Friday, November 08, 2024

Kagi Translate



Add translate.kagi.com/ before any URL for instant translation. No apps needed. Access 244 languages with zero tracking. Install our browser bookmarklet for quick access.

Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Blackfriday deals voor mobiel internet


Het is weer de tijd van het jaar dat mensen prijzen gaan vergelijken met Black Friday deals.

Op dit moment zijn er bij mij nog geen mobiele abonnement deals bekend van Odido en KPN. Vodafone is altijd duurder dus die vergelijk ik niet eens 😂 

Dit zijn de sappige deals van dit moment (voor zover mij bekend):

AanbiederNetwerk2 jaarGBMinuten/SMSextra korting?URL
SimyoKPN €       7.33 20400100 euro cashback verrekend in maandbedraghttps://www.belsimpel.nl/simyo/simyo-200-min-sms-20000-mb-4g-sim-only-2-jaar
BudgetMobielKPN €       8.50 15200korting bij Budgethttps://www.budgetthuis.nl/mobiel/bestellen
SimpelOdido €       8.75 18onb/500 https://bestel.simpel.nl/sim-only
50-plusmobiel??? €       8.75 25onb. https://www.belsimpel.nl/50plusmobiel/50-plus-mobiel-onbeperkt-min-sms-20000-mb-4g-2-jaar-sim-only-verlenging
SimyoKPN €       9.50 15400korting bij XS4ALL/KPN, Telforthttps://www.simyo.nl/sim-only/bestellen
BENOdido €    10.00 182005GB extra bij Odidohttps://www.ben.nl/sim-only
YouphoneKPN €    10.13 18onb.dataplafond van 0,50https://www.youfone.nl/sim-only/bestellen?br=21179
OdidoOdidio €    12.50 20120korting op Odidohttps://www.odido.nl/mobiel-abonnement/sim-only?shop=product&ch=es&cc=con&sc=acq&dr=24&pr=MAR01,MAP05,27606114&bc=1,0,0
KPNKPN €    17.50 24150 https://www.kpn.com/shop/mobiel/sim-only/?data=12

Saturday, September 14, 2024

novelWriter



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Norwegian small town politics is comedy gold

Politicians fall into the cobra effect trap once again:

"The mayor cheered the shutdown of the controversial Bitcoin mining data center, but now residents are facing an unexpected consequence: a hefty bill increase."
Locals will now have to pay an extra $200-$300 per year due to increased costs to grid fees without the big mining customer, and the mayor of this remote municipality comments: 


"We work continuously to facilitate the industrial activity we want in the municipality. It may not be something we can solve in just one month, but we are dedicated to promoting business development every single day." (Which is political jargon for: it will likely never happen.)
The "celebration" ended the moment they got their first bill - You can't make this up.


And the source that pointed me to this: https://x.com/4lexEllefsen/status/1834887752459948505

And, before someone will comment on this article Muh, Bitcoin mining bad, here is a soothing FUD busting article: https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/bitcoin-mining-emissions-surprise-new-research-findings


Sunday, September 01, 2024

Ipad kopen, wat zijn de beste opties?

Ipad kopen, wat zijn de beste opties?


Mijn huidige ipad Air 3e generatie is uit 2019 en heeft maar 64GB opslagruimte. Dat is anno 2024 krap aan het worden, en hij is bovendien 5/6 jaar oud nu.

Ik beschouw alles dat niet minimaal een M1 processor heeft als "te oud". Verder wil ik minimaal 128 GB opslag en 5G.

Wat zijn nu 1 september 2024 mijn opties?

Processor
Model
Prijs
Link?
M4
Ipad pro 11" 2024, 256GB
1379
https://www.belsimpel.nl/apple-ipad-pro-2024-11-wifi-plus-5g/256gb-zwart
M2
Ipad Pro 11" 2022, 128 GB REFURB zilver
716
https://www.rebuy.nl/i,13288148/tablets/apple-ipad-pro-11-128gb-wifi-plus-cellular-model-2022-zilver
M2
ipad Pro 11" 2022, 256 GB REFURB zilver
814
https://www.rebuy.nl/i,13288149/tablets/apple-ipad-pro-11-256gb-wifi-plus-cellular-model-2022-zilver
M2
Ipad Pro 11" 2022, 128 GB Grijs
1289
https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/apple-ipad-pro-12-9-inch-wifi-5g-128gb-spacegrijs/9300000127410916/
M2
Ipad Pro 11" 2022, 256 GB Grijs
1199
https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/apple-ipad-pro-12-9-inch-wifi-5g-256gb-spacegrijs/9300000127410708/
M2
Ipad air 11", 2024, 128GB
829
https://www.belsimpel.nl/apple-ipad-air-2024-11-wifi-plus-5g/128gb-blauw
M2
Ipad air 11", 2024, 256GB
941
https://www.belsimpel.nl/apple-ipad-air-2024-11-wifi-plus-5g/256gb-blauw
A14
Ipad 2022 10.9" 256 5G
699
https://www.belsimpel.nl/apple-ipad-2022-wifi-5g/256gb-zilver
M1
iPad Air 2022, 10.9" 256gb, 5G
728
https://www.belsimpel.nl/apple-ipad-air-2022-wifi-5g/256gb-wit?utm_source=2001&cntd=1


Een refurbished model Air of Pro met een M2 is natuurlijk ideaal kwa prijs (er gaat tot €400 van de originele prijs af) maar deze zijn zeer sporadisch te vinden.

