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Reminder to self: re-check the Dotpe API Security Breach — bool.dev

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/03/04

Still public merchant information

Still public merchant information

It looks like some store and merchang APIs were not protected back when [Wayback/Archive] Dotpe API Security Breach — bool.dev was published.

Reminder to self: check their status now as I can’t believe their “human error” got fixed properly.

History (reverse chronological order):

  1. [Wayback/Archive] How DotPe’s ‘Human Error’ Exposed Confidential Customer API Data
  2. [Wayback/Archive] Deedy on X: “Today, Google-backed DotPe locked down their APIs by rate-limiting by IP on /external/merchant and blocking others. They sent a legal notice to the author before fixing it and haven’t publicly acknowledged the issue at all. Companies must be held accountable for poor security.…”

    [Wayback/Archive] Tweet JSON: [Wayback/Archive] GYSlTthakAEoojp.png:orig (2346×1838)

  3. Now protected private API

    Now protected private API

    [Wayback/Archive] Deedy on X: “6 hours later, the API is still very much public! …”

    [Wayback/Archive] Tweet JSON: [Wayback/Archive] GYK38dXbkAEEEs_.jpg:orig (1358×1798)

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Use an iPad as a second display for a Mac – Apple Support

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/03/03

While recovering from cancer treatments and moving, I heavily cut down on spending money for my IT infrastructure as you can only spend money once.

Now that I have recovered quite a bit, and also gaining more income, I got more recent Apple hardware and could start to use this: [Wayback/Archive] Use an iPad as a second display for a Mac – Apple Support

It’s called Sidecar in Apple terminology and actually quite neat, though you need extra software to use the iPad in portrait mode (it is hard coded to landscape though a 10-inch iPad Pro fits very nicely in portrait position next to a 16-inch M1 MacBook Pro).

If I persist, I need to look at solutions like [Wayback/Archive] Rotated Sidecar · waydabber/BetterDisplay Wiki · GitHub ([Wayback/Archive] GitHub – waydabber/BetterDisplay: Unlock your displays on your Mac! Flexible HiDPI scaling, XDR/HDR extra brightness, virtual screens, DDC control, extra dimming, PIP/streaming, EDID override and lots more!)

Sidecar is part of Handoff, so these preconditions apply: [Wayback/Archive] Use Handoff to continue tasks on your other devices – Apple Support.

In the end, I think it is all based on AirDrop, especially because of the first Apple Support link above mentioning these “Additional requirements”:

Via:

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Forrest Brazeal on Twitter about their your process for learning a new technology or framework on the job

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/03/03

Interesting responses to [Wayback/Archive] Forrest Brazeal on Twitter: “People who’ve been software engineers for awhile: what’s your process for learning a new technology or framework on the job? (I want the beginners who follow me to read the replies carefully)”.

Not just interesting for beginners to read, but for any developer: understanding how other people acquire new technology helps you to compare your own way of learning to others.

Forrest keeps these simple steps as “[Wayback/Archive] For me:

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MacBook Red Screen Issue, or why I turned off True Tone and Night Shift

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/28

The winter after I bought my first ARM based (or Apple Silicon powered) MacBook I noticed that often about half an hour after sunset, within 10 seconds all the screens (the built-in and external ones) would get a red teint on them.

[Wayback/Archive] MacBook Red Screen Issue – SimplyMac was the very first search result, and mentioned this:

Adjusting Night Shift and True Tone

Night Shift and True Tone features can affect the color temperature of your display. Night Shift reduces blue light in the evenings, which can make the screen appear warmer. True Tone adjusts the display’s color temperature to match the ambient lighting. If these settings are misconfigured, they could contribute to the red screen issue. Check your Night Shift and True Tone settings in the Displays section of System Preferences to ensure they’re set correctly or turned off.

I had to turn off both Night Shift and True Tone to get rid of this artefact, though for some people that didn’t solve the issue: [Wayback/Archive] Screen has red tint at night (True Tone and Night Shift are Off) – Apple Community.

I fully agree with [Wayback/Archive] Am I the only one who prefers True Tone?* : macbookpro

The only thing I like about true tone is how great it looks when I turn it off.

