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Archive for 2019

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Sparkle and WinSparkle – frameworks to update your applications on Apple Mac OS X / MacOS and Windows.

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/10/29

Since I will need these one day as native apps are useful:

via: [WayBack] Looking for ideas how to display to the users that ‘New version is available’ info… – Mike Torrettinni – Google+ which also has some good tips on how to notify the user about the availability of new updates.

–jeroen

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BNNVARA – De Wereld Draait Door – Boek: Beginnen over het einde – Henk en Nina Blanken

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/10/29

Just in time for a very heavy period in my life: [WayBack] BNNVARA – De Wereld Draait Door – Boek: Beginnen over het einde – Henk en Nina Blanken

It is about changing legislation about euthanasia in cases when someone has documented that urge, but cannot execute that urge any more because of for instance Alzheimer’s disease, or brain damage because of (metastasis of) cancer.

The driving force is writer Henk Blanken who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 8 years ago, and has a very high change of getting Alzheimer’s.

From that page:

24 okt 2019

Acht jaar geleden werd oud-journalist en schrijver Henk Blanken gediagnosticeerd met parkinson. Daardoor kreeg hij ook een grote kans op dementie. Sindsdien strijdt Blanken voor een wijziging van de euthanasiewet. Hij wil dat zijn familie het moment van euthanasie kan bepalen, als hij dement wordt. Vandaag verschijnt daarover zijn boek ‘Beginnen over het einde’ met een manifest waarin hij een steunoproep doet voor een [WayBack] humaan levenseinde voor iedereen. Hij zit aan tafel met zijn dochter Nina.

His book is available as of today: [WayBack] Beginnen over het einde – Henk Blanken – De Correspondent

Nergens ga je zo prettig dood als in Nederland. Behalve als je dement bent. Waarom is euthanasie bij dementie zo moeilijk? Journalist Henk Blanken vindt een uitweg in zijn boek Beginnen over het einde.

[WayBack] Beginnen over het einde – Henk Blanken – De Correspondent

Nergens ga je zo prettig dood als in Nederland.

Behalve als je dement bent.

Want ook al mag het van de wet, geen arts helpt je bij het sterven als je niet meer begrijpt wat er gebeurt.

Waarom is euthanasie bij dementie zo moeilijk? En hoe kan het wél?

In dit openhartige boek laat Henk Blanken zien hoe belangrijk het is om op tijd te beginnen over het einde. Met je naasten en met je arts. Zodat je niet te vroeg dood gaat, maar ook niet te laat.

Op 29 oktober in de boekhandel!

For People in The Netherlands:

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Spring4d Marshmallow ORM – ensuring the right identifier quoting is used

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/10/29

When an ORM generates the SQL for a certain database back-end, it needs to use the right quoting.

Normally, the Spring4D Marshmallow project derives that from the back-end specific adapter used.

But if you use a generic TDriverConnectionAdapter, then you need to manually set the QueryLanguage property in your IDBConnection using a valid value from Spring.Persistence.SQL.Interfaces. This then uses the correct SQLGenerator from the TSQLGeneratorRegister to generate the SQL including correct quotes.

To quote identifiers, most back-ends use a double quote, but MySQL uses a backtick.

via:

You obviously already modified that code as the commented out code is the correct one.
I guess you already got that mistake when you started using MySQL via ADO as MySQL needs the backtick.

Set QueryLanguage of your IDBConnection properly (the valid values are in Spring.Persistence.SQL.Interfaces). Then the correct SQLGenerator will be used.
If you are using an adapter that is specific to a certain database then it sets the QueryLanguage properly but if you are using an adapter for components that can connect to multiple databases (like ADO or FireDAC) it does not, hence the need you specify it.

 

–jeroen

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Delphi code completion fail with anonymous methods – Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/10/28

[WayBack] Delphi code completion fail with anonymous methods – Stack Overflow.

It also often fails by inserting end; inside if/then/else statements having a proper begin/end blocks.

The reason is that code completion uses a different parser than the regular Delphi compiler.

Chances of these issues to get fixed are close to zero, because another part of the problem is that there is no formalised Delphi language grammar, not even at Embarcadero itself.

I wish there was an Embarcadero sanctioned grammar (see [WayBack] “The arguments that won the day for us here were about strengthening the ecosystem and becoming the best tooled language on the planet. They were about … – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+). Actually I had that wish like in the end of the 1990s, but I cannot find my forum post archive back.

The best reverse engineered grammar is DelphiAST: a well maintained open source project implementing an Abstract Syntax Tree for Delphi.

