janwillemb

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by janwillemb 3y ago
Please note that images of computers from this era nearly always have women at the "terminal". Women are the ones who invented programming. Spread the word. We need more women in our field. See for example https://www.j
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by janwillemb 3y ago
The (changed) title made me think that there is some nasty hack that breaks computers by showing a hidden image of something called "Colossus code" to the user: Unseen images of Colossus code / breaking computer
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by janwillemb 3y ago
Can you elaborate on the "phoning home" part? I can't find anything about that. It seems to me that that would be a major issue on a password manager.
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by janwillemb 3y ago
I really do want to self host DNS, but I am afraid it will cause problems. Aren't DNS servers easily used in DoS attacks against other servers?
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by janwillemb 3y ago
I'm commenting on the title, not on the article (siblings did that).
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by janwillemb 3y ago
The title is quite clickbaity, especially since sibling comments say that the article doesn't tell what happened.
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by janwillemb 3y ago
Same here, without the "successfully helped others". Care to elaborate a bit on that?
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by janwillemb 3y ago
> Some people are cynical about New Year's resolutions, prefer not to make them, or look down on others who do. > I have a different perspective. Overall, I admire people who try to make change in their lives for the better. This
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by janwillemb 3y ago
Context: the copyright for this movie expired; it is now public domain [1]. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67833411
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by janwillemb 3y ago
Isn't scratch always in the browser? I'm confused.
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by janwillemb 3y ago
> I'm not a developer by profession (my dev concepts are from university ten years ago) so this work had a lot of help from ChatGPT and the main purpose was to learn new technologies and new concepts, so please be gentle. If you hav
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by janwillemb 3y ago
It is auto translated from Dutch. And what is wrong about the title? Data was leaked, it was easy to collect customer data. KLM is in denial, that's for sure. They refuse to own the obvious error.
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by janwillemb 3y ago
Nice read. What I like about teaching is that your always get a new chance to improve your own teaching: the next period you try better or try a different approach and see what works best. The frustrating part is that students have a veto o
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by janwillemb 3y ago
It started with floppy disks in a large box. They actually went bad quite often. From the moment we had a 20MB hard disk[1] for about €400 all went on that hard disk, I think we made copies on the floppy disks just in case (not sure though)
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by janwillemb 3y ago
I have used local drives for my data for decades. I have data since 1995. Nowadays I also have a remote offline backup somewhere. It seems to work for me so far.
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by janwillemb 3y ago
Good for you, but that is not what most ppl will or can do. It is a dark pattern to make it so difficult to reject cookies.
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by janwillemb 3y ago
I tried to disable the cookies through the consent form on this site. But that form is very, very long... Just impossible to disallow cookies in a standard way.
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by janwillemb 3y ago
It is the creativity of making new stuff that is the fun of programming. That should outweigh the shittyness described.
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by janwillemb 3y ago
Break as in Ctrl+C
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by janwillemb 3y ago
And also visit the nice Kröller Muller museum near Apeldoorn while you're in our country. They also have some Van Gogh's. Helena Kröller Muller was one of the first to recognize this kind of art. And also the place is surrounded b
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by janwillemb 3y ago
> My journal became, not only the repository of my secret confidences, but the ideal friend who would hear and understand me, who would listen – and answer. YMMV, but I also find journaling an excellent way to get perspective on things t
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by janwillemb 3y ago
Sorry that was unnecessarily ad hominem on my part.
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by janwillemb 3y ago
Yes, I have been part of one from age 17 to in my 30s. I don't want to appear in search results by mentioning the name literally, but it is a Scandinavian-based religious cult. I found a way out very slowly by connecting to other peopl
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by janwillemb 3y ago
You have either never been part of a "proper cult" or are at the moment part of one.
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by janwillemb 3y ago
Radical organizations are indeed often very much alike. I've been part of a cult during 15 years, and I do recognize patterns in all other radical organizations and movements. One of the most striking is having a common enemy, often a
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by janwillemb 3y ago
To me it shows only an empty template after the 10s
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by janwillemb 3y ago
Just a guess: they could buy domain names that are available and for some reason get queries. For example often misspelled domains. This would not be forbidden but still a little shady.
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by janwillemb 3y ago
My info is wrong. I saw a documentary about it once but I must have misunderstood.
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by janwillemb 3y ago
In Iceland they do a good job largely banning alcohol.
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by janwillemb 3y ago
Alternatively, one can enjoy cooking and don't mind spending time in the kitchen. Freezing food degrades the taste imo. But in my country eating out is considered a luxury activity, homecooking is the norm (the Netherlands)

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