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An overview to find your way in the Logitech Webcams model forrest

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/22

If you are like me, you cannot find your way in the Logitech webcam model woods. This article likely helps: [WayBackAll Top Logitech Webcams Compared (Including the 4k PRO/Brio) – Pipe Blog

Logitech launched 7 consumer/business webcams since the initial C920. This table compares them all in terms of resolution, mic, etc. PDF version available.

–jeroen

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xkcd: Is It Worth the Time?

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/22

Thanks +Stefan Glienke for pointing me at [WayBackxkcd: Is It Worth the Time?

Background information: [WayBack1205: Is It Worth the Time? – explain xkcd

–jeroen

via: via: [WayBackJust installed … and again I have to …

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Lidl W5 oils are identical to Pennasol types

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/18

For my link archive: [WayBackW5motorolja på Lidl

Ihr Fax vom 21.10.2009

Sehr geehrter Herr Stanusic,

gern bestätigen wir Ihnen, dass entsprechend der folgenden Aufstellung die Produkte identisch sind.

PENNASOL Multigrade Super HD 15W40 = W5 CARCARE Engine Oil 15W40
PENNASOL Super Light 10W40 = W5 Ecotech Engine Oil 10W40
PENNASOL Super Pace 5W40 = W5 Supertech Engine Oil 5W40
Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Mineralöl-Raffinerie Dollbergen GmbH

i.V. Hartmann i.A. Fricke

On the label:

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Practical Color Theory for People Who Code

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/18

Recommented reading and playing: [Archive.isPractical Color Theory for People Who Code which is not just about the colour wheel, but also about:

  • desaturation
  • mixing
  • contrast for tints and shades

Oh: don’t forge the “Party Mode” (:

–jeroen

PS:

 

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These bone-conduction glasses are on sale for less than USD 70…

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/15

From a while back, but intrigued me as I wasn’t aware that bon conduction devices had become so affordable.

[WayBack] These bone-conduction glasses are on sale for $69 Would you wear them? They can be fitted with sunglasses or prescription lenses, and you can use the… – Mike Elgan – Google+

My ~60 dBA Unilateral hearing loss – Wikipedia of my left ear is only through the air: my bone conduction hearing loss – though still significant – is far less.

Since my right ear is very good, a regular hearing aid is of no use: the human brain effectively shuts down the left ear when the quality difference between the two ears is too large.

For listening to music or phone conversations however, conduction based hearing might allow me to get a bit more of a stereo sound.

Time to find out which ones work for me and which don’t, so here are a few links that describe (lists of) potential devices:

  • [WayBack] Are bone conduction headphones good enough yet? – The Verge
  • Bone conduction headphones are the best and only true open ear headphones. They allow users to take calls or listen to music while still being completely aware of their surroundings. They’re an awesome alternative to traditional headphones.[WayBack] Best Bone Conduction Headphones of 2018: A Complete Guide –Everyday Hearing
  • The first and most important thing you should know is that bone conduction headphones are nowhere near traditional headphones (no matter if they are on-ear, over-ear, in-ear) when it comes to sound quality. Even those really expensive bone conduction headphones (AfterShokz Trekz Titanium and Trekz Air) are not as good as some average traditional headphones. So, if you are looking for high-fidelity sound, you are in the wrong place. Traditional headphones offer much better sound quality with much cleaner and punchier bass than bone conduction headphones. Bass response is probably the worst thing about bone conduction headphones.On the positive side, bone conduction headphones leave your ears open and allow them to breathe. If you can’t stand having your ears covered or having something inside your ear canal, bone conduction headphones might be the solution you’ve been looking for (the earpieces of bone conduction headphones usually rest on the temporal or lower jaw bones (mandibles), right in front of your ears).

    Because of this open-ear design, bone conduction headphones make you more aware of your surroundings. You will be able to hear all that’s going on around you while listening to music, and if that’s something you prefer, bone conduction headphones are the best choice.

