I thought I had long gone blogged about the .URL file extension as it has been in Windows for some 25 years now to point to URLs, but I didn’t.
So here are two links on them:
Archive for the ‘Power User’ Category
URL File Extension – What is a .url file and how do I open it?
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/20
Posted in Power User, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Vista, Windows XP | Leave a Comment »
Keyboard shortcuts in social media: Twitter still tops is; BSKY needs a plugin; Mastodon is buggy
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/19
One reason I still use Twitter is that it trumps keyboard shortcuts over other social media I use.
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zxcvbn: Low-Budget Password Strength Estimation | USENIX
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/19
Many web-sites and password managers have a strength indicator built-in.
This is a really good example (with open source JavaScript code!) of one: [Wayback/Archive] zxcvbn: Low-Budget Password Strength Estimation | USENIX
Be aware though that it stores a plain text file named passwords.txt on your system (this seems to confuse some users, especially when their password is in it).
Homans password behaviour does not change much over time, so this half hour 2016 presentation on it is still current: [Wayback/Archive] USENIX Security ’16 – zxcvbn: Low-Budget Password Strength Estimation – YouTube for which you can download:
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Posted in Chrome, Development, Edge, Firefox, JavaScript/ECMAScript, Power User, Safari, Scripting, Software Development, Web Browsers, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 11 | 2 Comments »
Of interest – GitHub – t-d-k/LibreCrypt: LibreCrypt: Transparent on-the-fly disk encryption for Windows. LUKS compatible.
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/17
Of interest – despite the known issues and LUKS workaround through WSL – mainly as the majority was written in Delphi: [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – t-d-k/LibreCrypt: LibreCrypt: Transparent on-the-fly disk encryption for Windows. LUKS compatible.
Found when researching TFrame – What is the accepted way to use frames in Delphi? – Stack Overflow.
Related: Read the rest of this entry »
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Streeploos zelf ramen wassen (ook op hoogte): Unger Rinse ‘n Go + Get Shorty steel 5,2 m + Slang + Djex Brush | Glazenwasserswinkel
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/16
Voor het geval de glazenwasser er toch mee gaat ophouden: [Wayback/Archive] Unger Rinse ‘n Go + Get Shorty steel 5,2 m + Slang + Djex Brush | Glazenwasserswinkel
[Wayback/Archive] Streeploos ramen wassen met Unger Rinse ‘n Go! – YouTube
--jeroen
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PayPal domains to enable JavaScript for
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/16
I have JavaScript disabled in my browser and had to enable it for these domains to get PayPal working:
Without the first and last, Captchas nor 2FA would work.
[Wayback/Archive] Netify.ai: PayPal – Domains, IPs and App Information (which I found via [Wayback/Archive] domains used by paypal – Google Search) only lists primary domains (not subdomains like the above) and contains both paypal.com and paypalobjects.com.
The list is by Netify.ai, the company having Deep Packet Inspection products around the open source engine [Wayback/Archive] pcbaldwin/netifyd: The open-source Netify DPI engine is a standalone deep packet inspection agent that provides a flexible and affordable DPI solution for gateways, firewalls, SD-WAN, WiFi, IoT and other OEM devices..
–jeroen
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Running Android applications on Apple Silicon: is the Android Emulator from Android Studio the only option?
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/13
On my research list: running Anrdoid apps on Apple Silicon.
I wonder if using the Anrdoid Emulator from Android Studio the only straightforward option.
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How to restrict a Google search to results of a specific language? – Web Applications Stack Exchange
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/13
Note that below:
- the two-letter language code can be either lowercase or uppercase
- the two-letter country code needs to be UPPERCASE
[Wayback/Archive] How to restrict a Google search to results of a specific language? – Web Applications Stack Exchange (thanks [Wayback/Archive] ZygD):
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A PDF can run JavaScript, which means it can hosts a VM for Linux or Doom
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/12
A few years back, this question popped up: [Wayback/Archive] Embedding JS into PDF : cybersecurity
The answer is yes, and you can take this far. Virtualisation far. Which is what these repositories – both by [Wayback/Archive] ading2210 · GitHub – did:
- [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – ading2210/doompdf: A port of Doom (1993) that runs inside a PDF file
- [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – ading2210/linuxpdf: Linux running inside a PDF file via a RISC-V emulator
Via [Wayback/Archive] Angry Nerds Podcast – YouTube -> [Wayback/Archive] Angrynerds 235 – Automasturbator – YouTube -> 1540 seconds at [Wayback/Archive] Angrynerds 235 – Automasturbator – YouTube – t=5040s
1:24:00 Hadden we Doom in PDF-vorm al eens genoemd? https://github.com/ading2210/doompdf Er is een vervolg, nu gewoon linux draaien in een PDF https://github.com/ading2210/linuxpdf Dus in feite gewoon een PDF-VMetje
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unix – How come is this command returning “GET A LIFE!”? – Stack Overflow
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/06/11
Didn’t know nx had a scriptable RPN command-line calculator dc (for Desk Calculator) which does not seem to need white space characters in the input stream or input file.
It likely is a source for command-injection attacks given the question [Wayback/Archive] unix – How come is this command returning “GET A LIFE!”? – Stack Overflow, so I did a bit of digging and found this great platform:
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 