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Archive for 2020

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Interesting font comparison site (Courier New versus Lucida Console versus Consolas)

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/31

Font comparisons:

Via: [WayBack] I forgot in which version of Windows, the command prompt defaulted to the Consolas font… – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+

Based on this, I found more font identification sites:

I tried both at  and  (used bySource: “techorama” – Google Search), but only WhatTheFont managed to get the glyphs and font similar fonts on both, and Matcherator got the glyphs wrong in both images, even after manually cropping.

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What’s the piece of Delphi knowledge you find yourself looking up over and over again…

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/31

From an interesting thread at [WayBack] What’s the piece of Delphi knowledge you find yourself looking up over and over again? For me format strings is probably the thing that most stubbornly… – Lachlan Gemmell – Google+

On the generics side, I have wrote a few bits in my blog before, often pointing to information by others (many by Stefan Glienke as his skills on this topic are beyond excellent):

And on records:

There are some very good books on Delphi though that dig deeper than the documentation:

–jeroen

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Google Music alternatives (as Youtube Music kills playlist data like title and artist fields)

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/30

Google is killing yet another useful (paid!) service [Archive.is] Kristian Köhntopp on Twitter: “Google wants to cancel Google Music, in favor of Youtube Music. Meanwhile Youtube Music is killing my playlists by removing titles left and right. This is a trash fire. So there is Spotify. What else exists?… “

–jeroen

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GL-AR300M – GL.iNet: nice small device allowing NAT over WAN, WiFi, 3G/4G modem, or OpenVPN

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/28

Still glad I got a few of [WayBack] GL-AR300M – GL.iNet: it makes travel life so much easier when you cannot use tethering.

I got the model GL-AR300M with external antennas (the GL-AR300M only has internal ones with a much shorter range).

Powered over USB, it runs OpenWRT and can NAT a local network towards an external network on the WAN, WiFi or (via USB) 3G/4G modem.

Despite doing only 2.4Ghz, it was a life saver in many occasions (there is a 5Ghz model, but it has over heating issues).

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Posted in Development, Ethernet, GL-AR300M, GL.iNet, Hardware, Hardware Development, LifeHacker, Network-and-equipment, Power User, Raspberry Pi, routers, VPN, WiFi | Leave a Comment »

Google Project Sunroof – About

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/28

We already have a lot of solar panels, but if you do not and live in the USA, then this might be a good starting point to get a solar estimate for your area, based on the amount of usable sunlight and roof space.

[WayBack] Project Sunroof – About.

–jeroen

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Computer Hardware Chart – Imgur

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/28

Geek pr0n from now all the way back to the 1980s [WayBack] Computer Hardware Chart – Imgur.

Basically all sorts of modules and connectors you find in computers:

  • Notebook RAM
  • Desktop RAM
  • Hard Drives
  • CPU Sockets
  • Processor Card Slots
  • Processor Card Sockets
  • I/O ports
  • Peripheral Cards
  • Desktop Card Slots
  • Power Connectors

Via: [WayBack] #NerdPorn Computer Hardware Chart https://imgur.com/gallery/hBE7ZF8 – DoorToDoorGeek “Stephen McLaughlin” – Google+

–jeroen

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Debugging is like being the detective in a crime movie where you are also the…

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/27

[WayBack] Debugging is like being the detective in a crime movie where you are also the murderer. ROFL. You can grab it from Amazon https://goo.gl/SDP8fU – Markus Korsmeier – Google+

Edit: 20240818 – this shows the drawbacks of using redirecters: the Cyberciti one to which Googl redirects was already dead before Googl got shut down completely:

web.archive.org/web/20221206133240/https://goo.gl/SDP8fU -> https://web.archive.org/web/20221206133240/https://www.cyberciti.biz/go/a/Tshirt-Debugging-is-like-being-the-detective.php -> www.cyberciti.biz/go/a/Tshirt-Debugging-is-like-being-the-detective.php -> www.cyberciti.biz

--jeroen

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Bitbucket: diffing a file between two commits in a git repository

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/27

Example URL to diff Spring.pas over two commits in a git repository (reminder to self: see if I can find similar information for a Mercurial repository):

https://bitbucket.org/sglienke/spring4d/diff/Source/Base/Spring.pas?diff1=8f4d03020613&diff2=ca8037a2fdecbdbb23d3b997d1160f72838cee02&at=master

This diffs the file https://bitbucket.org/sglienke/spring4d/src/master/Source/Base/Spring.pas over these commits

–jeroen

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Joins explained.

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/26

Turn your head 90 degrees counter-clockwise around the longitudinal axis [WayBack] Joins explained. – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+

Wait, let me help you:

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DIY electronic RFID Door Lock with Battery Backup – CodeProject

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/08/26

On my list: check if Mifare Desfire cards are still secure enough for something like a [WayBack] DIY electronic RFID Door Lock with Battery Backup – CodeProject.

Via: [WayBack] Lots of interesting info on RFID use. https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1096861/DIY-electronic-RFID-Door-Lock-with-Battery-Backup – Lars Fosdal – Google+

–jeroen

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