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Archive for 2024

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Smart idea: (re)use a solar panel as balcony power plant table

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/20

Still to do for Michael: put the inverter on the underside of the table-top.

[Wayback/Archive] Michael Eberhard on Twitter: “Nachdem wir eh einen neuen Tisch auf unserer Dachterrasse brauchten, gibt es nun einen Balkonkraftwerk-Tisch. Bloß der Wechselrichter muss noch unter der Tischplatte verträumt werden.”

The picture is below; this is the part list: [Wayback/Archive] Michael Eberhard on Twitter: “@TuckiTina @MatthiasVialon AlphaSolar Komplettpaket ca. 500€ Ikea Tischbeine 60€ Holz aus dem Bestand.” / Twitter

  • AlphaSolar full system ~500€
  • Ikea Table legs ~60€
  • Spare wood

Yield is not bad: [Wayback/Archive] Michael Eberhard on Twitter: “@truewhitemount Ich habe einen einfachen Zähler dazwischen. Gerade jetzt produziert der Tisch zwischen 180 und 230 Watt. In Summe bin ich im den letzten Tagen auf 0,6 – 0,8 kWh pro Tag gekommen. Noch ist die Motivation da, jeden Abend den Zähler abzulesen…” / Twitter

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‘Tis but a scratch, just a flesh wound: 3D Printable Black Knight from Monty Python – Highlands Miniatures by Highlands Miniatures

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/19

Memories of a great movie scene with The Black Knight and King Arthur: for USD 5 you can get the template files for the [Wayback/Archive] 3D Printable Black Knight from Monty Python – Highlands Miniatures by Highlands Miniatures.

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Remote desktop connection protocol error 0x112F: usually is lack of memory on the server side, try connecting with a lower resolution

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/19

Usually I work at high resolution monitors and sometimes I got error 0x112F when doing Remote Desktop.

After a reboot of the target machine, that error always goes away, but I wanted to know the underlying reason.

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What happened to the Sonos app? A technical analysis by Andy Pennel, Sonos fanboy/hacker

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/16

Four years ago, there was a [Wayback/Archive] Sonos U-turn over ‘bricking’ its smart speakers (BBC) after which hell broke loose in their community.

It was the main reason that I put my wish for Sonos speakers to sleep (and concentrate on surviving cancer).

Since a few weeks Sonos has released new apps that perform way worse and causes great turmoil in their community again, see for instance [Wayback/Archive] reddit/r/sonos: Anyone else worried about Sonos’s future? : sonos and [Wayback/Archive] The disaster known as The New Sonos App – vowe dot net.

I expect this this time Sonos won’t make a U-Turn: [Wayback/Archive] What happened to the Sonos app? A technical analysis is clear about what happened (“data-grab for AI purposes”) and the up-side for Sonos shareholders.

It however is making people that appreciate the former Sonos aim for quality to look for alternatives, which leads me to a post (plus thread) that pointed me to the above technical analysis: [Wayback/Archive] Kris: “Currently 11 Sonos devices. Time for an exit strategy. …” – chaos.social.

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Dell OptiPlex 3060 Micro Setup and specifications guide | Dell US: F2 to enter BIOS; power on during AC Recovery

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/16

These were the two most important bits for me from [Wayback/Archive] Dell OptiPlex 3060 Micro Setup and specifications guide | Dell US:

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Agile Manifesto co-author on making process ‘beacon of hope’ • The Register

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/15

In my book, having worked agile before I even knew there was an Agile Manifesto, being effective is all about simplicity, not about complex processes or tedious administration.

By now, many shops have blasted to much air in their agile processes that we are back with balloons big enough to hide the reinstated waterfall project management.

So it is great that that Jon Kern is back trying to really explain what Agile is about in this interview: [Wayback/Archive] Agile Manifesto co-author on making process ‘beacon of hope’ • The Register

Just one quote (as you should read the full interview):

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Dutch hackerspaces and FabLabs

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/15

Before visiting Bitlair 2 years ago, I didn’t know there were so many hackspaces and FabLabs in The Netherlands.

There are (:

Starting points:

This is the hackerspace closest to my home: [Wayback/Archive] Technologia Incognita. At Louwesweg 1, 1066 EA Amsterdam, it is about 15 minutes bicycling distance (more information on in their wiki at [Wayback/Archive] ACTA – Technologia Incognita; onofficially on Twitter at [Wayback/Archive] Techlnc ☸ (@Techlnc) / Twitter).

Related tweets:

–jeroen

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Why Return-to-Office Mandates Aren’t Worth the Risks | Gartner, 2024-05-20

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/14

After decades telling management that remote work is best for most of the IT-teams, or in more general white-collar workers, Covid-19 proving it does, some managers still don’t get it.

After years of the Return-to-Office movement trying to get people back to the office, Gartner finally found out that RTO is a major risk of losing talent or not even acquiring talent.

[Wayback/Archive] Why Return-to-Office Mandates Aren’t Worth the Risks | Gartner

  • Nearly three-quarters of executives say return-to-office (RTO) mandates are a source of leadership conflict.
  • Lack of work-life balance ranks among the top five reasons employees quit.

Via [Wayback/Archive] David Chartier: “The Data Is In: Return-to-Office Mandates Aren’t Worth the Talent Risks …” – Toot Café

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ladislav-zezula/FileTest: Source code for File Test – Interactive File System Test Tool

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/14

Cool tool to peek around in the Windows File System API and fiddle around uncharted territory: [Wayback/Archive] ladislav-zezula/FileTest: Source code for File Test – Interactive File System Test Tool.

It is written in C++ using Visual Studio and has build-instructions in [Wayback/Archive] FileTest/README.md at master · ladislav-zezula/FileTest.

Via [Wayback/Archive] “create reparse point” “query reparse point” – Google Search (which also found [Wayback/Archive] Free File Utilities – Free download and software reviews – CNET Download [Wayback download]) after reading a tweet thread having these highlights:

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Kevlin Henney on generative AI creating job security for programmers:

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/13

Kevlin Henney being interviewd by Richard Seidl

Kevlin Henney being interviewd by Richard Seidl [Wayback/Archive] MDVxFQrqZnh1OxlP.jpg (1200×675)

The quote from this abstract of the January 2024 interview with Kevlin Henney by Richard Seidl  is important:

You really need to understand history. First of all, you need to understand history. Then, you need to understand language. And you need to go and talk to some customers. And then, you will realize how safe your job is. Because programming is not merely the assembly of syntax. It is the application of precision. It is the seeking of precision.And what is the answer? What is it that I’m trying to do?And it turns out that if you specify something badly in natural language, it works out even worse than if you did it in code.And we already know, for example– we can actually take inspiration from the most widely used programming paradigm on the planet, the spreadsheet. What we know from the spreadsheet is that most people who use a spreadsheet do not have a software development background.

Yes.

We also know that most spreadsheets are unmaintainable, incomprehensible, and buggy. If we are saying that the future of software development is people who are not software experts doing this stuff, your job is safe.

It is a fragment of the vodcast episode [Wayback/Archive] Software Engineering im Jahr 2034 – Richard Seidl which limits the quote to this:

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