The ever returning problem I have seen over the last 40 years: [Wayback/Archive] Don’t outsource the problem solving – YouTube
--jeroen
Archive for June, 2026
Don’t outsource the problem solving – YouTube
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/10
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PowerShell script useful for playing back in Cartrain CP7##BMW devices (currently CP700BMW, CP730BMW, CP740BMW) as these play back in the order in which directories and files have been created.
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/10
[Wayback/Archive] This is useful for playing back in Cartrain CP7##BMW devices (currently CP700BMW, CP730BMW, CP740BMW) as these play back in the order in which directories and files have been created. which is related to Elektronik-Idee – CP740BMW – USB wireless MP3 Player (with Bluetooth and Audio/Video in support) and fully PowerShell 2.0 compatible:
Script to recursively copy directories in alphabetical order from source-base-directory to destination-base-directory while adding an intermediate directory with a single uppercase letter in destination-base-directory for each set of directories under source-base-directory starting with that letter. This is useful for playing back in Cartrain CP7##BMW devices (currently CP700BMW, CP730BMW, CP740BMW) as these play back in the order in which directories and files have been created, as per: - https://www.cartain.de/downloads/cp740bmw/CP740BMW-OM.pdf Unterordner sind hervorragend geeignet um Musik besser zu organisieren. Dateinamen und Unterverzeichnis sind in der Reihenfolge gleichgestellt. Die Wiedergabe der Titel in sämtlichen Unterordnern erfolgt der Reihe nach wie sie auf den USB Stick kopiert wurde - https://www.cartain.de/downloads/cp740bmw/CP740BMW-OM-EN.pdf Sub folders are a good possibility to organize your music collection. The order of playback is the same order you copied the files onto the card. - https://www.cartain.de/downloads/cp730bmw/CP730BMW-OM.pdf - https://www.cartain.de/downloads/cp730bmw/CP730BMW-OM-EN.pdf
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The manufacturer of 18650 lithium-ion battery cells matters a lot: The Lumafield Battery Quality Report
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/09
A very important report from September 2025 for users of 18650 lithium-ion battery cells: [Wayback/Archive] The Lumafield Battery Quality Report.
Summary:
… beneath the surface, a hidden world of quality control issues and dangerous counterfeits puts consumers and manufacturers at risk.
…
Our automated analysis focused on key indicators of cell safety and quality, including anode overhang (AOH) and edge alignment, two critical factors that directly impact battery performance and safety.
…
Flawed anq quality battery cells:
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Henriëtte Klijnstra: banks use spaces as Mojibake replacements.
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/09
Henriëtte Klijnstra got a new bank card in the name of “HENRI TTE KLIJNSTRA”, a Mojibake so bad that [Wayback/Archive] ftfy – fix unicode that’s broken in various ways cannot fix it.
[Wayback/Archive] Henriëtte Klijnstra on Twitter: “Ik moet dit nog checken bij founder @JornReuvers, maar misschien is dit toch wel het topstuk tot nu toe in de geschiedenis van #givetremasachance Congrats voor @Openbank en @bancosantander voor dit kunststukje op m’n nieuwe pinpas”.
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Wat zijn seizoensgroente en seizoensfruit? | Voedingscentrum
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/08
Voor wanneer je meer afwisselend wilt eten in plaats van het bijna vaste assortiment in veel supermarkten: [Wayback/Archive] Wat zijn seizoensgroente en seizoensfruit? | Voedingscentrum
Als er nog een weekmarkt bij je in de buurt is: veel seizoensproducten.
[Wayback/Archive] Voedingscentrum seizoengroente- en fruitkalender.pdf [Wayback PDF View/PDF View]
Volledige quote omdat de uitklapstructuur belachelijk irrutant is: Read the rest of this entry »
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Mastodon Flock: Migrate your tweeps to the Fediverse.
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/08
[Wayback/Archive] Mastodon Flock
Welcome to the Mastodon Flock installation wizard.
This program will guide you through finding your Twitter contacts on the Fediverse, provided they have added their external contact information on their profile name, description, URL or pinned Tweet.
It is open source in the repository [Wayback/Archive] WesSouza/mastodon-flock: Let the birds flock to Mastodon.
I love the retro Windows 95 Installer look which is even continued in the [Wayback/Archive] About (“how this software works”), and [Wayback/Archive] Privacy Policy:
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MIT Press: Open Access Materials : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/05
A while ago Jason Scott put all these 400+ books on the Internet Archive:
[Archive] MIT Press: Open Access Materials : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive
Via: [Wayback/Archive] Jason Scott: “MIT has a set of books labelled “Open Access” but it’s a little clunky to find them on the MIT Press site, and so I’ve gone ahead and mirrored 400+ of them here: archive.org/details/mit_…” — Bluesky
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Sad and Useless about Competitive Salary versus Amazing Skills on Twitter
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/05
A great meme from the [Wayback/Archive] Sad And Useless Humor Site via [Wayback/Archive] Sad & Useless Humor (@sadanduseless) / Twitter from a while back is this:
We offer a competitive salary. Oh, I have amazing skills.
[Wayback/Archive] Sad & Useless Humor on Twitter: “#JobInterview”
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MacOS: change brightness of external monitor (via DuckDuckGo)
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/04
Seems this is not an easily accessible built-in feature of MacOS: [Wayback/Archive] macos change brightness of external monitor at DuckDuckGo
Basically there seem to be two apps that are most popular:
- Lunar
- MonitorControl
Lunar is free, but has a fee for some features. MonitorControl is free derived from Lunar, but has less features than the paid Lunar license has and is less often updated.
Both have been developed in Swift and are on GitHub:
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Effective Java, 3rd Edition [Book]
Posted by jpluimers on 2026/06/04
Hopefully by now a 4th edition is available: [Wayback/Archive] Effective Java, 3rd Edition [Book].
Since I do not program in Java often, the above book is indispensable.
Read this review why as he much better phrases the reasons than I can: [Wayback/Archive] Effective Java by Joshua Bloch — A Must Read Book for Java Developers | by javinpaul | Javarevisited | Medium.
For Java versions 9 and up, read his recommendations here: [Wayback/Archive] Top 7 Courses to Learn New Features of Java 8 to Java 17 in 2023 | by javinpaul | Javarevisited | Medium.
Query: [Wayback/Archive] effective java – Google Search
Buy: [Wayback/Archive] Effective Java : Bloch, Joshua: Amazon.de: Books
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