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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/16
Apparently people are fed up enough that finally El Reg published an article like [Wayback/Archive] RSS dulls the pain of the modern web • The Register.
So I wrote this [Wayback/Archive] Post by @wiert.bsky.social — Bluesky
I have been consuming the majority of web content through RSS for at least 15 plus years now, and The Register explains exactly why:
the web has become unbearable to consume. Not just because of ads and their risks, but especially because every web site has a different user experience.
Before 2013, I used Google Reader, but Google has the habit of killing products, so now I use Feedly.
These are some prior blog posts I wrote on them:
- Google Reader stops at 2013-07-01: How can I download my Reader data? (via: Reader Help)
- Google Reader alternatives: did you make a choice yet?
- A few notes on Google Reader replacements that I’m testing
- Is there a Google Reader replacement that keeps ALL Google Reader history?
- knowledge worker tip: adding a Google Group to #Feedly using one of its RSS feeds
El Reg linked newer posts by others:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/13
Kennelijk heb ik gestudeerd aan de:
- Vrije Universiteit
- Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Technische Universiteit Delft
- Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
- Technische Universiteit Enschede
- Universiteit Leiden
in de vakken:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/03/03
A few years back I tweeted [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers @wiert@mastodon.social on Twitter: “@b0rk @jilles_com Acids vs bases.”
It was a kind of tongue-in-cheek reaction (with a way better picture below) to a very valuable post by b0rk (Julia Evans) on both Twitter and Mastodon [Wayback/Archive] Julia Evans on Twitter: “bases” / [Wayback/Archive] Julia Evans: “bases title: bases # we usually…” – Mastodon for two reasons:
- There are various interpretations of bases
- Octal is very important to educate as errors introduced by its support are hard to spot even if you do know about octal.
Back to Julia’s post:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/27
AliExpress aggressive acidic flux solder has remarkably heavy reels:
| Total |
Reel |
Solder |
% Solder/Total |
| 100 gram |
67 gram |
33 gram |
33 % |
| 51 gram |
32 gram |
19 gram |
37 % |
| 20 gram |
10 gram |
10 gram |
50 % |
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/25
[Wayback/Archive] Airco’s massaal gebruikt voor verwarming, TNO waarschuwt voor gevolgen stroomnet
Via [Archive/Archive] Post by @ruudholswilder.bsky.social — Bluesky
Ruud Holswilder
@ruudholswilder.bsky.social
In feite is een moderne airco een lucht-lucht warmtepomp met een COP van 3,5 tot 5.
1 kWh elektriciteit wordt omgezet in 3,5 tot 5 kWh warmte.
Geen aandacht hiervoor in het artikel van NOS.
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/23
[Wayback/Archive] EASY way to FIX Plastic THREADS !! #screw #repair #plastic – YouTube
- Around the screw, wrap a thin metal wire that exactly matches the thread groove width of the screw creating a metal thread.
- Heat the screw with metal wire thread, then force it into the broken plastic thread.
- Wait for it to cool down.
- Unscrew the screw from the metal wire thread.
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2026/02/20
Edit 20260221: the below WDR 2 link has been renamed into [Wayback/Archive] Artemis II – Launch with Launch T0: 2026-03-07 01:29:00 UTC (yup, that T0 is T-zero, not T-oh) which the Americans date as 206-03-06 as they use local EST time which is only valid at their east coast.
Artemis II testing and launch videos, including timeline, can be viewed from [Wayback/Archive] Artemis II – WDR 2.
Yesterday, as part of the launch vehicle system tests, the second wet dress rehearsal was performed.
Somewhere the next few weeks, a launch is anticipated.
Via: [Wayback/Archive] Post by @marijkelouise.bsky.social — Bluesky
--jeroen
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