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Connecting two Macs using Thunderbolt | Macworld

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/30

TL;DR: Connecting to Macs over Thunderbolt is easy and has transfer speeds way faster than other network connections.

Summary of steps from [WayBack] Connecting two Macs using Thunderbolt | Macworld

  • Connect the Thunderbolt cable between two Macs
  • In the Network Preferences find the self-assigned IP address on either side
  • In that side, ensure you have File Sharing enabled
  • On the other side, open a Finder, press Command-K, then the IP-address you noted and logon
  • Transfer files

This also increases LAN sync speeds of DropBox, Google Drive and others.

Note the connection by default using SMB

–jeroen

Posted in Apple, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, macOS 10.12 Sierra, Power User | Leave a Comment »

FizzBuzz as interview question – video by Tom Scott

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/29

[WayBack]FizzBuzz: One Simple Interview Question… Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+:

THE BASICS S1 • E2
FizzBuzz: One Simple Interview Question

Tom Scott
Published on Jul 31, 2017
There are a lot of opinions on how to hire coders, and most of them are terrible. The opinions, that is, not the coders. But a basic filter test to make sure someone can do what they say they can: that seems reasonable, and FizzBuzz is one of the more common tests. Even now, interviewers use it. Let’s talk about why it’s tricky, and how to solve it.

Imran’s blog post: [WayBack] Using FizzBuzz to Find Developers who Grok Coding | Imran On Tech

Other approaches for pretty much every language: [WayBack] FizzBuzz – Rosetta Code

…

In retrospect, I wasn’t really surprised Kristian Köhntopp commented these two:

–jeroen

– https://plus.google.com/+KristianKöhntopp/posts/jYKBAD4MHMj

 

 

 

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PascalABC.net – .NET version of Pascal with its own IDE

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/29

Interesting to try:

The new generation Pascal programming language that combines simplicity of classic Pascal, a great number of modern extensions and broad capabilities of Microsoft .NET Framework

I didn’t know about it either.

–jeroen

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Interesting ways to obtain MTU and MSS sizes – via Troubleshooting Bitbucket Cloud MTU/MSS issues – Atlassian Documentation

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/29

I will probably need the netstat/tcpdump/wireshark tricks here in the future: [WayBack] Troubleshooting Bitbucket Cloud MTU/MSS issues – Atlassian Documentation

via: [WayBack] Atlassian Bitbucket Status – Network maintenance; MTU/MSS changes coming

–jeroen

Posted in Communications Development, Development, Internet protocol suite, Network-and-equipment, Power User, TCP | Leave a Comment »

Privacy badger: blocks spying ads and invisible trackers. Not just for Facebook, but for every site.

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/29

[WayBack] Privacy Badger | Electronic Frontier Foundation: Privacy Badger blocks spying ads and invisible trackers.

Chrome first run settings are at

chrome-extension://pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp/skin/firstRun.html

Via: [WayBack] Arjen Lentz on Twitter: “EFF’s Privacy Badger does this for any site. Also available for Chrome/Chromium.… “

There is a really interesting Y-combinator thread at [WayBack] Facebook Container Extension: Take control of how you’re being tracked | Hacker News which goes way deeper in how various browsers and extension combinations can help you getting more hold of your privacy.

A few links via that hacker news link:

–jeroen

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Cracking xkcd Passwords in little time, breaking 12 character passwords in more time… hashing algorithms…

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/29

via [WayBack] Cracking xkcd Passwords in 20 Seconds, breaking 12 character passwords and other cyber “I hope I’ve demonstrated that you need unique words, digits and … – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+

Some interesting reads:

–jeroen

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terminate screen monitoring serial port – Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/28

  • Use the screen quit command (normally ctrl-A ctrl-\).
  • Use the command mode of screen (normally ctrl-A :) then type quit or help for more commands

This will quit screen and release the TTY serial port connection.

Related: hooking screen to a TTY serial port connection in [WayBack] The woods and trees of OpenSuSE on single-board computers – image abbreviations – and getting it installed using OS X

–jeroen

via:

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Capturing from a Magewell XI100USB on a Mac using OS X

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/28

Some notes and links on http://www.magewell.com/usb-capture-hdmi with specs at http://www.magewell.com/usb-capture-hdmi/tech-specs

USBCaptureHDMI-Installation-Guide-en-2.0.pdf USB-Capture-HDMI-User-Guide-en.pdf USB-Capture-HDMI_Spec-sheet.pdf

http://www.magewell.com/files/CaptureStudio.zip

The video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbjIx1qhvpM uses Quickier

I used QCamera: the XI100USB shows up as a camera.

Note capturing takes a lot of CPU power, so ensure you’re not running on battery.

I didn’t need any of these downloads:

On a Mac any of these software tools should work as well:

  • Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder
  • Adobe Connect
  • CoGe VJ
  • Discover Video Streamsie
  • Gotomeeting
  • GrandVJ
  • MadMapper
  • mimoLive
  • OBS studio
  • Quicklaunch
  • QuickTime Broadcaster
  • QuickTime Player
  • Resolume
  • Skype
  • Streambox
  • Video Stitch
  • VirtualDub
  • VLC
  • Wirecast
  • Zoom.us

 

–jeroen

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Office 2011 for Mac update pesky Window pops up every 10 seconds

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/27

From the “I hate my users” department:

  • This dialog pops up every 10 seconds
  • The Office 2011 for Mac update requires non-Office apps to quit as well

–jeroen

Posted in Apple, Development, iMac, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, MacBook, MacBook Retina, MacBook-Air, MacBook-Pro, MacMini, Office, Office 2011 for Mac, Power User, Software Development, Usability, User Experience (ux) | Leave a Comment »

A Post-Mortem on the Recent Developer Story Information Leak – Meta Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/27

I wish many other companies would disclose post mortem information like this: [WayBack] A Post-Mortem on the Recent Developer Story Information Leak – Meta Stack Overflow

via: [WayBack] Interesting and very appropriate top commenthttp://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/340960/a-post-mortem-on-the-recent-developer-story-information-leak – This is why I Code – Google+

–jeroen

 

 

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