The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff

Jeroen W. Pluimers on .NET, C#, Delphi, databases, and personal interests

  • My badges

  • Twitter Updates

  • My Flickr Stream

  • Pages

  • All categories

  • Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

    Join 1,860 other subscribers

Archive for the ‘Awareness’ Category

Manu Keirse: Raakt een mens het verdriet over een overleden dierbare ooit kwijt?

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/13

Voor op een tegeltje.

[Wayback/Archive] Andrea on Twitter: “Mooi. Uit een interview met Manu Keirse. Wat een prachtige quote. “

Manu Keirse: Raakt een mens het verdriet over een overleden dierbare ooit kwijt?

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in About, Awareness, Health, Inclusion / inclusive society, LifeHacker, Personal, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Laurens on X: “Heel goed item van Lubach over erfbelasting #Avondshow”

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/10

[Wayback/Archive] Laurens on X: “Heel goed item van Lubach over erfbelasting #Avondshow”:

[Wayback/Archive] Moet erfbelasting omhoog? | De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach (S6) – YouTube

Aan de andere kant heeft inmiddels een groot deel van hele generatie hun halve werkzame leven voor een flink deel besteed aan onbetaalde zorg om de gaten van de zorg dicht te lopen. Daarmee is een flink deel van die erfbelasting gewoon belasting op misgelopen inkomsten.

--jeroen

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in About, Awareness, Personal | Tagged: | Leave a Comment »

Likely the best Xmas commercial this year: Bubbles | Deutsche Telekom | Christmas Ad 2024 – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/12/25

Watch till the very end: [Wayback/Archive]  Bubbles | Deutsche Telekom | Christmas Ad 2024 – YouTube

Related:

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Awareness | Leave a Comment »

Opinie | Bosrandgeluk – NRC – ikje uit zomer 2010

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/15

Het blijft hartverscheurend: [Wayback/Archive] Opinie | Bosrandgeluk – NRC

Als we door een bos rijden, zegt ze opeens: „Als je straks ophoudt met werken, wil ik met jou in een huisje aan de bosrand wonen, met een tuin, een moestuintje en een weitje.”
Ik brom instemmend.
Na een poosje keren we terug.
Zij (83) naar het verpleeghuis.
Ik (89) naar het huisje aan de bosrand met een tuin, een moestuintje en een weitje, waar we ruim dertig jaar heel erg gelukkig waren.
W. van der Heijden

--jeroen

Posted in Awareness, Health, LifeHacker, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Famous AI Artist Says He’s Losing Millions of Dollars From People Stealing His Work

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/13

Using generative AI for your work can very likely result into your work not being copyrightable, at least in the USA: [Wayback/Archive] Famous AI Artist Says He’s Losing Millions of Dollars From People Stealing His Work

The guy who used Midjourney to create an award-winning piece of AI art demands copyright protections.

Now, in an ironic twist, Allen is upset that his work—which was created via a platform that’s been accused of ripping off countless copyrighted works—cannot, itself, be copyrighted, and is thus getting ripped off. In March of last year, the U.S. Copyright Office ruled that work derived from AI platforms “contained no human authorship” and therefore could not be extended copyright protections. Allen has been trying, since late 2022, to register his painting as a copyrighted work.

Links from the above quote:

Via [Wayback/Archive] Fefes Blog: Not the Onion.

Wikipedia:

--jeroen

Posted in AI and ML; Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Awareness, Conference Topics, Conferences, Event, Generative AI, LLM, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

Strive for a work environment that allows for continuous improvement over delayed perfection

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/11/06

Interesting picture posted by [Wayback/Archive] Syed Balkhi on X: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

Regrettably, Syed forgot to attribute the source, as the picture is a few years older, from [Wayback/Archive] Mélodie | Visual Ideas on X: “Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection”.

You should strive for a working environment that allows this:

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Awareness, Development, LifeHacker, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Ethics in Bricks on X: “Your daily reminder: It’s okay to say ‘I don’t know’, particularly if you don’t know.”

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/28

[Wayback/Archive] Ethics in Bricks on X: “Your daily reminder: It’s okay to say ‘I don’t know’, particularly if you don’t know.”

LEGO scene: lecture room with inclusive set of students and (grey haired) teacher

[Wayback/Archive] GUOGSboWgAAoNQP.jpg (1200×801)

--jeroen

Posted in Awareness, Fun, Meme | Leave a Comment »

Meeting Cartoon # 512 – ANDERTOONS: customer satisfaction

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/21

Know why and what you (don’t) measure [Wayback/Archive] Meeting Cartoon # 512 – ANDERTOONS

So, as you can see, customer satisfaction is up considerably since phasing out the complaint forms.

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Awareness, Fun, Meme, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Supporting Young People After a Distressing Event (Alys Cole-King, Dom Thompson, Jess Read, Mike Armiger, Knut Schroeder, Tom Cole-King, Andrea Walraven-Thissen)

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/18

Important evidence-informed ‘quick read’ guide: [Wayback] Supporting Young People After a Distressing Event.

Via [WaybackSave/Archive] Dr Alys Cole-King on X: “Important advice to support young people after a distressing event. Please read and share our evidence-informed ‘quick read’ guide Thanks @Walrathis @drdomthompson @MikeArmiger @jk__read We sincerely hope this will help. Thoughts and prayers with everyone affected #Southport” which initially only had a screenshot (see below the signature) but later had a co-author provide a link to the PDF.

Without downloading the PDF document, you can view it on-line here: [Wayback PDF View/PDF View].

Link to the PDF view via this thread:

Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in Awareness, Health, LifeHacker, Power User | Tagged: , | Leave a Comment »

Five Geek Social Fallacies – Plausibly Deniable

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/16

So relatable: [Wayback/Archive] Five Geek Social Fallacies – Plausibly Deniable

Via: [Wayback/Archive] Ian Coldwater 📦💥 on X: “It has come to my attention that there are younger folks who haven’t heard of Five Geek Social Fallacies. It was written in 2003 and the social dynamics stay real. Once you read it, you’ll see them everywhere.”

--jeroen

Posted in Awareness, Conference Topics, Conferences, Development, Event, Geeky, Inclusion / inclusive society | Leave a Comment »