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Support – ThinkMods

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/06/30

Hopefully this ever arrives before I have died: [Wayback/Archive] Support – ThinkMods

Mod Setup Guide Manual Schematic
ExpressCard to NVMe (TM-E2M-V1) [Wayback]

Via [Wayback/Archive] ThinkMods: ExpressCard NVMe Adapter | Indiegogo.

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Installatie-, gebruikers- en servicehandleiding Condenserende gaswandketels Tzerra M 15s Plus – 24/28c Plus – 25s Plus – 35s Plus – 35/40c Plus

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/06/26

[Wayback] 150629 UM IM SM Tzerra M NL.pdf – Remeha

Installatie-, gebruikers- en servicehandleiding Condenserende gaswandketels Tzerra M 15s Plus – 24/28c Plus – 25s Plus – 35s Plus – 35/40c Plus

–jeroen

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Some Dutch spreadsheet on energy prices and solar panels

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/06/23

For my link archive:

–jeroen

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Removing identifiable metada from PDF files

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/06/19

I archived a long thread that started with [Archive] 𝚓𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚢﹏𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 on Twitter: “More fun publisher surveillance: Elsevier embeds a hash in the PDF metadata that is unique for each time a PDF is downloaded, this is a diff between metadata from two of the same paper. Combined with access timestamps, they can uniquely identify the source of any shared PDFs. ” / Twitter at [Wayback/Archive] Thread by @json_dirs on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App.

TL;DR: publishers put hashes in PDF metadata to track back redistribution; they hardly use smarter watermarking as those are difficult to automatically parse; the hashes can be easily removed.

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Heffingsvrij vermogen – Uitleg vrijstelling box 3 | Spaarrente.nl

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/06/16

For my link archive: [Wayback/Archive] Heffingsvrij vermogen – Uitleg vrijstelling box 3 | Spaarrente.nl

–jeroen

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There is always an XKCD: «xkcd: Is It Worth the Time?»

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/06/09

The Bookmarklets posts have mostly reached past the front of the blog queue, so here goes a tweet from last year:

[Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “The past week, I learned a ton of HTML, JavaScript and (Shadow) DOM oddities while writing browser bookmarklets to speed up my blogging and @waybackmachine / @archiveis archiving. There is always an XKCD: «xkcd: Is It Worth the Time?» …” / Twitter

–jeroen

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For my link archive: Microsoft account activity policy – Microsoft Support

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/06/01

Bumped into [Wayback/Archive] Microsoft account activity policy – Microsoft Support because an account that I hardly use was about to expire.

A few quotes (but be sure to read the most up to date policy):

  • Except as provided below, you must sign in to your Microsoft account at least once in a two-year period to keep your account active. If you don’t sign in during this time, Microsoft will consider your account to be inactive.
  • Exceptions: The activities below are exceptions that will result in Microsoft extending your account’s active status, even if you have not otherwise signed in to your Microsoft account within a two-year period.
    • Purchases
    • Subscriptions
    • Publishing to the Microsoft Store
    • Certifications
    • Account Balance
    • Accounts Payable
    • Family Accounts
    • Legal Requirements or as otherwise provided by Microsoft

Probably the easiest way at the time of writing is to make sure there is an account balance.

–jeroen

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Tijs Hofmans on Twitter: “LPT die echt werkt: in februari heb ik “Retour afzender: bewoner is gokverslaafd” op een ongevraagde loterijreclame gezet en sindsdien heb ik er nooit meer een gekregen. Loterijen HATEN hem!” / Twitter

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/05/30

[Archive] Tijs Hofmans on Twitter: “LPT die echt werkt: in februari heb ik “Retour afzender: bewoner is gokverslaafd” op een ongevraagde loterijreclame gezet en sindsdien heb ik er nooit meer een gekregen. Loterijen HATEN hem! …” / Twitter

Via

–jeroen

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Gazelle 02978 backlight pictures (via Bike Forums)

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/05/12

Since one of my bicycles got the same Gazelle 02978 backlight:

[Wayback/Archive] [Dutch bikes] Replacing Rollerbrake drum brake + Nexus 7s shifter – Bike Forums

Outside of Gazelle 02978 backlight

Outside of Gazelle 02978 backlight

Inside of Gazelle 02978 backlight

Inside of Gazelle 02978 backlight

The button on the back side (which you can press through the outer housing under the luggage carrier), is a simple on-off toggle, but you have to wait about 2 seconds between pressing twice (otherwise it won’t recognise the second press).

If I ever need to replace it, this is the current (at time of writing early 2022) replacement part number 8717118039984.

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MXbord.nl – live kaart met matrixborden en portalen met snelheid/kruisen

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/05/08

Cool:

Was op 6 januari 2022 handig vanwege totale afsluiting A2 door een politieactie.

Via:

Gerelateerd:

–jeroen

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