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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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/07/01
Weliswaar werd [Wayback/Archive] Hoe een reclametypetje het weleens tot premier zou kunnen schoppen gepubliceerd op 1 april, maar de strekking klopte: gewiekste marketing gefinancierd door de agri-reuzen maakten BBB en kerrolain binnen enkele jaren groot.
Hoe zou het nu met ze zijn? Net zo uitgedoofd als vergelijkbare partijen met veel onderliggend extreem-rechts gedachtengoed (zoals bijvoorbeeld bleek tijdens de 4-mei affaire).
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/30
A long time ago (likely around 2009) I remember writing some code to re-encode text files in both Delphi and C#.
Somehow I thought I had published both, but I could only find parts of the C# code back in .NET/C# – converting UTF8 to ASCII (yes, you can loose information with this) using System.Text.Encoding.
So here are some links just in case I ever want to reproduce it in Delphi too (and a reminder to always perform this using TStream derivatives, never use TStrings or derivatives like TStringList for this):
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/29
Hou er rekening mee dat er ook actietarieven staan in het overzicht [Wayback/Archive] Hoogste spaarrente – Actuele rentestanden.
Bijvoorbeeld Nationale-Nederlanden:
Mocht je het ondanks onderstaande toch overwegen:
- de actie internetsparen loopt tot en met 30 juni 2026
- de actie betaalrekening loopt tot en met 15 juli 2026
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/29
Quintessence shows you the top links that the people that you follow on Mastodon tooted or boosted in the last hours and the most notable toots that appeared in your timeline.
In order to work it just needs read permissions for your account.
You can allow this by specifying your instance in the text box below and clicking “Authorize”.
Quintessence is a static site, all its code runs on the device that you are using to read these lines. No data leaves your browser nor is being shared with anyone.
[Wayback/Archive] https://quintsns.pianeta.uno/ is on my list of tools to try and make Mastodon more manageable for me.
Related:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/26
Luckily I do not have to transfer large files to others often, but now that WeTransfer has been out for a while, I think Wormhole is a good replacement:
[Wayback/Archive] Wormhole – Simple, private file sharing
Like KPN Filetransfer below, anyone can use it.
Links on KPN Filetransfer, especially because of the white paper, but also the WeTransfer Terms of Service change that made it unusable for many, and some other alternatives like Send (which you can self-host):
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/26
Somehow the default dpi setting on my ARM MacBook Pro was 300dpi.
This caused all the specific printer settings saves (mostly permutations of N-up and single/double-sided) to have become 300dpi. Fine for scalable output (vector graphics and fonts), but awful for bitmap images.
[Wayback/Archive] How to change default printing dpi – Apple Community explains how to set the default:
- Print something to bring up the print dialog box.
- Make sure the Presets menu shows “Standard”.
- Change the dpi.
- Now from the Presets menu, choose “Save”.
- That should change the “Standard” settings.
But it fails to explain that the default is not retroactively applied to saved settings.
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 