This is so cool:
https://x.com/ClintRutkas/status/1924512886229225567
–jeroen
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The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source – Windows Developer Blog
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/05/19
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GitHub – PiSCSI/piscsi: PiSCSI allows a Raspberry Pi to function as emulated SCSI devices (hard disk, CD-ROM, and others) for vintage SCSI-based computers and devices. This is a fork of the RaSCSI project by GIMONS.
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/04/08
Cool (and available both for regular Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Pi Zero):
[Wayback/Archive] GitHub – PiSCSI/piscsi: PiSCSI allows a Raspberry Pi to function as emulated SCSI devices (hard disk, CD-ROM, and others) for vintage SCSI-based computers and devices. This is a fork of the RaSCSI project by GIMONS.
I wonder how it compares feature wise and performance wise to [Wayback/Archive] BlueSCSI (which is Raspberry Pi Pico based, see [Wayback/Archive] index – BlueSCSI v2 Documentation, and now has a [Wayback/Archive] BlueSCSI Wi-Fi Desk Accessory – joshua stein which is open source at [Wayback/Archive] jcs/wifi_da – BlueSCSI Wi-Fi Desk Accessory for classic Mac OS – AmendHub and important to for instance [Wayback/Archive] Adding Wi-Fi to the Macintosh Portable – joshua stein).
Via [Wayback/Archive] The RaSCSI is MAGIC for Old Macs (and Much More!) – YouTube
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Notities voor rondreis met auto in IJsland (al dan niet met eigen auto)
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/03/17
- [Wayback/Archive] Rondreis in IJsland met eigen wagen en overtocht met de Smyril Line ferry vanuit Denemarken
- [Wayback/Archive] 19-Daagse autorondreis door IJsland met eigen auto in vakantiewoningen – BBI-Travel
- [Wayback/Archive] Rondreis IJsland met eigen auto, met de Faeröer – Askja Reizen
Via [WaybackSave/Archive] Henk on X: “@jpluimers @maddyverburg @Walrathis”
Query [Wayback/Archive] rondreis eigen auto ijsland – Google Search
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Ook voor de overheid is de (ook aangetekende) postbezorging van PostNL slecht: NOS.nl – Zorgen van ombudsman over onbetrouwbare bezorging post van overheid
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/03/02
Ook voor de overheid is de (ook aangetekende) postbezorging van PostNL slecht: [Wayback/Archive] Zorgen van ombudsman over onbetrouwbare bezorging post van overheid
De bezorging van post van de overheid door PostNL is onbetrouwbaar, stelt de Nationale ombudsman.
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De ombudsman zegt dat de overheid verantwoordelijk blijft voor het bezorgen van de post, ook als die het door PostNL laat doen. “Dus of de overheid zorgt dat de post goed aankomt, of de overheid helpt de burger die hierdoor in de knel komt. Zo simpel is het.”Kassa vroeg verschillende overheidsinstanties om een reactie op de brief van de ombudsman. Tien instanties reageerden, waaronder de Raad voor de rechtspraak. “Vanuit de Rechtspraak zijn er diverse overleggen geweest met PostNL om PostNL tot verbetering van de (aangetekende) postbezorging te bewegen. Dit lijkt tot op heden helaas tot onvoldoende resultaat te hebben geleid.”
--jeroen
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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
Via:
- [Wayback/Archive] Richard Kogelnig on Twitter: Have some amusement on a Monday morning: A friend made a lunar lander game which hooks into the Windows copy dialog “While running, the app will detect all windows copy dialogs and paint a game overlay on top of them while they are focused.”
- [Wayback/A] Kris on Twitter: “GitHub – Sanakan8472/copy-dialog-lunar-lander: Play lunar lander in you windows file copy dialog Via @JollyOrc”
--jeroen
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3 Ways to Convert Kindle to PDF for Free
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/24
After last weeks post Download your Kindle books soon, because Amazon will block them after February 25, 2025. Since I could not get a physical Kindle on time, I decided to do the conversion on Windows as:
- the conversion without a physical Kindle required Kindle 1.17 for MacOS or Windows
- finding the Kindle 1.17 for Windows was way easier because Chocolatey pointed me right to the executable¹ when installing 1.17
- ² finding the Kindie 1.17 for MacOS was hard because it had been deprecated by Homebrew and finding back the 1.17 version was too hard.
[Wayback/Archive] How to Remove DRM From Kindle Books [DRM-free books 2025 ] has steps not just for a physical Kindle, but also when running Kindle 1.17 on MacOS or Windows.
Windows was easiest to find through [Wayback/Archive] Chocolatey Software | Kindle for PC 1.17 which mentions how to try to install version 1.17. That leads to the below mentioned error which mentions the download location and full filename.
The downloads/installers you need are at:
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Thread by @lauriewired on Thread Reader App – SSDs are *shockingly* bad at power off retention, esp if it’s near it’s endurance rating.
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/17
[Wayback/Archive] Thread by @lauriewired on Thread Reader App – SSDs are shockingly bad at power off retention, esp if it’s near it’s endurance rating.
Your files are dying.
That SSD you keep in the closet, the one from your old system “just in case”. Yup, degrading as we speak.
SSDs are *shockingly* bad at power off retention, esp if it’s near it’s endurance rating.
The JEDEC standard only requires 1 year of unpowered data retention at 30C after max TBW (writes).
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Corran Addison – The best, most cogent and elegantly simple explanation into the inexplicably destructive negotiating processes of the president,by Prof. David Honig of Indiana University. | Facebook
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/02/03
[WaybackSave/Archive] Corran Addison – The best, most cogent and elegantly simple explanation into the inexplicably destructive negotiating processes of the president,by Prof. David Honig of Indiana University. | Facebook
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So when you approach international negotiation, in a world as complex as ours, with integrated economies and multiple buyers and sellers, you simply must approach them through integrative bargaining. If you attempt distributive bargaining, success is impossible.
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From a professional negotiation point of view, Trump isn’t even bringing checkers to a chess match. He’s bringing a quarter that he insists of flipping for heads or tails, while everybody else is studying the chess board to decide whether its better to open with Najdorf or Grünfeld.
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Via [WaybackSave/Archive] Andrea on X: “This is an old post that is making the rounds again. It is an interesting read…”
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GitHub – lightpanda-io/browser: Lightpanda: the headless browser designed for AI and automation
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/26
Lightpanda: the headless browser designed for AI and automation
lightpanda.io
— Read on github.com/lightpanda-io/browser
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Security through transparency: RP2350 Hacking Challenge results are in – Raspberry Pi
Posted by jpluimers on 2025/01/15
Wow, so many valuable lessons learned in [Wayback/Archive] Security through transparency: RP2350 Hacking Challenge results are in – Raspberry Pi
Plus another challenge that they will start in a week:
As a component of the broader RP2350 security architecture, we’ve been working to develop an implementation of AES which is hardened against side-channel attacks (notably differential power analysis), and we’ll be challenging you to defeat it. Check back next week for more details.
Plus of course the very important last sentence:
All vendors have security vulnerabilities in their chips. We are unusual because we talk about them, and aim to fix them, rather than brushing them under the carpet. Security through transparency is here to stay.
Via: [WaybackSave/Archive] RPi Spy on X: “Security through transparency: RP2350 Hacking Challenge results are in … #RaspberryPi”
--jeroen
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