…

I was soooo disappointed with how crap the display was on my M1 Max that I thought about selling it as soon as I got it. Decided to play around with display settings and found True Tone. Turned it off and felt immediate relief. That’s how bad I think True Tone is. Absolutely flabbergasted that Mac’s come out the box with it enabled.

My 2015 MBP screen looks better to me than a M series screen with True Tone on.

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Ester Naomi Perquin on Twitter: “… Wat is het Syndroom van Moeje eigenlijk en wat moet je ermee?”

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/28

Mooie draad: over “Wat is het Syndroom van Moeje eigenlijk en wat moet je ermee?”

Begin-tweet: [Wayback/Archive] Ester Naomi Perquin on Twitter: “Op speciaal verzoek van iemand met weinig geld en veel zorgen (die momenteel op dagelijke basis met #hetsyndroomvanmoeje te maken krijgt) vandaag nog even een kort draadje daarover. Wat is het Syndroom van Moeje eigenlijk en wat moet je ermee? 1/10”

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Some links on USB 2.0 and 3.0 galvanic isolators

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/27

Will likely need some of these in the future (be remember: USB 2.0 in Bulgaria and 3.0 in Germany price difference is about 10-fold) as galvanic isolation can reduce risks of gear blowing out a lot, for example when working with SDR (software-defined radio – often USB devices) and roof antennas:

Via

  1. [WaybackSave/Archive] Mehdi on X: “What is a (USB) galvanic isolator, and when do you need one? It protects your expensive USB gadgets and also your host computer/laptop from noise, ground loop and power surges. An isolator basically sits between your computer and the target device, allowing full USB data …”
  2. [WaybackSave/Archive] Mehdi on X: “@oktayegi If you mean whether SDRs also can work via this isolator, then yes. Almost every device should work. Here’s a SDRPlay: …”
  3. [WaybackSave/Archive] Ondra OK1CDJ/OL0M🇨🇿/SV0SYH/J42T🇬🇷 on X: “@MehdiHacks Check this…”
  4. [WaybackSave/Archive] ⚡bacteriophage⚡ on X: “@ok1cdj @MehdiHacks nah, based on ADUM4160 so only 12Mbps data rate. ADUM4165 with 480 Mbps is preferable”
  5. [WaybackSave/Archive] Archimago’s Musings: MEASUREMENTS: Intona 7055-C USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Isolator. And Darko & Lavorgna hear no difference with the Silent Angel ethernet switch. [Importance of open discussions.]

Pictures below the signature.

--jeroen

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On accessibility (thanks Bianca Prins!) and archivability.

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/27

A long while ago, I participated in a Twitter thread that started with a translation of some important accessibility posts by Bianca Prins, then extended it to the concept to archivability:

[WayBack] Thread by @jpluimers: “I am going to first translate this, then extend this to archivability…. @jpluimers […]” #UXdesign #accessibility.

TL;DR

  1. make sure what you create is accessible
  2. ensure your (online) content is archivable
  3. help archiving content

Let’s go

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Some interesting tweets by @isotopp and others on home power measurement and what to do to optimise energy usage at home

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/26

For my link archive (browse back and forth in the tweets: lots of useful tips):

[Wayback/Archive] Kris on Twitter: “@mausdompteur @HildebrandtRalf … Tasmota Support P1-mqtt in Python, für den oa Zuidwijk Slimme Lezer Diese Lösung setze ich ein.”

A few of his power usage pictures:

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GitHub – Sanakan8472/copy-dialog-lunar-lander: Play lunar lander in you windows file copy dialog

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/25

[Wayback/Archive] Sanakan8472/copy-dialog-lunar-lander: Play lunar lander in you windows file copy dialog

Hard

Via:

--jeroen

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Toeristenbelasting per gemeente 2025, plus overzicht belastingen Bollenstreek

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/24

[Wayback/Archive] Toeristenbelasting per gemeente 2025

via [Wayback/Archive] Toeristenbelasting in Zuid-Holland stijgt: in deze gemeenten betaal je meer dan vorig jaar

Gerelateerd

Allemaal via [Wayback/Archive] Overzicht tarieven | Belastingen Bollenstreek

Toeristenbelasting

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