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Archive for December, 2022

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Kristian Köhntopp on Twitter: “Basically, show me a Python regex with \d and without ASCII flag, and I can show you a bug, often exploitable.… “

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/14

An interesting thought: [Archive] Kristian Köhntopp on Twitter: “Basically, show me a Python regex with \d and without ASCII flag, and I can show you a bug, often exploitable.… “

Basically, input parsing is still very much underrated by most systems and a constant source of peculiarities and therefore bugs, or phrased differently: [Archive] Kristian Köhntopp on Twitter: “In many cases an uncaught exception, and hence a component crash.… “

Kris also states [Archive] Kristian Köhntopp on Twitter: “Again, Python is not alone in this. Perl, when “use utf8;” is active (which it should) also does this, so every single fucking Regex needs a ‘/a‘ at the end. Nobody ever asked \d to match tengwar or klingon numeric symbols.… “.

The point is in the last few words as Arabic numerals are so white spread over the world that the ten digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 , 9 they represent should be the de facto \d pattern, but aren’t in Python as per [Wayback/Archive] re — Regular expression operations — Python 3.10.0 documentation: /d (emphasis mine):

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Task Manager themed dark on dark in Windows 11 version 22H2 is a known issue (thanks @jenmsft)

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/13

A known Windows Insider bug has entered the Windows 11 release: Task Manager will show wrong colours (on my stock Dell Windows 11 installs, see below, it will be dark on dark) under certain custom Windows colour settings (“Choose your mode” set to “Custom”).

Edit 20221214: it got fixed

OS Build 22621.963 [Wayback/A] KB5021255 fixed this on Patch Tuesday (which arrived on my machines later than my original publication), see [Wayback/Archive] December 13, 2022—KB5021255 (OS Build 22621.963) – Microsoft Support

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Thinking about you today Paweł

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/13

Today it is 5 years ago that Paweł passed away. For me it is hard to believe that I’m still around and this post feels like yesterday: R.I.P. Paweł Głowacki – you will be dearly missed, not just in the Delphi community

Thinking about you today Paweł!

–jeroen

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useful commands that can be used after clean installation of Windows 10

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/12

Lot’s of installation tips in [Wayback/Archive] useful commands that can be used after clean installation of Windows 10.

It includes PackageProvider installation for NuGet, Chocolatey, ChocolateyGet (Chocolatey via OneGet), and use of both winget and scoop.

–jeroen

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Windows software glyph inputs: on-screen keyboard,

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/09

  • OSK.exe (on-screen keyboard) has been available for a very long time; it’s just a basic software keyboard (with optional numeric keypad)
  • Emoji input (Windows + . or Windows + ;)
  • Touch keyboard is part of the Notification Area (often called Icon Tray), has various layouts including a “handwriting recognition” one
    • It can be started automatically when you do not have a keyboard attached.

Note that Charmap.exe cannot select and copy Emoji, but it can do accented charcters.

Alternatively, you can install an international keyboard layout, but I have found out the hard way that fails in some combinations or remoting tools (sometimes including RDP).

More on this:

I tried starting the Touch Keyboard through other means (like tabtip.exe), but those failed on the Windows 10 machines I tried.

Via:

–jeroen

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Some links on the Visual Studio Code terminal and known issues

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/08

For my link archive: some links related to the Visual Studio Code built-in terminal and its’ known issues.

All of the above links started when I looked for [Wayback/Archive] vscode terminal wikipedia – Google Search.

–jeroen

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Chris Bensen on Twitter: “I just had a notion about they cycle I go through with every project I have ever worked on so I drew this up before I forgot it. I hope everyone can read it.… “

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/07

The below graph complemented the EKON25 “Impostor Syndrome” session by Jens Fudge very well:

[Wayback/Archive] Imposters Syndrome and mental management – Entwickler Konferenz

[Archive] Jens Fudge on Twitter: “Indeed it is Its not the same but can be compared to some mental aspects of sports I wrote a book on that subject … “:

[Wayback/Archive] English | Choose to be a winner

[Archive] Chris Bensen on Twitter: “I just had a notion about they cycle I go through with every project I have ever worked on so I drew this up before I forgot it. I hope everyone can read it.… “

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Some links to possible ASP.NET core hosting of private projects

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/06

For my link archive for hosting private projects built using technology based on [Wayback/Archive] ASP.NET documentation | Microsoft Docs:

If you also are using other technologies than ASP.NET, Heroku might be an option:

–jeroen

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If It Can’t Be Reduced, Pete Seeger, At89, 2008

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/05

A while ago, I saw a quote that I had seen before: [Archive] Jan Willem vd Groep on Twitter: “… “

I never know the quote came from a song, but found out after I did some digging ([Wayback/Archive] pete seeger quote if it can t – Google Search).

Song [Archive] If It Can’t Be Reduced – YouTube is from the At89 album that Pete Seeger released in 2008.

Provided to YouTube by Entertainment One Distribution US If It Can’t Be Reduced · Pete Seeger At 89 ℗ Appleseed Released on: 2008-09-30

Lyrics via [Wayback] Pete Seeger – If It Can’t Be Reduced Lyrics | Lyrics.com

If it can't be reduced, reused, repaired
Rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold
Recycled or composted
Then it should be restricted, redesigned
Or removed from production

Hooray for the city of Berkeley
Hooray for the city of Berkeley
Hooray for the city of Berkeley
And its zero waste commission

Hooray for the city of Berkeley
That beautiful city of Berkeley
Hooray for the city of Berkeley
And its zero waste commission

If it can't be reduced, reused, repaired
Rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold
Recycled or composted
Then it should be restricted, redesigned
Or removed from production, here we go

Hooray for the city of Berkeley
Hooray for the city of Berkeley
Hooray for the city of Berkeley
And its zero waste commission

Hooray for the city of Berkeley
That beautiful city of Berkeley
Hooray for the city of Berkeley
And its zero waste commission

More about Pete:

–jeroen

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I won a “The Cloud Resume Challenge Guidebook” bundle: Thanks Forrest Brazeal for writing it and Lightspin for the prize (:

Posted by jpluimers on 2022/12/03

Since all three editions of [Wayback/Archive] The Cloud Resume Challenge Guidebook were on my wish list as I wanted to practice more cloud computing skills in a structured way during my reintegration after the long series of procedures that (hopefully for a long time) got rid of my metastasised rectum cancer, I was really happy to win the bundle late 2022:

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