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Wiskas -> Snorharen, Gardena -> Tuinierder en andere gekke merknamen

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/06

Grappig tweet boompje:

er zijn er vast veel meer dan deze:

  • Wiskas -> Snorharen
  • Gardena -> Tuinierder
  • Pampers -> Verwenners
  • Q8 -> Koeweit

–jeroen

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75 Funny Wifi Names (besides Disconnected and Access Denied)

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/11/26

[WayBack] 75 Funny Wifi Names (as I already run “Disconnected” and “Access Denied”).

Related blog posts:

–jeroen

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I love the way it shows “Duden Offline”

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/11/04

This does not happen often, and I found the way that [WayBack] Duden Offline is indicated hilarious!

It’s just a “basic” HTML page showing the meaning of “Wartung” (German word for Maintenance).

Duden is het German equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Not all of the huge site was gone. Part of the “Rechtschreibung” was still there, including the Wikipedia entry (:

I wonder what that one shows during maintenance (:

Links:

–jeroen

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During next night, it is time to move the clock, hopefully for the last time

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/10/30

Wasn’t the European Union going to stop moving clocks twice a year? Yup, as of it 2021 it should have stopped with the [Wayback] Seasonal clock change in the EU | Mobility and Transport.

But then Brexit came along, followed by Covid-19, and earlier 2021, this happened: [Wayback] Clock stops on EU plan to scrap daylight savings time

Contentious move to abolish mandatory seasonal clock changes ‘not top priority now’

So tomorrow it is winter time again, and we need to move the clock, hopefully for the last time, but  hopefully not like in the mirror of the Dutch comic DirkJan – Wikipedia by [WayBack] Annelies Hofstede on Twitter: “… “, which is done transitioning to Winter time – Wikipedia:

This is the original summer time version of the DirkJan comic:

Background information and similar comics are at Likely the end of a tradition… ᴊᴏᴏsᴛ su Twitter: “Dear Mr. Juncker, you may not know this but here in Holland we have Dirk-Jan and it is tradition to read this comic twice a year don’t take this away from us it’s the only non-racist tradition we have!!!! Please!!!!!…”.

–jeroen

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Rebrickable (@Rebrickable) | lets you easily find official or custom sets you can build using your existing LEGO sets and provides all building instructions

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/10/29

Via [WayBack] Thread by @Foone: “stupid project I’ve thought about making for years: You go through and index your lego box and enter in which bricks you have, and it calcul […]”

stupid project I’ve thought about making for years:
You go through and index your lego box and enter in which bricks you have, and it calculates which sets you probably had.
it’s basically a big nostalgia tool for all us nerds in our 30s who have those few distinctive parts but can’t remember which set they got them in because they were only 5 at the time.
Thanks to @ProfBrickkeeper I now know that this pretty much already exists:
twitter.com/Rebrickable
you tell it what pieces you have and it finds official or unofficial sets you can build with them.

Neat!

I don’t know if it can do near-matches (like “you have 98% of the pieces you need for this set”) because you may have lost some parts, but it’s definitely a big step towards what I was wanting

[WayBack] Rebrickable (@Rebrickable) | lets you easily find official or custom sets you can build using your existing LEGO sets and provides all building instructions:

  • [WayBack] Rebrickable | Rebrickable – Build with LEGO

    Combine your old LEGO® to build new creations

    What can you build?

  • [WayBack] About Rebrickable | Rebrickable – Build with LEGO

    What is Rebrickable?

    Rebrickable will show you which LEGO sets you can build from the sets and parts you already own. You can choose from official LEGO sets or thousands of MOCs (My Own Creations) submitted by hundreds of designers. All MOCs include building instructions and full parts lists.

    I HAVE THIS

    +

    AND A BUNCH OF THESE

    =

    I CAN BUILD THIS, YAY!

    Unless you have a LOT of sets, you will usually be missing a few pieces. In these cases Rebrickable will show you exactly what you are missing and even provide suggested sets that you could buy which will get you those pieces – effectively showing you how to buy two sets for the price of one!

 

–jeroen

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T-Shirt quotes on threading and procastrination

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/10/07

–jeroen

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Worlds Smartest Chessboard | Square Off

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/09/03

Cool “gadget”: [WayBack] Worlds Smartest Chessboard | Square Off:

Experience the future of chess with a telerobotic chessboard that would make a worthy gift for anyone!

If you get one, the largest version:

Nice video demonstrating it is below.

–jeroen

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LOL: atx psu 24pin 24p power supply jumper jack adapter connector for btc – Google Search

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/08/18

LOL: [WayBack] atx psu 24pin 24p power supply jumper jack adapter connector for btc – Google Search

Via [WayBack] Brad Smith a Twitter: “LOL I just wanted to buy the cheapest ATX socket on ebay to to make a little power jumper connector, and the cheapest one already has the wire stuck onto it. “…for BTC” 🤣… “

–jeroen

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Maggs on Twitter: “Had to get a bucket to catch all the dropped packets.… “

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/07/01

[WayBack] Maggs on Twitter: “Had to get a bucket to catch all the dropped packets.… “

To me it seemed the bitbucket was the final destination of /dev/null, but others chimed in as well:

 

Apart from my [WayBack] Jeroen Pluimers on Twitter: “Is that where /dev/null ends?… “, it totally reminded me of the below Dilbert strip which I could not find at first. So I was glad with [WayBack] David Sheryn Twitter: dilbert.com/strip/1996-05-02.

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Sulfur Argon Calcium Samarium

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/06/10

Got this from a friend: Sulfur Argon Calcium Samarium (SArCaSm): the Primary Elements of Humor.

Of course there is Iridium Oxygen Nitrogen Yttrium (IrONy) as well.

–jeroen

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