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Smart idea: (re)use a solar panel as balcony power plant table

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/20

Still to do for Michael: put the inverter on the underside of the table-top.

[Wayback/Archive] Michael Eberhard on Twitter: “Nachdem wir eh einen neuen Tisch auf unserer Dachterrasse brauchten, gibt es nun einen Balkonkraftwerk-Tisch. Bloß der Wechselrichter muss noch unter der Tischplatte verträumt werden.”

The picture is below; this is the part list: [Wayback/Archive] Michael Eberhard on Twitter: “@TuckiTina @MatthiasVialon AlphaSolar Komplettpaket ca. 500€ Ikea Tischbeine 60€ Holz aus dem Bestand.” / Twitter

  • AlphaSolar full system ~500€
  • Ikea Table legs ~60€
  • Spare wood

Yield is not bad: [Wayback/Archive] Michael Eberhard on Twitter: “@truewhitemount Ich habe einen einfachen Zähler dazwischen. Gerade jetzt produziert der Tisch zwischen 180 und 230 Watt. In Summe bin ich im den letzten Tagen auf 0,6 – 0,8 kWh pro Tag gekommen. Noch ist die Motivation da, jeden Abend den Zähler abzulesen…” / Twitter

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What happened to the Sonos app? A technical analysis by Andy Pennel, Sonos fanboy/hacker

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/16

Four years ago, there was a [Wayback/Archive] Sonos U-turn over ‘bricking’ its smart speakers (BBC) after which hell broke loose in their community.

It was the main reason that I put my wish for Sonos speakers to sleep (and concentrate on surviving cancer).

Since a few weeks Sonos has released new apps that perform way worse and causes great turmoil in their community again, see for instance [Wayback/Archive] reddit/r/sonos: Anyone else worried about Sonos’s future? : sonos and [Wayback/Archive] The disaster known as The New Sonos App – vowe dot net.

I expect this this time Sonos won’t make a U-Turn: [Wayback/Archive] What happened to the Sonos app? A technical analysis is clear about what happened (“data-grab for AI purposes”) and the up-side for Sonos shareholders.

It however is making people that appreciate the former Sonos aim for quality to look for alternatives, which leads me to a post (plus thread) that pointed me to the above technical analysis: [Wayback/Archive] Kris: “Currently 11 Sonos devices. Time for an exit strategy. …” – chaos.social.

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Why Return-to-Office Mandates Aren’t Worth the Risks | Gartner, 2024-05-20

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/14

After decades telling management that remote work is best for most of the IT-teams, or in more general white-collar workers, Covid-19 proving it does, some managers still don’t get it.

After years of the Return-to-Office movement trying to get people back to the office, Gartner finally found out that RTO is a major risk of losing talent or not even acquiring talent.

[Wayback/Archive] Why Return-to-Office Mandates Aren’t Worth the Risks | Gartner

  • Nearly three-quarters of executives say return-to-office (RTO) mandates are a source of leadership conflict.
  • Lack of work-life balance ranks among the top five reasons employees quit.

Via [Wayback/Archive] David Chartier: “The Data Is In: Return-to-Office Mandates Aren’t Worth the Talent Risks …” – Toot Café

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A big oops: “Researcher finds a way to invisibly reverse Windows updates • The Register”

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/07

Keeping an eye on this: [Wayback/Archive] Researcher finds a way to invisibly reverse Windows updates • The Register

--jeroen

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The 2002 “Cruft Force” scale in Aug02: The New Adventures of Verity Stob

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/05

All computers acquire cruft over time, though with the ever increased data storage space capacities, nowadays it usually takes much longer to notice the effects of the Second Law of Thermodynamics on your computer until it is way too late.

I got reminded of the “Cruft Force” scale in the 2002 DDJ column [Wayback/Archive] “Aug02: The New Adventures of Verity Stob” by [Wayback/Archive] bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺: ‘…”cruft force 9″…’ – Fosstodon

Spent the best part of a day attempting to recover a friend’s Windows 11 machine that had shat itself. Was reminded of the most EXCELLENT description of Windows putrefaction by Verity Stob www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~susan/475/cruft.html “cruft force 9” – in this case, Adobe had deposited a new Adobe Reader install one directory lower apparently every time it had been used (!). There were also 34 numbered Teamviewer binaries getting progressively bigger.

Having known Verity Stob from DDJ (often named “Dr Dobbs”, but officially named “Dr. Dobb’s Journal”) and El Reg (officially named “The Register”). Until recently totally unaware .EXE Magazine had existed, I didn’t know that before DDJ she wrote columns for it nor that DDJ took over after it got renamed to “EXE Magazine”.

Learning new things every day: I love it!

--jeroen

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Trekkous kabeltrekken – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/08/02

[Wayback/Archive] Trekkous kabeltrekken – YouTube

Niet goedkoop, maar wel praktisch.

Officiele benamingen:

--jeroen

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CrazyMyra: “After AI took his job as an online assistant, Mr Clippy was obliged to seek work in other sectors…” – beige.party

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/07/30

I love the new title-text for the 2018 “Clippy” picture at [Wayback/Archive] CrazyMyra: “After AI took his job as an online assistant, Mr Clippy was obliged to seek work in other sectors…” – beige.party

A metal toilet paper holder in a corner od a bathro,with an empty roll, that looks similar to a large paperclip

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NLZorg on X: “Klacht: Elastieken schieten steeds los vanwege dikke tempurmatras en nemen dan het hoeslaken mee. Een gebruikte beenband is voor zoveel van nut!”

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/07/29

[Wayback/Archive] NLZorg on X: “Klacht: Elastieken schieten steeds los vanwege dikke tempurmatras en nemen dan het hoeslaken mee. Een gebruikte beenband is voor zoveel van nut!”

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Link to downgrade or cancel Google one membership : GoogleOne

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/07/29

From [Wayback/Archive] Link to downgrade or cancel Google one membership : GoogleOne:

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Trigger warning: recovering data of someone close to you which suddenly died

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/07/28

Sudden death sometimes is chosen, which makes it even for the ones close that are involved.

That’s why the below MCH2022 lecture by father and son Jilles and Jurre Groenendijk two years ago is really important.

I was reminded about it by a [Wayback/Archive] Thread by @jilles_com on Thread Reader App last week, but before that a big TRIGGER WARNING from the lecture:

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