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Ladies and gentlemen, Tim Berners-Lee and Vint Cerf.

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/04/01

[WayBack] Ladies and gentlemen, Tim Berners-Lee and Vint Cerf. – Steven Vaughan-Nichols – Google+

Related:

–jeroen

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Forde’s Tenth Rule, or, “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and ❤ the State Machine”

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/04/01

It is important to look beyond your own comfort zone to see what other languages can support: [WayBack] Forde’s Tenth Rule, or, “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and ❤ the State Machine”.

The article is about implementing finite state machines in JavaScript with as little usage of string literals as possible.

Via: [WayBack] How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the State Machine – Adrian Marius Popa – Google+

–jeroen

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Ian Sausage on Twitter: “Me: What’s the wifi password? Barman: You need to buy a drink first. Me: Okay, I’ll have a coke. ..”

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/04/01

Great thread with many nice WiFi passwords, network names and device names: [WayBackIan Sausage on Twitter: “Me: What’s the wifi password? Barman: You need to buy a drink first. Me: Okay, I’ll have a coke…”.

Other nice network names or passwords from the same thread:

–jeroen

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Version Control in Visual Studio Code: view Git output window

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/03/31

Since the Git output by default is not shown, here is how to enable it:

[WayBack] Version Control in Visual Studio Code: Git output window

You can always peek under the hood to see the Git commands we are using. This is helpful if something strange is happening or if you are just curious. :)

To open the Git output window, run View > Output and select Git from the dropdown.

Or shorter on MacOS:

  1. Press CmdShiftP
  2. Type show git output
  3. Press enter

–jeroen

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Corona informatie in begrijpelijke taal

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/03/31

Veel doelgroepen hebben meer begrijpelijke taal nodig.

Deze sites helpen je verder:

–jeroen

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Excel formula: SUMIFS with multiple criteria and OR logic | Exceljet

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/03/31

As I need this one day:

To sum based on multiple criteria using OR logic, you can use the SUMIFS function with an array constant. In the example shown, the formula in H6 is:

=SUM(SUMIFS(E4:E11,D4:D11,{"complete","pending"}))

Source: [WayBackExcel formula: SUMIFS with multiple criteria and OR logic | Exceljet

–jeroen

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Printing all DNS records using DNSPython in Python 3 · GitHub

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/03/31

Cool example, which requires dnspython and might need an update of the DNS record type list (maybe dnspython has that list built in?):

[WayBack] Printing all DNS records using DNSPython in Python 3 · GitHub

–jeroen

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My other computer is a data center Stickers and T-shirts — DevStickers

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/03/30

Want : [WayBackMy other computer is a data center Stickers and T-shirts — DevStickers

Via: [WayBack] Ich trage schon seit dem Studium schon keine Uhr mehr, weil ich meine Existenz vor NTP-fähigen Geräten zubringe, von denen die meisten nebenbei bemerkt … – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+

Related: [WayBack] Urs Hölzle – Google+ My other computer is a data center

–jeroen

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7 Practical Tips for Cheating at Design – Refactoring UI – Medium

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/03/30

Improving your designs with tactics instead of talent: weight and colour. But be careful with the variation in meanings of colours for different cultures and mind about colour-blind people. Also ensure information workers can optimise your UI for information density.

Source: [WayBack7 Practical Tips for Cheating at Design – Refactoring UI – Medium

Via: [WayBack] 7 Practical Tips for Cheating at Design #webdev – ThisIsWhyICode – Google+

–jeroen

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No forwarding phone number – Google Product Forums

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/03/30

It seems Google Voice has gotten more restrictions over time that I was not aware of: [Archive.isNo forwarding phone number – Google Product Forums:

Bluescat said:
There is no bug involved here. And no, you haven’t stumbled on a way to game the system.

Two things have changed.

  1. With the introduction of Google Hangouts’ ability to place and receive calls via a Google Voice telephone number, the requirement to maintain a 10-digit forwarding phone number was removed. So yes, you can remove all forwarding phone numbers from your account if you wish. However, keep in mind that you have now made it more difficult to access your account from a telephone, to manage your voicemail greetings, listen to messages, set Do Not Disturb mode, etc. Without a forwarding phone number, you have no way to do that over the phone.
  2. In response to fraud and abuse of the service, Google now requires that users have a valid, working (paid-service) telephone number, which hasn’t been previously used to claim another Google Voice number, to be eligible to be issued a new Google Voice number. This is designed to deter people from collecting multiple Google Voice phone numbers to use for spam, robocalling, stalking, etc. Once that number has been used to claim a Google Voice number, it can’t be used to claim another Google Voice number. However, there’s no requirement that it be left on the account. Removing the forwarding phone from one Google Voice account will not enable that forwarding number to be used to claim a Google Voice number for another account.
    So, all you did was use up your husband’s entitlement to a Google Voice number.

Finally, a disclaimer: Google Voice cannot be used for emergency 911 calling. Not having some alternative telephone service available for that purpose is a very bad idea.

–jeroen

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