    [WayBack] 9 Best Bone Conduction Headphones In 2018 – AudioReputation.com

–jeroen

Pictures from the Verge and Everyday Hearing

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SD cards solutions to add 256 gigabyte to your non USB-C Retina MacBook

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/12

I was asked what I used to extend my Retina Macbook storage. Mine still has an SD-card slot so the sit flush solutions below work fine.

I could have used USB-3 to micro-SD card adapters that sit flush.

There are no USB-C to micro-SD adapters that sit flush, so they do not work for more modern Retina MacBook devices.

Via: [WayBack] Haha wow. Apple announced new Macbook Pro’s just little over 6 months after they did the last models. And now you do get all the stuff you wanted back then… – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+ (except 32 gigabyte RAM, that’s for later).

Either [WayBackTranscend 256GB JetDrive Lite 360 Storage Expansion Card for 15-Inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display (TS256GJDL360)

Or the adapter [WayBack] BASEQI aluminum microSD Adapter for MacBook Pro 15″ Retina (Late 2013 onwards) and one of:

–jeroen

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Google verlaagt prijzen opslagdienst Drive en komt met familieabonnement – Computer – Nieuws – Tweakers

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/28

Google heeft de prijzen voor veel abonnementen op de betaalde opslagdienst Drive verlaagd. Ook komt er een optie om verschillende betaalde abonnementen onder te brengen op een rekening. De gratis optie om 15GB op te slaan blijft bestaan.

[WayBack] Google verlaagt prijzen opslagdienst Drive en komt met familieabonnement – Computer – Nieuws – Tweakers

Quotes:

Daarboven komt nog de onzekerheid dat als je “per ongeluk” de voorwaarden van google schendt in één van hun diensten, ze je gehele account kunnen blokkeren zonder wederwoord. Je zou niet de eerste zijn die zich in de haren krabt en zich afvraagt waarom je in godsnaam van de ene op de andere dag geblokkeerd bent zonder dat je iemand kan contacteren om te vragen waarom.
Om deze reden doe ik regelmatig een sync met een andere clouddienst. Je betaalt dan wel wat meer maar dan heb je tenminste de zekerheid beschermt te zijn tegen zulke willekeur

 

Niemand hier die G Suite van Google gebruikt? Ik heb daar het business abonnement en betaal iets van 8 euro in de maand voor onbeperkte opslag. Er zit dan wel een 1TB limiet aan als je minder dan 5 accounts op je domeinnaam hebt staan, maar dat hanteren ze niet en ik denk na deze verandering bij Drive al helemaal niet.

Ik zet werkelijk alles op dat G Suite account, gewoon omdat het kan. Echter ben ik wel huiverig over het feit dat Google zomaar je account zou kunnen aflsuiten als je een bestand op je Drive hebt staan met copyright en macht met een hash die bij hun bekend is. Ik sla hele belangrijke bestanden dan ook altijd nog op, op mijn lokale NAS, thuis.

 

Ik gebruik hetzelfde al sinds oktober 2017 en heb er ondertussen 20TB op staan. Kan ook bevestigen dat ze de 5 gebruiker regel niet toepassen in de praktijk.

Persoonlijk raad ik wel aan om alles lokaal te encrypten/decrypten en dan naar drive uploaden. Dit kan makkelijk met de crypt module van rclone https://rclone.org/crypt/

Heb al screenshots van mensen gezien die er 200TB hebben op staan.

Zeker als hoge upload snelheid (zelf heb ik 1gbit) hebt is dit een goede oplossing voor offsite replicatie / cold storage voor je lokale backups.

Overigens is er wel een 10TB download en 750GB upload limiet per dag. Ben zelf al een paar keer tegen het upload limiet aangelopen maar denk dat dit voor de meeste gebruikers geen probleem is.

Als backup tool gebruik ik op dit moment https://duplicacy.com/

 

Zoiets heb ik inderdaad ook al eens gehoord, tevens heb ik een meerdere chats van Google vernomen dat er niets mee aan de hand is als je dat doet, de medewerker zelf had ook meerdere bestanden met copyright op zijn Drive staan.

