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Do WiFi-cables (German: WLAN-Kabel) exist?

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/21

There is this German joke about “WLAN-Kabel” (WiFi-cable) ** that goes with (Germans mocking about Internet and technology still being uncharted territory*).

Yes, they do!

There is [Wayback/Archive] IWLAN RCoax Cable | Industrial Wireless LAN | Siemens Global:

* Neuland

See:

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What “Stairway to Heaven” Can Teach Us About Software Development – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/20

Cool video [Wayback/Archive] What “Stairway to Heaven” Can Teach Us About Software Development – YouTube with this intro:

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Be inquisitive: a Thread by @cyb3rops on Thread Reader App – The act of hiding is often more suspicious than what’s being hidden.

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/19

[Wayback/Archive] Thread by @cyb3rops on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App

If your agent gets flooded – detect the flooding.
If code gets obfuscated – detect the obfuscation.
If ETW gets silenced – detect the silence.
If the EDR gets killed – detect the killing.
If logs get cleared – detect the clearing.

The act of hiding is often more suspicious than what’s being hidden.

It’s like a surveillance camera going black or freezing.
That is the signal.
I’ve been doing this successfully for years.

I detect obfuscated crap all the time.
People ask, “What is it?”
I say, “No fucking clue. Could be:
– a Themida-packed sample with a Microsoft copyright,
– a UPX-packed ELF with a 1-char filename,
– a PowerShell script that looks like static noise, or
– a fake svchost.exe with no Microsoft copyright.”

I don’t need to know what it is.
It’s obviously shady.
That’s enough to detect it – and deal with it.
There’s a Chinese saying that fits perfectly: 欲蓋彌彰
The more you try to hide it, the more obvious it becomes.

--jeroen

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EGBG tegenscript (via Angrynerds 023)

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/19

Voor mijn link archief: script tegen telemarketeers: [Wayback/Archive] EGBG tegenscript

Met name deze onderdelen op de pagina:

Via [Wayback/Archive] Angrynerds 023 – YouTube

–jeroen

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Naming devices and animals

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/18

Via [Wayback/Archive] Diederik Jekel on Twitter: “@CaAl @michielveenstra Mijn montage PC’s voor video-editing heette Edit Piaf, Chiel Montage en Antje Montero. Kwam in brainstorm naar boven met mijn maatje Jon.”:

  • Video-editing equipment:

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Goedkoop vast internet is soms best duur – Wordt dit de zomer van goedkoper internet? – Achtergrond – Tweakers

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/17

Tips rond overstappen tussen ISPs:

[Wayback/Archive] Goedkoop vast internet is soms best duur – Wordt dit de zomer van goedkoper internet? – Achtergrond – Tweakers

--jeroen

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Wlz PGB tarieventabel 2025 (voor budgethouders met indicatie voor verblijf)

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/14

Ik had dit vergeten te schedulen: [Wayback/Archive] r248773-202409-zk-tarieventabel-pgb-2025-web.pdf [Wayback PDF View/PDF View]

Het wordt belangrijk omdat we overwegen van Wlz gebaseerde Zorg in Natura terug te gaan naar Persoonsgebonden Budget (PGB).

--jeroen

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Trick OR/AND/XOR/NOR/NAND/XNOR Treat.

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/31

Distorted jpeg of "Trick OR/AND/XOR/NOR/NAND/XNOR Treat"

Distorted jpeg of “Trick OR/AND/XOR/NOR/NAND/XNOR Treat”

Last Halloween,  📊 on X [WaybackSave/ArchiveWip] posted the image on the right:

[WaybackSave/Archive] GbOGt73WcAAAqnz.jpg (1199×594)

[WaybackSave/Archive] Tweet JSON

It is a play on [Wayback/Archive] Visual Representation of SQL Joins- CodeProject, which made [Wayback/Archive] Visual Representation of SQL Joins [RTzRa’s hive] to include it as well.

The original with some extensions are from @38mo1:

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nixCraft 🐧: “I’ve got some news about office environments.…” – Mastodon

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/29

Are remote workers really working all day? No. Here's what they're doing instead. USA TODAY by Jessica Guynn in USA Today website

Are remote workers really working all day? No. Here’s what they’re doing instead. USA TODAY by Jessica Guynn in USA Today website

Useful thread about remote, remote-first and in-office experiences starting with [Wayback/Archive] nixCraft 🐧: “I’ve got some news about office environments. The absolute worst part for me was dealing with the rampant gossip and laziness. People would chat all day, accomplish next to nothing, and then pretend they were some kind of heroes for staying late.…” – Mastodon

I’ve got some news about office environments. The absolute worst part for me was dealing with the rampant gossip and laziness. People would chat all day, accomplish next to nothing, and then pretend they were some kind of heroes for staying late. People walk around, take lunch or bathroom breaks, attend meetings, etc. Office or Home people will walk around. Stop writing stupid stories to promote back-to-office culture and risk everyone’s health.

Read the responses for more experience.

And don’t feel bad when you slack when working remote: within boundaries, that is OK.

Image on the right from [Wayback/Archive] d9b6668ac611ef68.png (640×360) referring to USA TODAY article [Wayback/Archive] Do remote workers actually work? Yes, but they also shop and shower

--jeroen

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WinWorld: Microsoft Office 95

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/29

Just in case I ever need it for historic reasons:

[Wayback/Archive] WinWorld: Microsoft Office 95

Because back in the days various Office products had localised VBA (at least German and French products had; I’m not sure about other languages)

Via:

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