowly increase over time until about 90% in some 9 years from now.

At year’s end, I will know for sure.

Below are some links on, mostly Dutch but with English abstract, articles about the mental side of having cancer, or having survived it for now.

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The Intel’s Management Engine Backdoor Nobody Can Remove – via YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/21

Interesting video explaining on Intel’s Management Engine which has been the Intel Inside part of about every Intel Chipset since 2008: [Wayback/Archive] The Intel Nobody Can Remove (Not Even You) – YouTube

This is very relevant as it runs on a lightweight operating system called Minix, and there is a move from attacks on end-user operating systems personal computers and mobile phones towards edge devices running lightweight operating systems (not limited to Citrix, Ivanti, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco, SonicWall and Juniper – for a potential OS list see Category:Lightweight Unix-like systems – Wikipedia).

More sources have started warning for this, see for instance [Wayback/Archive] Network security devices endanger orgs with ’90s era flaws | CSO Online and [Wayback/Archive] Security Appliance Vulnerability Bingo 2025 – Google Regneark.

Hopefully [Wayback/Archive] Dr. Christopher Kunz | heise online will have created a cku.gt/appbingo26 this year.

--jeroen

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Posted in CPU, Cyber, Hardware, Infosec (Information Security), Intel CPUs, Power User, Security | Leave a Comment »

A WireGuard Docker Linux Container

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/21

This should stau stays pretty up to date over time:

–jeroen

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NOS.nl – NOS Teletekst: Kamer:houd DigiD uit handen van VS

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/21

Nu al?

https://archive.is/2026.01.21-081245/https://nos.nl/teletekst/104

https://web.archive.org/web/20260121081309/https://nos.nl/teletekst/104

https://nos.nl/teletekst/104

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GitHub – valyentdev/valyent: A developers-first cloud platform.

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/20

In my list of tools to try out: [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – valyentdev/valyent: A developers-first cloud platform.

I will likely start with the cloud version, but the local version looks promising too.

More links:

Via: [Wayback/Archive] Valyent.cloud: “📢 Valyent.cloud is getting fully open-source, and its UI dashboard is getting more features day after day. It allows developers to deploy Docker images at scale — made fast-booting and secure microVMs, taking inspiration from Fly.io.” — Bluesky

--jeroen

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Found back some emails and links from way back when promoting/helping ThunderByte AntiVirus (hi Frans Veldman)

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/20

Nice memories of the TBAV/ThunderByte Anti-Virus story.

Together with Jeroen Smulders, I was sort of on the sideline in the early days as we both were at the university had access to FidoNet (I as host, other Jeroen as point), Internet, mailing lists and newsgroups.

I used it because it was the fastest Virus Scanner around and a need when scanning all incoming FidoNet data for viruses (I had seen at university what damage a spread could do).

Some VIRUS-L, comp.virus and book links from that past:

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How can I tell what wattage my MacBook Pro… – Apple Community

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/19

This still works for Apple Silicon based Macs: [Wayback/Archive] How can I tell what wattage my MacBook Pr… – Apple Community

TL;DR:

  1. Either:
    • ⌘-space -> System Information.app
    •  menu -> About This Mac -> More Info… -> System Report…

    Note that “System Report…” starts the “System Information.app” (how cool would naming consistency be…)

  2. Hardware -> Power
  3. Browse down to “AC Charger Information”

On my M1 MacBook Pro, the values depend on the charging ports used:

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Position paper nachtsluiting DEF 8 jan 2026.pdf – Google – Schiphol nachtsluiting tussen 23:00 en 07:00 uur en minder vluchten aan randen nachtsluiting

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/19

[Wayback/Archive] Position paper nachtsluiting DEF 8 jan 2026.pdf – Google Cloud Drive

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Langdurige blootstelling aan dit geluid leidt tot slaapproblemen, verhoogde stress en gezondheidsrisico’s. Om deze impact te verminderen, zijn maatregelen nodig die de nachtrust van bewoners effectief beschermen.

Daarom pleiten de gemeenten Aalsmeer, Amsterdam, Beverwijk, Haarlem, Heemskerk, Heiloo, Kaag en Braassem, Landsmeer, Leiden, Leiderdorp, Oegstgeest, Teylingen, Uitgeest, Wormerland en Zaanstad gezamenlijk voor een nachtsluiting van Schiphol tussen 23:00 en 07:00 uur.

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Om de effectiviteit van een nachtsluiting te waarborgen is het voorwaardelijk dat vluchten niet verschuiven naar de randen van de nachtsluiting (22:00– 23:00 uur en 07:00–08:00 uur). Een volledige nachtsluiting tussen 23:00 en 07:00 dient daarom altijd gepaard te gaan met een daling in het aantal vluchten.

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Figuur 1. Percentage inwoners in de omgeving van Amsterdam Airport Schiphol dat ernstige slaapverstoring door vliegverkeer ervaart in 2020. (Bron: Belevingsonderzoek geluidhinder en slaapverstoring luchtvaart 2020, GGD

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In consequentie leidt een nachtsluiting wat ons betreft tot in totaal minder vluchten. Onder het huidige LVB zijn 27.000 nachtvluchten toegestaan- onderdeel van in totaal 478.000. Indien een nachtsluiting leidt tot het schrappen van vluchten, daalt het aantal vluchten naar 451.000 per jaar. Dat zijn nog altijd meer vluchten dan in het oorspronkelijke krimpvoorstel van minister Harbers (440.000).

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2023 kaart en 2019 rapport: (On)gehoorde geluidsschade van Schiphol – Omgeving Zonder Vlieghinder

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/16

In 2023 verscheen een nieuwe kaart:

Ik ben benieuwd hoe het sinds het bovenstaande en rapport uit 2019 verlopen is:

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Apparaat terugsturen | Klantenservice | Ziggo

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/16

[Wayback/Archive] Apparaat terugsturen | Klantenservice | Ziggo

Stuur de apparatuur in een stevige doos naar ons terug. Gebruik de doos die je van ons ontvangt of de originele doos. Als je die niet (meer) hebt, kun je ook een andere passende doos gebruiken.

Stuur de apparatuur naar dit adres:

Ziggo retouren
Antwoordnummer 1070
5800 VB Venray

Of download het retourformulier:

[Wayback] Formulier apparaten terugsturen (542.0 kB)

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For a brief moment of time Mike Luckovich polled the public for his next cartoon

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/15

Mike Luckovich on BSKY: Which one should I draw?

Now dead link – I was too late to archive it: Mike Luckovich on BSKY: Which one should I draw?

[Wayback/Archive] 536333987-938257d2-91fc-491c-9abc-647c651085c6.png (609×443)

Larger draft images:

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