De key lijkt dus dat je het gewoon niet deelt, want dan is het natuurlijk mogelijk dat de link op internet verschijnt en je in feite materiaal met copyright verspreid en dan wordt het natuurlijk een ander verhaal.

Heb ook nog met de woordvoerder op Twitter een chat gehad (Rachid Finge) en die heeft aangegeven ook G Suite te gebruiken voor persoonlijk gebruik. Screenshot

Ik denk dat we dus redelijk veilig zitten met het gebruik van G Suite voor persoonlijk gebruik, ik kan het dus iedereen aanraden, zeker als je meer dan 2TB denk te gaan gebruiken!

 

 

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Max Schrems on Twitter: “WTF?! So the “solution” of #Facebook, #Goolge or #Microsoft for #GDPR is to claim they have a “legitimate interest” to take all the data they can get their hands on and use it for any of their “products” (incl. ads)… 😧😭 #BeggingForThe4Percent”

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/18

Interesting thread at [WayBack] Max Schrems on Twitter: “WTF?! So the “solution” of #Facebook, #Goolge or #Microsoft for #GDPR is to claim they have a “legitimate interest” to take all the data they can get their hands on and use it for any of their “products” (incl. ads)… 😧😭 #BeggingForThe4Percent”.

For instance for Google at [WayBack] Privacy Policy – Privacy & Terms – Google:

This updated version of our Privacy Policy takes effect on May 25, 2018. See the current version of the policy

When we’re pursuing legitimate interests

We process your information for our legitimate interests and those of third parties while applying appropriate safeguards that protect your privacy. This means that we process your information for things like:

  • Providing, maintaining, and improving our services to meet the needs of our users
  • Developing new products and features that are useful for our users
  • Understanding how people use our services to ensure and improve the performance of our services
  • Customizing our services to provide you with a better user experience
  • Marketing to inform users about our services
  • Providing advertising to make many of our services freely available for users
  • Detecting, preventing, or otherwise addressing fraud, abuse, security, or technical issues with our services
  • Protecting against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, our users, or the public as required or permitted by law
  • Performing research that improves our services for our users and benefits the public
  • Fulfilling obligations to our partners like developers and rights holders
  • Enforcing legal claims, including investigation of potential violations of applicable Terms of Service

–jeroen

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I’m looking for 12V G4 LED bulbs with a 30mm maximum length (including pins),…

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/08

I’m still looking for 12V G4 LED bulbs with a 30mm maximum length (including pins), preferably:

  • dimmable
  • more than 1W power
  • wide angle
  • no flickering

I found near angle ones at https://www.calex.nl/product/LEDG4-1-5W-3000/ (see picture below).

The G+ link has a suggestion, but I’m looking for more options so I can compare.

Via: [WayBackI’m looking for 12V G4 LED bulbs with a 30mm maximum length (including pins),… – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+

PS: That G+ thread revealed

http://www.supersunled.com/product/1-watt-g4-led-bulb/. This bulb is dimmable, height is 30mm, 360 degree beam angle, 110-130lm.

[WayBack] Omni-directional G4 LED Bulb – 12V 1W G4 Light Bulb

–jeroen

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Dear Twitter: masked passwords are not the same as hashed passwords. Please refrain from storing them in any recoverable form.

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/04

Apparently Twitter not only logged plain text passwords, but they handle them in a masked form:

Keeping your account secure

When you set a password for your Twitter account, we use technology that masks it so no one at the company can see it. We recently identified a bug that stored passwords unmasked in an internal log. We have fixed the bug, and our investigation shows no indication of breach or misuse by anyone. Out of an abundance of caution, we ask that you consider changing your password on all services where you’ve used this password. Learn more

This seems to imply passwords are not hashed, but can be recovered into plain text.

Please Twitter, ensure that passwords are never recoverable.

Note: after changing your password at https://twitter.com/settings/password visit https://twitter.com/settings/applications

–jeroen

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