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Archive for April, 2018

Werkgevers mogen mensen met handicap onder minimumloon gaan betalen, dus gaat hun pensioen omlaag, ondanks aanvulling loon door de gemeenten

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/05

Het wordt voor werkgevers aantrekkelijker om mensen met een handicap in dienst te nemen. Zij mogen hen onder het minimumloon gaan betalen. Toch gaan de gehandicapte werknemers dan meer verdienen dan nu omdat zij van de gemeente een aanvulling tot het minimumloon kunnen krijgen. Wel verliezen zij hun recht op pensioen en bouwen zij minder aanspraak op voor de werkloosheidsuitkering en de arbeidsongeschiktheidsuitkering.

Het is toch veel handiger voor de overheid om dit voor mensen met een modaal salaris te doen?

Die staan vast geregeld bij de koffie automaat, zijn actief met katten-foto’s op social-media of hebben andere manieren om on-productief te zijn. Daar scoren ze gemiddeld vast wel een procent up 10 op.

Dan haal je al gauw op rijks-niveau een paar miljard binnen: een paar miljoen modalen met EUR 3000 minder per jaar waarvan rijkspremies ongeveer een derde zijn.

Dat is veel meer dan de in de toekomst (2050!) een half miljard te besparen (nu pakweg 10 miljoen per jaar).

Of verhoog de BTW met o.1%. Dan haal je direct al per jaar ongeveer 250 miljoen extra op, en verdeel je dat naar draagkracht evenredig over de bevolking.

Wat is eigenlijk productiviteit? Hoe productief zijn wetgevers eigenlijk? En hoe nuttig is productiviteit eigenlijk. Kun je dat wel objectief meten?

En waar komt het geld voor de gemeenten ineens vandaan? En de aanvulling op de pensioenen omdat gehandicapten – zonder vermogen, want dat is voor de meestel al lang opgegaan aan eigen bijdragen – straks echt onder het bestaansminimum zitten?

–jeroen

Bron: [WayBack] Werkgevers mogen mensen met handicap onder minimumloon gaan betalen – Binnenland – Voor nieuws, achtergronden en columns

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C# 8.0 features – an exiting list of new possibilities on the horizon

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/04

Shamelessly adapted from [WayBack] C# 8.0 features Extension everything — a new syntax for extension methods that will also allow extension “other things,” like the much-anticipated exte… – Lars Fosdal – Google+, including the original posts where the topics were covered:

C# 8.0 features

Post 1

[WayBack] C# 8.0 Features: A Glimpse of the Future – NDepend: C# 8.0 is on the horizon and will be here before you know it, bringing with it some interesting functionality. Let’s take a peek into the future.

Extension everything — a new syntax for extension methods that will also allow extension “other things,” like the much-anticipated extension properties.

Default implementations on interfaces — this allows you to implement methods on interfaces, giving them a default implementation. That will enable you to add new methods to interfaces without breaking its clients.

Nullable reference types — probably one of the most anticipated features ever. It’s a reinterpretation (a “retcon” for you comic book geeks out there) of all the reference types as nullable and the introduction of a new syntax to denote nullable types, accompanied by several types of static checks, to prevent several classes of errors regarding these types. Say farewell to the null reference exception!

Post 2

[WayBack] C# 8.0 Features: Another Glimpse of the Future – NDepend This post covers two probable C# 8.0 features: null coalescing assignment and records. It explains what they are and reports on their current statuses, as well.

Null coalescing assignment — a very simple feature to shorten the check for null before assigning to a variable.

Records — this one is pretty interesting. It’s basically a very short way for you to declare classes that are only data holders. The compiler gives you Equals and GetHashCode implementations, a constructor, properties, and immutability for free, allowing you to do something more interesting with your life than writing loads of boilerplate code.

Post 3

[WayBack] C# 8.0 Features: A Final Glimpse Of The Future – NDepend: Here’s our final post in our C# 8.0 series, where we glimpse into the future. Today we’ll cover another two possible features: target-typed new expressions and covariant return types.

Target-typed “new” expressions — a way for you to omit the type from a constructor call, making the code simpler and less redundant.

Covariant return types — a much-anticipated feature that allows an overriding method to return a more derived type than the original type from the base class.

I really hope they publish the full specs soon, but given that the C# 7 specs yet have to (see [WayBack] C Sharp (programming language) – Wikipedia: Versions), I do not hold my breath, even though it had lots of interesting new stuff too:

–jeroen

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Efficient and easy-to-use JSON and BSON library – grijjy blog

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/04

Cool library for Delphi: [WayBackEfficient and easy-to-use JSON and BSON library – grijjy blog

On my list of stuff to use when I’m in need for JSON or BSON.

–jeroen

via: [WayBack] Looking for an efficient JSON/BSON library that supports a DOM, reader/writer interface and automatic serialization? Maybe this one has what you need… – Erik van Bilsen – Google+

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From the #AllesIstKaput department: DNS 1.1.1.1 is unusable for many; 9.9.9.9 has government affiliation

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/04

Abstract from this morning’s Twitter feed:

  • 1.1.1.1 [Wayback] DNS is broken in many areas (because of for instance AT&T, Vodafone, Cisco screwing up and 1.1.1.1 historically being marked for research purposes)
  • 9.9.9.9 [Wayback] DNS has government affiliation (owned by Quad9, but the partner list below does not look nice)

So what’s left?

There are a more interesting IPv4 addresses untaken for DNS, but I’m not sure they are likable enough:

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Functional programming in C# – CodeProject

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/04

Interesting stuff:

This article discusses functional programming in C# through algebra, numbers, euclidean plane and fractals.

[WayBackFunctional programming in C# – CodeProject

Not the least because of images like below.

–jeroen

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Nick Craver on Twitter: “Evidently they make USB rechargeable arc lighters now, most around $10 on Amazon…and they’re awesome:… “

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/03

Stuff to remember: [WayBackNick Craver on Twitter: “Evidently they make USB rechargeable arc lighters now, most around $10 on Amazon…and they’re awesome:… “

https://smile.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?field-keywords=plasmabogen+usb

–jeroen

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Where am I?

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/03

Google is smart; you can ask it https://www.google.com/search?q=what%27s+my+location

This is accurate enough for many uses (it’s off for a couple of kilometers):

curl "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/browserlocation/json?browser=firefox&key=AIzaSyDBgL8fm9bD8RLShATOLI1xKmFcZ4ieMkM&sensor=true"

Some links about the above API:

–jeroen

via: [WayBackI need help; I want to know the geographical location of the place where I am…

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History: Pascal compiler for 68000 firmware development

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/03

From the 1980s: GCS Pascal compiler for 68000 firmware development [WayBack] http://www.wirfs-brock.com/allen/files/tek/gcsPascal.pdf article by Allen Wirfs-Brock and Paul L. McCuiiough both working for Tektronix back then (note the company still exists after all these years).

via: [WayBack] A PASCAL COMPILER FOR MOTOROLA 68000 FIRMWARE DEVELOPMENT – Pascal is a computer programming language known for itsunique combination of simplicity, pow… – Kyle Miller – Google+

–jeroen

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De Aker – restaurants in de omgeving die goed bereikbaar zijn

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/02

Via Facebook groep “De Aker” wat restaurants die goed bereikbaar zijn (ook met rolstoel).

De eerste link wijst telkens naar Google Maps:

–jeroen

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DNS traffic monitoring tools: tshark, tcpdump or dnstop

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/02

I resolved my issue with tshark, but that’s not available on all systems neither is dnstop. Most systems do have tcpdump though.

Anyway, some links:

–jeroen

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