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Goedkoop vast internet is soms best duur – Wordt dit de zomer van goedkoper internet? – Achtergrond – Tweakers

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/11/17

Tips rond overstappen tussen ISPs:

[Wayback/Archive] Goedkoop vast internet is soms best duur – Wordt dit de zomer van goedkoper internet? – Achtergrond – Tweakers

--jeroen

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Notes on Oracle Cloud Free Tier (via «I got the “free forever” 4 core/24GB ARM VM from Oracle Cloud. What should I do with it?»)

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/02

Some notes (mainly links) on the Oracle Cloud Free Tier as at the time of writing it is the only provider with a “free forever” tier.

In the past for FOSS, there was [Wayback/Archive] Fosshost on Twitter: “@d_feldman Check out fosshost.org for an alternative to Oracle Cloud for ARM/AArch64. We are free, open source and you will never get bill shock. Open source projects must apply only.”, but at the end of 2022 they started to wind down their services as per [Wayback/Archive] Fosshost to Sunset Tenant Services

Fosshost to Sunset Tenant Services

At this time, Fosshost is deeply sorry to announce we are no longer able to continue offering our services.

Because of this, we strongly recommend all Fosshost tenants to backup their data immediately, and migrate elsewhere as soon as possible.

Oh before you begin: if you need a reverse DNS record then be sure to request that as soon as your free tier starts: at that time you have USD 300 credits for running paid services which includes the support to request reverse DNS records.

Anyway, many links on the Oracle OCI Cloud Free Tier (especially the ARM deal is great: lots of RAM as compared to the x86 VMs):

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Dr. Christopher Kunz: “To whom it may concern: It is …” – chaos.social

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/22

[Wayback/A] Dr. Christopher Kunz: “To whom it may concern: It is …” – chaos.social

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Ringvaartaquaduct | NavShip

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/09/04

Source: Ringvaartaquaduct | NavShip

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Privacy Policy – Bluesky: august 2025 update on personal data collected including unencrypted Direct Messages

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/22

[Wayback/Archive] Privacy Policy – Bluesky

8. Personal Data We Collect

We process, or our third-party providers may process for us, different kinds of Personal Data:
  1. Personal Data you provide
    1. Your Direct Messages. We store and process your direct messages so you can communicate directly with other users on the Bluesky App. These are unencrypted and can be accessed for Trust & Safety purposes.

was part of an update set including these:

I tried using the Wayback Machine to compare these to previous versions, but that did not succeed. Check for instance this comparison.

--jeroen

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Steps to enable remote control of a computer with Intel® AMT using MeshCommander

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/15

For my link archive to remotely administer some Intel 3060 Micro machines: [Wayback/Archive] Steps to enable remote control of a computer with Intel® AMT using MeshCommander

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WHY2025 Badge Case by Dynom | Download free STL model | Printables.com

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/08/02

If you are going to WHY2025, then you get an awesome badge.

Since the specs have been out for a while, now it’s time to find and 3D-print an enclosure for it.

A good start is this one:

https://www.printables.com/model/1372316-why2025-badge-case

jeroen

Related Blog post:

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Huis te koop: Wagenstraat 8 2161 ZM Lisse [Funda]

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/07/24

Friends were interested in this house: Wayback Huis te koop: Wagenstraat 8 2161 ZM Lisse [Funda]

Archived the links just in case they ever need part of it again.

Pictures in the order of their appearance on Funda:

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Some internet speeds during our holidays

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/07/24

I forgot to record a few locations, but here are some of the speedtest results during our holiday in Germany, Denmark and Norway.

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Pushing the Limits: Ultimate Upgrade Journey of a Macintosh SE/30 – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/07/11

Cool: almost maxed out!

[Wayback/Archive] Pushing the Limits: Ultimate Upgrade Journey of a Macintosh SE/30 – YouTube

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