Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/03
Cool video about how developers feel when others (like QA) test or use the software they have just built:
[Wayback/Archive] Devs watching QA test the product – YouTube
I got to the video via [Wayback/Archive] sanja zakovska 🌱 on Twitter: “Devs watching QA test the product… “ to which the author responded with
[Wayback/Archive] Alison Burke on Twitter: “@sanjazakovska Incase anyone needs the resolution 😂😂 follow me on tiktok! vm.tiktok.com/ZMJKeK29a“
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/02
After moving, I wanted to install new UniFi access points and upgrade the firmware of my existing ones.
The Cloud Key running the UniFi Controller software had long died (bringing that to market was a really bad idea from Ubiquiti in my view), so I started looking for UniFi controller software I could run locally.
From past contacts with other UniFi users, I knew there was some kind of Docker solution, but I hard a hard time finding it.
It looks like UniFi has been busy though and have three download lists coming back with essentially the same software, heck even point to the same release notes ([Wayback/Archive] UniFi Network Application 8.6.9 | Ubiquiti Community)
The actual download of the most recent version is at [Wayback/Archive] Software Downloads: Download UniFi Network Server – Ubiquiti.
If I understand [Wayback/Archive] Self-Hosting a UniFi Network Server – Ubiquiti Help Center correctly, what they mean is that the UniFi Network Application is an implementation of a UniFi Network Software that runs on MacOS/Windows/Linux.
You will likely have to download by hand as – especially on Windows – the package managers are versions behind. At the time of writing the version available above was V8.6.9 released 2024-11-06. This is what was on the package managers:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/02
Een paar jaar terug kwam dit interessante bericht langs van [Wayback/Archive] Lars Boelen 🍃 on Twitter: “Dat kan! En wel door je woning ‘s nacht voor te koelen. Dat doe je door ‘s nachts beneden een raam of deur inbraakveilig open te zetten (dat zal soms wat creativiteit vragen) en zo hoog mogelijk in huis een raam. Het huis gaat daardoor als schoorsteen werken”
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/01
Voor mijn link archief:
Query: [Wayback/Archive] maximale huurverhoging vrije sector 2025 bestaande contracten at DuckDuckGo
Gerelateerde blog posts:
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/05/30
This post covers some topics around one of the retro machines I have. They helped me form some thoughts on additions I might want to add to mine.
The RGBtoHDMI interface converts the “digital” RGB video signal from the BBC Micro or Electron to HDMI compatible with most modern TV/Monitors. The interface comprises a Raspberry Pi Zero and a specially designed Hat containing a small CPLD. Custom firmware on the Raspberry Pi, in conjunction with the CPLD, is able to correctly sample each of the Beeb’s video modes to give a pixel-perfect rendition.
Needs a Raspberry Pi, but looks very interesting.
Back in 2022, someone started doing an amazing thing: reverse engineering and rebuilding a 256-grey/color video card for the Macintosh SE/30 PDS (Processor Direct Slot).
A very interesting start of a long journey with the result that a few people could actually play around with it. Hopefully by now more have been produced, but be aware: this is a hobby of the designer, so unlike some other hardware: do not expect high numbers of these boards to become available.
Long thread in – for now – 14 pages of which I think below are the most important excerpts:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/05/30
[Wayback/Archive] Why do we call it “boilerplate code?” • Buttondown (via [Wayback/Archive] Hillel on Twitter: “New newsletter! “Why do we call it boilerplate code” is a short history of the term, traced through the industrial revolution and rise of modern newspapers.”).
TL;DR: it is a combination of
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/05/29
Interesting video: [Wayback/Archive] Using e-ink (epaper) Price Tags (Shelf Labels) for everyday needs – YouTube
It linked these:
Queries:
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/05/29
Het overkomt te vaak dat barcodes beschadigd of overplakt zijn (hallo Too Good to Go, hallo “samen minder verspillen” van Jumbo en vergelijkbare acties)
Daarom wat barcodes van producten die je er overheen kunt plakken:
Gerelateerd: Generating EAN-13 barcode EPS files for your article numbers – die had ik al eerder bijgewerkt met gearchiveerde links.
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/05/29
Now that Python 2 has been dead for long enough (has it been unsupported for 5 years? yes it has: [Wayback/Archive] Status of Python Versions), it was finally time to change my alias for running a local web-server to serve files from a directory (:
So, from [Wayback/Archive] What is the Python 3 equivalent of “python -m SimpleHTTPServer” – Stack Overflow (thanks [Wayback/Archive] ryanbraganza, [Wayback/Archive] k.avinash and [Wayback/Archive] Petr Viktorin):
python -m http.server 8000, it will start the server on port 8000
Docs with the migration hints: [Wayback/Archive] 20.19. SimpleHTTPServer — Simple HTTP request handler — Python 2.7.18 documentation
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Posted by jpluimers on 2025/05/28
This is cool and scary at the same time, especially since I knew about other privileges (SeDebugPrivilege comes to mind).
Granted you need to be local administrator for this, but still: for some tasks you do not need to elevate in the traditional way, but just give your current token more privileges.
[Wayback/Archive] Bypassing ACLs with SeRestore privilege. And very simple User to LocalSystem elevation. – YouTube
Via [WaybackSave/Archive] Grzegorz Tworek on X: “Friendly Reminder: If you have admin privileges but lack the necessary file permissions, you can leverage the SeBackup/SeRestore privileges directly from cmd.exe! There’s no need to elevate to LocalSystem, duplicate TrustedInstaller, or use similar methods. Simply enable the …”
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