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When a cross-head screw is not Philips, and you might need a JIS screwdriver

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/06

A while ago, when messing with some Asian electronics, I found that the cross-head screws in it do not fit Philips screwdrivers well.

The cause is the use of JIS (Japanese Industry Standard) cross-head screws in Japan and some other Asian regions.

JIS screws can also been found in other Asian mechanical stuff like motor-cycles and cars.

Here are some links about JIS screws and screwdrivers.

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Tried to find the original of “The Netherlands after a huge western storm” map

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/03

TL;DR: the picture is at the bottom; I think it is the original.

A few years ago, slightly before a big storm hit The Netherlands ([WayBack] Storm Ciara – Wikipedia), I bumped into a similar “after storm map” that had shifted cities towards the east emphasising in a funny way the expected strength of the storm.

They appeared on both Facebook and Twitter:

The second image was larger, but did not show text “Belgium” nor the upper islands from the first image. Furthermore the first image had a “@goedverhaallekkerkort” bookmark, which – on social media – usually is a sign the image is not original.

So I had to go and find an image based on the first (as it had the most data) but with larger dimensions than the second.

Using “Image Search”  for the image [Archive.is] atlas – Google Search and [Archive.is] storm kaart nederland – Google Search revealed many relatively small images, but also one larger image in the 20200209 post [WayBack] Oeps zo is de kaart morgen als de storm is gaan liggen😂😂😂 via [Archive.is] Google Image Result for https://stoprokenblog.nl/blog_img/w/74498-WbfGk-original.jpeg and 20180119 post [WayBack] Gewoon een verzameling hilarische foto’s #921 – VK Magazine.

I think the final one is the original: it is sharper, and has all the elements mentioned above.

Is this now the famous OSINT? Is it the original one?

–jeroen

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When to get your Covid-19 vaccine booster: (German) Wie gut wirkt die Coronaimpfung noch? | Tagesspiegel

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/03

Cool little web app at [Wayback/Archive] Wie gut wirkt die Coronaimpfung noch? | Tagesspiegel

Via:

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VO2max cycle test: Åstrand-Rhyming Cycle Ergometer Test

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/03

For my link archive:

In februari 2020, I was at 43.5 aged 50 while starting preparation for rectum cancer surgery (weight 85 kg, after 6 minutes warming up at 125 watt, a steady 138 bpm after 6 minute cycling at 150 watt with 60 rpm).

I thought this was remarkably high for how I felt, which was likely because I had had 35 years of training in a marching band on abdominal breathing.

–jeroen

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LanguageTool – Online Grammar, Style & Spell Checker (English, German, Dutch, French, …)

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/12/02

Cool when writing texts in languages I don’t often write in, so I can read them better than I write them:

[Wayback/Archive.is] LanguageTool – Online Grammar, Style & Spell Checker

It supports English (many variations, including US and UK English), German (Swiss and Austrian German too!), Dutch, and many other languages.

–jeroen

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Score-checklist klachten/eigenschappen/symptomen voor kwaliteit van leven

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/11/26

[WayBack] stomaatjelidy on Twitter: “@caseofdees @jpluimers Wmo dordrecht heeft zoiets” / Twitter

–jeroen

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SNPG – Aanmelden patiënten met een afweerstoornis voor derde prik tegen het Covid-19 coronavirus

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/11/22

[Wayback/Archive] SNPG – Aanmelden patiënten met een afweerstoornis voor derde prik

Om een patiënt door te verwijzen kunt u een uitnodigingsbrief aanmaken door het volgende formulier in te vullen: [Wayback/Archive] www.formdesk.nl/rivm2/immuno2021. Als u de naam, het adres, woonplaats en emailadres van de patiënt invult in wordt er een uitnodigingsbrief aangemaakt. Dit gebeurt onder AVG-voorwaarden, het RIVM heeft geen toegang tot deze gegevens.

Via [Archive] Valerie van de Flier on Twitter: “Hier kunnen artsen het aanmeldingsformulier vinden: … “

–jeroen

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Thread by @SNeurotypicals: Neurotypical social skills develop very early on. They are making friends at 5 and negotiating complex diplomatic scenarios at 10…

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/11/19

Interesting observation [WayBack] Thread by @SNeurotypicals:

Neurotypical social skills develop very early on. They are making friends at 5 and negotiating complex diplomatic scenarios at 10. This can cause NT parents to despair that their kids are behind, and have stopped developing at 8 or 10 or 18 or 25. But we haven’t. 
For many NDs, social skills development just takes longer. Lacking the innate instincts of neurotypicals, we have to build our frameworks using experience and the scientific method. It takes sophisticated skills and higher order thinking. I hit my stride in my late 20s. 

and [WayBack] later on (on neurotypicals versus neurodivergents:

it’s the double empathy problem. They don’t understand us or themselves, we don’t understand them or ourselves (to begin with), but the onus is on us to fix it so we end up having to figure out both sides. It’s an achievement that we make any headway at all.

Related:

–jeroen

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Effectiviteit van COVID-19 vaccinatie tegen ziekenhuis- en intensive-care-opname in Nederland (stand eind oktober 2021)

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/11/19

I wanted to know how well protected in the Dutch context my vaccination against Covid-19 with the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was, so I asked [Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “Waar vind ik cijfers rond AstraZeneca voor de groep onder de 60 (met name voor zorgverleners die daarmee gevaccineerd zijn en vaak een hoger risico lopen vanwege veel contacten omdat ze in de zorg werken)… “ and got this:

–jeroen

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Dutch vattenfall outgoing mail servers: energierapport, accounts

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/11/19

  • energy report: mailzgbazb.mail.dmdelivery.com [91.197.72.102]
  • account activation o16789100x225.outbound-mail.sendgrid.net [167.89.100.225]

Via:

–jeroen

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