Posted by jpluimers on 2022/03/11
Basically: just because.
[Archive.is] Why 42 ? – Google Groups where Douglas Adams gave the answer himself:
The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an
ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations,
base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk,
stared into the garden and thought ’42 will do’ I typed it out. End of story.Best,Douglas Adams
The full thread is a nice read (:
Via many sources, including [WayBack] Why 42? Reported wrong, again and again, but … The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number,… – Jürgen Christoffel – Google+ which has a comment pointing to the below brilliant video.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/22
Classic browsers
Going back to in time old web-pages using old web-browsers is fun!
[Archive.is] wayback_exe (@wayback_exe) | Twitter automatically does it for you.
A short introduction is at [Wayback] muffinlabs – @wayback_exe.
There is a playground at [Archive.is] oldweb.today where you can choose which classic browser to use for viewing and what page to view with it.
You can fiddle around with the node.js based code that is available on GitHub: [Wayback/Archive.is] muffinista/wayback_exe: code for twitter bot @wayback_exe
Some screenshots:
–jeroen
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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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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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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 […]”
[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
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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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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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