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MacOS (at least 2023 and younger): solution for (TrueType) fonts added through MacOS built-in Font Book not showing up in Pages or Preview

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/05

It took me a few queries to find the correct online solution for this problem: after adding a TrueType (and it’s extension: OpenType) font using the built-in MacOS Font Book, they do not show up in Pages or Preview, not even after validating the fonts in Font Book.

Solutions:

  1. reboot (found this out myself)
  2. killing the fontd font daemon from the Activity Monitor
  3. restart font daemon (found out via the link below)
    launchctl kickstart -k gui/`id -u`/com.apple.xtyped

The last one does not work on my Apple Silicon machine, the first two work fine.

For Preview, you have to Force Quit it then start it (so it re-opens all the previous files) to take effect.

I needed this, because I

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Posted in Apple, Font, Lucida Console, Mac, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, macOS 13 Ventura, macOS 14 Sonoma, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Product Comparison – GL.iNet and their products I have

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/05

At the time of writing (during the Covid-19 Pandemic) the [Wayback/Archive] Product Comparison – GL.iNet contains the below products.

I got 3 of them (2 are variations of the same model) and their quality/price ratio is great, even with the prices that risen during the 2020-onwards global chip shortage.

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Posted in Ethernet, GL-AR300M, GL.iNet, GL.iNET GL-SFT1200, Hardware, Network-and-equipment, Power User | Leave a Comment »

The Lunduke Journal on X: “Another classic UNIX system has died. The final version of HP-UX has, as of 3 days ago, officially hit “obsolescence” and is no longer supported… “

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/04

Another classic UNIX system has died.

The final version of HP-UX has, as of 3 days ago, officially hit “obsolescence” and is no longer supported.

While most versions of HP-UX had hit “end of life” some years back, version 11i v3 (specifically for Itanium servers) was still supported.  At least… until the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve.

HP-UX joins the likes of IRIX (support ended in 2013).

Luckily there are still a few classic style UNIX systems in production… but the list is growing smaller with each passing year.

https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/2007699486039027954

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Goudtekens Nederland via NU.nl

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/02

Goudtekens (meer algemeen gehaltemerken of keurteken) in Nederland via [Wayback/Archive] Goudprijs piekt, dus tijd om je (oma’s) juwelenkist te verzilveren | Slimmer leven | NU.nl: Read the rest of this entry »

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Het tekenen van de Eindrekening en verantwoording » Zumpolle Advocaten

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/02

Voor mijn link-archief:

Het ondertekenen van de Eindrekening en verantwoording is een vorm van décharge en dat houdt in dat de oude bewindvoerder door de nieuwe bewindvoerder gevrijwaard wordt van aansprakelijkheid voor het gevoerde bewind.

[Wayback/Archive] Het tekenen van de Eindrekening en verantwoording » Zumpolle Advocaten

–jeroen

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GitHub – spotDL/spotify-downloader: Download your Spotify playlists and songs along with album art and metadata (from YouTube if a match is found).

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/01

Need to check the matching algorithm of [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – spotDL/spotify-downloader: Download your Spotify playlists and songs along with album art and metadata (from YouTube if a match is found).

I wanted to download [Wayback/Archive] The Incredits – song and lyrics by Michael Giacchino | Spotify for music practice, but then found Michael listed it on his YouTube channel twice:

A bit later I also found [Wayback/Archive] The Incredits – Transcription (with original score) – YouTube with [Wayback/Archive] The Incredits Sheet Music for Piano, Trombone, Tuba, Flute piccolo & more instruments (Symphony Orchestra) | MuseScore.com

Via [Wayback/Archive] Youtube-dl supports Spotify. How to use it? : youtubedl.

--jeroen

Posted in Development, ffmpeg, Media, Media Streaming, Power User, Python, Scripting, SocialMedia, Software Development, Spotify, YouTube, youtube-dl | Leave a Comment »

ssl – Why was 398 days chosen for TLS expiration? – Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/01

Cool, since I switched to Let’s Encrypt a long while ago, I missed that various tools now require TLS expiration be no longer than 398 days away (and preferably even 397 days).

So I also missed the reason for that specific number of days. [Wayback/Archive] ssl – Why was 398 days chosen for TLS expiration? – Stack Overflow (thanks [Wayback/Archive] stevendesu and [Wayback/Archive] user10063)

answers it:

366+31+1 = 398 days

It equals one leap year + one month + “a little room to handle the messiness of dates.”

then posts a lot of quotes from references to the history on how that reason came to be. I have archived and listed the links below.

Most of the discussion was during a very hectic time in life: after a single sided bad accident my mentally retarded brother was in and assisting him during his recovery period, I developed cancer and had extensive treatments against it. All the more reason for missing all this:

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Posted in Communications Development, Development, Encryption, https, HTTPS/TLS security, Internet protocol suite, Let's Encrypt (letsencrypt/certbot), Power User, Security, TCP, TLS | Tagged: , | Leave a Comment »

It died, but longer ladders will be there: 12ft – Wikipedia

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/12/31

From 12ft – Wikipedia:

On July 17, 2025, the News Media Alliance reported that it had taken down the website.

It’s impossible to enjoy the content of online media by paying (for instance because payment systems are not compatible, but also because those media often have region blocks), so this is to longer ladders (and understanding how ladders work):

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Posted in archive.is / archive.today, Cloud, Containers, Development, Docker, HTML, HTML5, Infrastructure, Internet, InternetArchive, JavaScript/ECMAScript, LifeHacker, Power User, Python, Scripting, Software Development, WayBack machine, Web Development | Leave a Comment »

list-style-type none “No item marker is shown”. – CSS: Cascading Style Sheets | MDN

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/12/31

Note that for removing the bullet-type, it does not matter if it is an ordered or unordered list.

Via [Wayback/Archive] html list type none – Google Search.

–jeroen

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Bedrijf failliet: stalling deelscooters kost gemeente zeker zes ton

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/12/30

Bij disruption (Hallo Uber, Amazon, Zorgcowboys!) komen de kosten uiteindelijk vrijwel altijd op de maatschappij terecht.

Ook nu weer: [Wayback/Archive] Bedrijf failliet: stalling deelscooters kost gemeente zeker zes ton

De gemeente Hollands Kroon dreigt voor ruim 600.000 euro het schip in te gaan door het ruimen van zo’n 4000 scooters van het failliete deelscooterbedrijf Go Sharing. De Noord-Hollandse gemeente probeert de schade te verhalen op het bedrijf. Maar omdat Go Sharing enkele malen van eigenaar wisselde en in november failliet ging, is de kans op succes gering.

--jeroen

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