Via: [WayBack] SO…/delphi-code-completion-fail-with-anonymous-methods I have seen this question and I am curious. There is an… – Alberto Miola – Google+

–jeroen

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TestDisk, Data Recovery; free and open source

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/10/28

Interesting tool that I needed one day to figure out how to recover from a certain NTFS partition having become RAW [Archive.is/WayBack] TestDisk, Data Recovery:

TestDisk is powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software: certain types of viruses or human error(such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy.
TestDisk can
  • Fix partition table, recover deleted partition
  • Recover FAT32 boot sector from its backup
  • Rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 boot sector
  • Fix FAT tables
  • Rebuild NTFS boot sector
  • Recover NTFS boot sector from its backup
  • Fix MFT using MFT mirror
  • Locate ext2/ext3/ext4 Backup SuperBlock
  • Undelete files from FAT, exFAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem
  • Copy files from deleted FAT, exFAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions.
TestDisk has features for both novices and experts. For those who know little or nothing about data recovery techniques, TestDisk can be used to collect detailed information about a non-booting drive which can then be sent to a tech for further analysis. Those more familiar with such procedures should find TestDisk a handy tool in performing onsite recovery.

–jeroen

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Taking short 5m breaks throughout the day isn’t such a bad idea at all…

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/10/28

Interesting that the world at large found out about the 1980s Pomodoro Technique:

[WayBack] Taking short 5m breaks throughout the day isn’t such a bad idea at all: “on average, mindfulness participants gained 62 minutes of productivity a week, … – Marjan Venema – Google+

She refers to [WayBack] The Busier You Are, the More You Need Mindfulness which states You can get benefits in as little as two minutes.

–jeroen

PS: she means 5 minute breaks, not 5 meter breaks (:

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Eef Meijerink op Twitter: “Krijg je binnenkort ongevraagd een anti-abortus folder in je brievenbus? Die kan gewoon retour afzender: Antwoordnummer 1139 3900 VB Veenendaal Ik zeg doen!”

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/10/27

[WayBack] Eef Meijerink op Twitter: “Krijg je binnenkort ongevraagd een anti-abortus folder in je brievenbus? Die kan gewoon retour afzender: Antwoordnummer 1139 3900 VB Veenendaal Ik zeg doen!”

Kosten antwoordnummer van [WayBack] Antwoordnummer | PostNL:

Tarieven antwoordnummer brieven

Aantal stuks 1-100 100-2500 2500-5000 Abonnement
Btw btw-vrij excl. btw excl. btw excl. btw
Gewicht
0 – 20 g € 0,88 € 0,87 € 0,86 209,50 per jaar
20 – 50 g € 1,76 € 1,74 € 1,72
50 – 100 g € 2,64 € 2,61 € 2,57
100 – 350 g € 3,52 € 3,49 € 3,43
350 g – 2 kg € 4,40 € 4,35 € 4,29
Let op: Als de locatie van bezorging van antwoordnummerpost meer dan vijftien kilometer van het antwoordnummer is verwijderd, wordt over de antwoordzendingen 15 procent toeslag in rekening gebracht.

Tarieven antwoordnummer pakketten

Gewicht Tarief per stuk (excl. btw) Abonnement (excl. btw)
0 – 5 kg € 7,74 € 209,50 per jaar
5 – 10 kg € 10,11
10 – 20 kg € 11,78
20 – 30 kg € 14,09
Let op: Als de locatie van bezorging van antwoordnummerpost meer dan vijftien kilometer van het antwoordnummer is verwijderd, wordt over de antwoordzendingen 15 procent toeslag in rekening gebracht.

Ik ben trouwens verwonderd dat je voor een kleine anderhalve ton in EUR je alle Nederlanders kunt spammen: [WayBack] Anti-abortusfolder in de bus bij iedere Nederlander | Politiek | AD.nl

––jeroen

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cancer awareness month: always follow up on changed bowel habits

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/10/25

Today I found out I most likely have rectal cancer.

I got that result by following up on my changed bowel habits, eliminating causes one by one.

Soon I will know for sure and follow proper treatments.

So as part of cancer awareness month:

Please follow up on changes in your bowel habits.

–jeroen

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Blocklist Collection ¦ Firebog

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/10/25

via gitter.im/pi-hole/pi-hole: [WayBack] Blocklist Collection ¦ Firebog

Pi-hole compatible blocklists for you to have a more enjoyable online presence

Thanks Mark Drobnak @Mcat12 for suggesting this.

–jeroen

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Using Chrome on Windows with a different proxy server than the system one (which is used by Internet Explorer)

Posted by jpluimers on 2019/10/25

By default, Chrome uses the same proxy server as Internet Explorer: the system one that your Chrome settings page accesses from chrome://settings/search#proxy through this command-line call:

"C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe" C:\Windows\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL C:\Windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl,,4

There is no GUI way inside Chrome to change this, but there is a command-line parameter: --proxy-server="ipaddress:port"

So create a new shortcut to Chrome, then you can change it.

This comes in very handy if you want to test

  • some sessions through for instance Internet Explorer going through HTTP Fiddler (that defaults at localhost:8888)
  • other sessions through Cntlm (that defaults to localhost:3128)

Some background information:

–jeroen

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