johanbove@johanbove.info
So dissatisfied and disappointed with the Fairphone 4’s audio issues where during phone calls, the receiver only gets half of the messages due to noise cancellation problems, that we’re considering iPhone as a valid “it just works” replacement. Especially since the iPhone15 now also has the USB Type C port.
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3 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
I fell with a stupid e-scooter and have been waiting at the hospital now for more than three hours. Not worth it. I almost broke my left elbow and right hand wrist. Got lucky because I was wearing a helmet. Not going to try that again. The wheels slipped on the wet zebra crossing paint in a turn.
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9 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
> A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein
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9 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
When is most of humanity going to realise that we're all stuck on the same space vessel, hurling to the vast and empty space together, and have limited resources that cannot be replenished from some other planet.
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9 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
With all M$'s apps being basically fancy web apps, there is no need to actually install any of their legacy applications locally anymore. Since I am online basically 100% of the time this turns my Office experience in a Chromebook like one. No installs, never outdated software. Just a yearly subscription contribution to worry about.
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9 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
Qnap's Hybridmount feature makes it possible for me to access the files on OneDrive as if they were available from a local network drive on my Fedora PC. Pretty neat (when everything works).
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9 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
The local energy Company is doing an Advent contest with a word guessing game, 21 letters long, it starts with a T and I got all other letters by looking at the source of their site... Put all of the letters into ChatGPT 3.5, but it is having real trouble coming up with something plausible.
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9 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
Streaming services can suck. Wanted to watch the classic Elf movie for a fun movie night, but somehow we were getting the message "This movie is not available in your region.". Turns out we were looking for the wrong title.
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10 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
If snow fall on the mountains is reducing so much, and this snow acted as a water reservoir formed in Winter to get through the warmer, dry summers, then we should start creating huge water reservoirs on top of mountains; pumping the water up there when it rains.
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10 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
Obligatory Twtxt post: I love how I can simply use a terminal window and some very basic tools (echo, scp, ssh) to publish thoughts, as they pop up, onto the Internet in a structured way, that can be found and perhaps even appreciated.
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10 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
Wondering that part of the charm and attraction of Christmas markets could come from a common nostalgia towards every day street markets in towns and a longing for more outside social life during the cold, clammy Winter days.
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10 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
There is a lot of _Black Friday_ promotion happening in Germany these days - I wonder however how many Germans really know where it comes from? Happy _Thanksgiving_ to whoever is celebrating today - as it is one of the few US / Canadian festive days where families - really - try to enjoy their time together.
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10 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
Having fun with React - yet again. A large part of my job entails (re)learning technologies - luckily I have access to some good resources in the form of training- and tutorial sites, all provided by my employer.
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10 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
Since I have these simple, yet effective bash shell commands, which allow me to edit notes, plans, todos and statuses from the terminal, I feel liberated from overly complex software - everything is just text files and applications which come preinstalled on every Linux system.
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10 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
Messed up the configuration of the nut UPS monitor so bad it actually initialised an UPS test where the device switched itself off on the reboot of the PC. No idea how that happened. So uninstalled it again.
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11 months ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
So tired of mobile phone vendor lock in and bad usability for the sake of keeping people in their services. Try printing a file from your email inbox to a Bluetooth printer from your Android phone.
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3 years ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
Coming back to work today, I found myself still very much grieving for the sudden loss of our dear colleague Filiz - finding some solace in the words of the beautiful song "I grieve" by Peter Gabriel
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3 years ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
When tragedy strikes unexpectedly we cannot just go on as if nothing happened. Our minds need to be given time to deal with the blow. So it is necessary to pause and allow ourselves to process and recover.
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3 years ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
Since a couple of months on peer-to-peer Web and I'm really convinced that as long as isps do not start messing with firewalls, this could really be the next step in a real Internet of humans.
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4 years ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
Funny how not that long ago I made a remark to a friend who was keeping all his notes as txt files and now I am looking at doing exactly that. txt will probably be the one format that will be around for a very long time still.
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4 years ago
johanbove@johanbove.info
My 2014 Android Moto-X is finally out-of-order - the battery life is close to flat-lining and when it boots it gets stuck for a really long time in the _optimizing apps_ mode. The case is cracked. Goodbye old friend.
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4 years ago