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Inside a self-testing emergency exit sign. – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/12

I might to get a few of these for home.

–jeroen

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Treegonometry: Maths students have the solution for decorating the perfect Christmas tree – Latest – News – The University of Sheffield

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/12

A live calculator at [WayBack] Treegonometry: Maths students have the solution for decorating the perfect Christmas tree – Latest – News – The University of Sheffield

Via: [WayBack] 🎅🏻 Victor Hopman 🎄 on Twitter: “Gratis Kersttip, op deze site kun je exact uitrekenen hoeveel kerstballen en slingers je voor je boom nodig hebt, op basis van een wiskundige formule: https://t.co/RJwNby1SlP”

–jeroen

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The alphabet, in alphabetical order, in various languages – The Old New Thing

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/09

I had to lough so loud when I bumped into this [WayBack] The alphabet, in alphabetical order, in various languages – The Old New Thing.

I got there because I wanted a few examples of languages having more than 26 ASCII letters in their alphabet.

Basically all non English languages (:

–jeroen

 

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Oval car stickers – translating to ISO 3166-1

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/06

A while ago, I had to translate from the country codes used on cars to ISO country codes, so here are a few links:

–jeroen

 

 

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vlans for KPN/xs4all

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/02

Via WayBack Duitse providers mogen klanten geen router meer verplichten – IT Pro – Nieuws – Tweakers:

  • kpn/xs4all: TV on VLAN 4, internet on VLAN 6, VoIP on VLAN 7
  • kpn PPPoE: {macaddress}@direct-adsl, password: kpn
  • xs4all PPPoE: fb7390@xs4all.nl, password; xs4all

–jeroen

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Guidelines for WiFi access points at home/office

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/02

The first post (in Dutch) has quite a few good tips on improving WiFi at your home or office: [WayBack] Router D-Link moet snelheid van 2,1Gbit/s op 5GHz halen – Computer – Nieuws – Tweakers.

There is also a nice explanation of beamforce, where the video below gives a good visual indication on how it works.

–jeroen

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Client: “How much time will it take to finish this job?”- Your Ex-Waifu

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/09/24

From Client: “How much time will it take to finish this job?”- Your Ex-Waifu

Client: “How much time will it take to finish this job?”
Me: “About six weeks”
Client: “You have two weeks.”
Me: “OK, I’ll try to explain myself better.”

–jeroen

Video: https://www.tumblr.com/video/newandimprovedbeef/170394974576/500/

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USBKill – “kills” your machine when an unauthorised USB device is inserted or an authorised device is removed

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/09/18

Interesting article: [WayBack] USBKill – Wikipedia.

Tools:

Via: [WayBack] TIL: USBKill USBKill is anti-forensic software distributed via GitHub, written in Python for the BSD, Linux and OS X operating systems. It is designed… – Jürgen Christoffel – Google+

–jeroen

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7 Rules for Creativity Managers – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/09/18

Interesting video explaining there is a lot of work to do around me, meaning I probably need more in stead of less people around me (:

  • Nurture diversity: Creativity managers dislike brains being the same.
  • Create markets: Creativity managers favor coopetition in networks.
  • Rely on merits: Creativity managers embrace networks and gameplay.
  • Make no predictions: Creativity managers keep many options open.
  • Update the workplace: Creativity managers work the environment.
  • Change constraints: Creativity managers optimize for exploration.
  • Open boundaries: Creativity managers connect instead of protect.

Via [WayBack] 7 Rules for Creativity Managers – Marjan Venema – Google+ (who is a great coach).

–jeroen

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Amazon EC2 Instance Comparison, and RDS Instance comparison

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/09/14

When you have the forrest and trees problem on Amazon Instances, then these will help a lot:

It is open source too: [WayBack] GitHub – powdahound/ec2instances.info: Amazon EC2 instance comparison site

Found this because I wanted to know instance difference because the 2018 addition of local NVMe storage to C5/M5 instances:

–jeroen

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