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Nein! Doch! Oh! Grenscontrolemijders maken de N35 bij Enschede nog drukker

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/12/13

Now where is my surprised hat?

(dit was op voorhand al een spel van muren en ladders, waar er niet genoeg personeel is om de muren te bemensen)

[Wayback/Archive] Grenscontrolemijders maken de N35 bij Enschede nog drukker

 

--jeroen

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CAPTCHA by Basic Apple Guy on X: “Find the Mac Pro (5th anniversary edition) 🔍 1949 cheese graters, 1 of them is a Mac Pro”

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/12/11

Next level CAPTCHA which AI engines fail at [Wayback/Archive] Basic Apple Guy on X: “Find the Mac Pro (5th anniversary edition) 🔍 1949 cheese graters, 1 of them is a Mac Pro”

The low res versions are impossible for me, and even the high-res picture is tough.

What is the smallest size you can find the Mac Pro? Picture on the right for reference.

Twitter picture sizes (I will explain them in a future blog post) via [Wayback/Archive] Tweet  JSON:

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Is it Pokémon or Big Data?

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/12/03

Fron a while ago but still relevant [Wayback/Archive] Is it Pokémon or Big Data?.

It is a cool experiment to test your own knowledge or for fun to assess recruiters or candidates (;

And it is open source too:

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Posted in Cloud, Cloud Development, Conference Topics, Conferences, Development, Event, Fun, Infrastructure, LifeHacker, PokemonGo, Power User, Software Development | Tagged: | Leave a Comment »

According to Imgur: The new abbreviations for Generative AI is PISS

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/29

Plagiarized Information Synthesis System as per [Wayback/Archive] Spot on! AI can piss off. – electronics post – Imgur

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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

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Dare Obasanjo on X: “If you’ve ever wondered why most business software sucks, it’s for the same reason as this cartoon…”

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/23

[Wayback/Archive] Dare Obasanjo🐀 on X: “If you’ve ever wondered why most business software sucks, it’s for the same reason as this cartoon. The person responsible for buying the software isn’t using it in the way the end users are.

Google Lens found back the original 2019 Russia comic via:

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Jason Levin on X: “Jira marketing team was like “what infrastructure is as inefficient and frustrating as us?” and then puts ads on the New York City subway”

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/22

[Wayback/Archive] Jason Levin on X: “Jira marketing team was like “what infrastructure is as inefficient and frustrating as us?” and then puts ads on the New York City subway”

Picture via [Wayback/Archive] Tweet JSON:

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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.

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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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Leah Neukirchen: “Lesser known pop music facts: The song “Nothing compares 2 U” is actually about the floating point value NaN. …” – BLÅHAJ Social

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/06

From about a year ago, but too funny not to repeat:

[Wayback/Archive] Leah Neukirchen: “Lesser known pop music facts: The song “Nothing compares 2 U” is actually about the floating point value NaN. …” – BLÅHAJ Social

Via [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers @wiert@mastodon.social on X: “Lesser known pop music facts: The song “Nothing compares 2 U” is actually about the floating point value NaN. blahaj.social/@leah/110781718156325459

--jeroen

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