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Celebrate Email Debt Forgiveness Day!

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/04/30

If there’s an email response you’ve wanted to send but been too anxious to send, you can send it today

[Wayback] Celebrate Email Debt Forgiveness Day! | Email Debt Forgiveness Day

Via: [Archive.is] Ionica Smeets on Twitter: “Voor wie net als ik nog wat achterstallige mails heeft: komende vrijdag is het email debt forgiveness day”

–jeroen


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Thoughts on ix500; should I get an ix1500?

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/04/30

Some of my thoughts on [WayBack] AW: NetzwerkfΓ€higer Dokumentenscanner?:

I use a Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500 scanner for this plus a Windows VM that automatically logs on.

It is out of production now, but I think most of the below holds as the successor ix1500 is very similar (ix500 announcementΒ https://www.fujitsu.com/sg/about/res…-20181002.html)

Before the ix500, I used a Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 which had similar capabilities as the ix500 but was a lot slower.

Cool things:

  • included software can do OCR and scan to a path the Windows user has accessΒ to
  • the scanner is fast, and does a stack of A4 full duplex automatically at a few seconds per page scanning on the scanner and 5-10 seconds per page OCR on a 1.2 Ghz dual core VM
  • no fiddling from within the scanner to get network stuff working, or to keep it up-to-date on protocol changes

Drawbacks:

  • the software pops up a dialog after each scan, so I wrote this: https://bitbucket.org/jeroenp/wiert….onsoleProject/
  • you need a Windows PC that is logged on (so the software does work), which means I configured a VM to auto-logon
  • WiFi 2.4 Ghz only (no ethernet interface, no 5 Ghz WiFi)
  • you need USB on the same VM connected to the scanner once to configure WiFI
  • like any hardware/software combination, sometimes the scanner or Windows VM need a reboot, for instance when it looses network or USB connection

The ix1500 has a touch screen instead of 2 buttons, so it might be that it has more standalone functionalities than the ix500.

Since I need a second scanner in a second place, I might get an ix1500 after the summer.

–jeroen

–jeroen

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Oud papier en karton – Gemeente Amsterdam

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/04/27

Voor mijn linkarchief (dacht dat ik die al gepost had, maar kennelijk vergeten):

[Wayback/Archive.is] Oud papier en karton – Gemeente Amsterdam:

Bekijk hier wat er in de bak voor papier mag. En in welke wijken van Centrum, Nieuw-West, Noord, Zuid of Zuidoost papier en karton ook bij u thuis wordt opgehaald.


Stadsdeel Nieuw-West: een eigen rolcontainer

Alleen in de Bergwijk krijgt u een rolcontainer voor oud papier en karton.

Uw rolcontainer wordt elke 4 weken geleegd. Bekijk op welke dagen dit gebeurt.

Bergwijk

  • vrijΒ­dagΒ 29 jaΒ­nuΒ­aΒ­ri 2021
  • vrijΒ­dagΒ 26 feΒ­bruΒ­aΒ­ri 2021
  • vrijΒ­dagΒ 26 maartΒ 2021
  • vrijΒ­dag 23 april 2021
  • vrijΒ­dag 21 mei 2021
  • vrijΒ­dagΒ 18 juni 2021
  • vrijΒ­dagΒ 16 juli 2021
  • vrijΒ­dagΒ 13 auΒ­gusΒ­tus 2021
  • vrijΒ­dag 10 sepΒ­temΒ­ber 2021
  • vrijΒ­dagΒ 8 okΒ­toΒ­ber 2021
  • vrijΒ­dagΒ 5 noΒ­vemΒ­ber 2021
  • vrijΒ­dagΒ 3 deΒ­cemΒ­ber 2021
  • vrijΒ­dag 31 deΒ­cemΒ­ber

U kunt uw rolcontainer op de avond voor de ophaaldag vanaf 21.00 uur op de dichtstbijzijnde aanbiedplaats voor grof afval zetten.

–jeroen

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Dutch: briefjes van 10 en 5 euro opnemen (withdrawing small valued banknotes)

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/04/26

In sommige gevallen wil je geld in kleinere coupures opnemen, bijvoorbeeld in biljetten van 5 of 10 euro.

Het is niet makkelijk om hier informatie over te vinden, maar gelukkig bood de web-care uitkomst:

ABN AMRO

ABN heeft hier op sommige kantoren een automaat voor die een “retail mix” uitgeeft. Sommige van die automaten zijn 24 uur per dag beschikbaar.

Er is geen kaartje, maar wel een lijst van die kantoren op [WayBack] Locatie Retailmix – Retailmix MKB – ABN AMRO

Via [WayBack] ABN AMRO on Twitter: “Hallo Jeroen. Er zijn een aantal automaten verspreid over Nederland waar ook nog briefjes van 5 euro te pinnen zijn. Hier https://t.co/iAquvwO2oX vind je daar een overzicht van. Op de geldautomaat zit een sticker met ‘Retailmix’. Werkt de link? ^Janwalter… https://t.co/IyOXUo9WLq”

Gerelateerd:

ING Bank

Thread

–jeroen

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BMW E46 Touring Automatic boot opening – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/04/26

User Bmw e46 320d Touring mentions this:

For this to work the following is needed:

Basically this “FUNKTIONEN_TOURING” is to open a tailgate glass lid on touring model with key fob trunk button. If set to “aktiv” it will unlock/open tailgate glass lid, if set to “nicht_aktiv” it will unlock trunk lid with key trunk button.

More on NCS-expert:

–jeroen

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UV warning image stickers

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/04/09

Via uv warning sticker – Google Search:

 

–jeroen

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West Side Story: Percussionist’s Perspective – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/04/05

So you thought percussion was easy? Try repeating Joe Martone playing parts of West Side Story:

–jeroen

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Do we have songs with Triangelist? 😁🀘 | Metal Amino

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/04/02

[WayBack] Do we have songs with Triangelist? 😁🀘 | Metal Amino

Via:

–jeroen

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Ship Your Enemies Glitter

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/04/01

If you’re out of prank ideas: [WayBack]Β Ship Your Enemies Glitter

Prank your Friends and Enemies. Let us send them some stupid glitter that is guaranteed to go everywhere. You don’t have to move a muscle. Just tell us their address, write a funny note, and leave the rest up to the pros. Prank on Demand!<

Via:

–jeroen

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Warn me whenever and where you are going to use these adapter patterns

Posted by jpluimers on 2021/03/30

Well known in the software development bubble: Adapter pattern – Wikipedia.

If you ever are going to apply the below ones at the hardware level, please warn me in advance when and where you are going to.

~0.5 Ampère over an almost zero sized contact surface is for sure going to result in some burns eventually.

DO NOT EVER DO THIS

Juha is an irresponsible father of two, Nikita reckless, and it’s not just Julien’s tweets that have a life expectancy.

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