De gewone M1 iPad Air uit 2022 is daarentegen standaard te vinden voor een redelijke prijs/kwaliteit verhouding 😊.

Ik heb deze blogpost daar nu op afgemaakt trouwens, nadat ik heb begon te typen op mijn iPad Air 3e generatie.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad

Monday, August 19, 2024

Imagen 3 - Google DeepMind

Google just released its new image creation tool.

Surveillance Watch: They Know Who You Are

Do you want to know how (among the known entities) is spying on you?


Of course, this is a list of companies, not of governments and their spying activities, that might be purchased at one or more of these companies but could also be built in-house. Or bought at a company that we just don't know about yet.


Thursday, August 08, 2024

European roaming eSim price comparison


For this price comparison, I've looked at eSim cards that are valid for 30 days or more. What I didn't know was that there are eSim cards that can be purchased without an expiration date

I've written before about the bliss of having a tablet with 4G/5G functionality built in. I'm using an iPad Air that has 4G LTE built in, and can function with both a physical sim card was well as en eSim card.
All the providers there will give you an eSim that can be activated at the time of purchase.

So what if I am somewhere unreachable of Wi-Fi and I don't want to share my iPhone's data plan (tethering)? For just 7 cents per day, my iPad could have internet on its own 😊.   

Conclusions: depending on your needs, either BNESIM or MobiMatter are great options. 

Webshop

APN

Data only?

GB

Days valid

Price 

Price per GB

Price per day

Link

BNESIM Surf 20GB in Europe REGIONAL

?

Yes

20

365

€ 25,58

€ 1,28

€ 0,07

https://esims.io/en/regions/europe

MobiMatter Europe and USA Yearly 40 GB

Sparks

Yes

40

365

€ 38,50

€ 0,96

€ 0,11

https://mobimatter.com/travel-esim/sparks-europe-and-usa-yearly-40-gb-esim

MobiMatter Europe and USA 3 GB

Sparks

Yes

3

30

€ 5,00

€ 1,67

€ 0,17

https://mobimatter.com/travel-esim/sparks-europe-and-usa-3-gb-esim?destination=europe

Bitrefill eSIM Netherlands

drei.ai

Yes

3

30

€ 6,98

€ 2,33

€ 0,23

https://www.bitrefill.com/invite/fcv9wn9y

eSIM Europe Unlimited Data Lite

cmhk or cmlink or internet.proximus.be


Yes

Unlimited (but only fast for 0.5 GB per day) thereafter 384kbit/s

30

€ 23,00

€ 1,53

€ 0,77

https://europeesim.com/product/esim-europe-unlimited-plans/

MobiMatter Europe and USA 50 GB 60 Days

Sparks

Yes

50

60

€ 48,50

€ 0,97

€ 0,81

https://mobimatter.com/travel-esim/sparks-europe-and-usa-50-gb-60-days-esim?destination=europe

O2 Mega eSIM

O2

Yes

300

30

€ 26,00

€ 0,09

€ 0,87

https://www.esim.net/O2/Mega

Bitrefill eSIM Europe

drei.ai

Yes

20

30

€ 35,26

€ 1,76

€ 1,18

https://www.bitrefill.com/invite/fcv9wn9y

Holafly eSIM with Unlimited Data in

Europe

?

Yes

Unlimited (fair use policy)

90

€ 129,00


€ 1,43

https://esim.holafly.com/esim-europe/

eSIM Europe Fixed Data

cmhk or cmlink or internet.proximus.be


Yes

30

30

€ 45,00

€ 1,50

€ 1,50

https://europeesim.com/product/esim-europe-fixed-plans/

Holafly eSIM with Unlimited Data in

Europe

?

Yes

Unlimited (fair use policy)

60

€ 99,00


€ 1,65

https://esim.holafly.com/esim-europe/

Bitrefill eSIM Netherlands

drei.ai

Yes

50

30

€ 62,02

€ 1,24

€ 2,07

https://www.bitrefill.com/invite/fcv9wn9y

Holafly eSIM with Unlimited Data in

Europe

?

Yes

Unlimited (fair use policy)

30

€ 69,00


€ 2,30

https://esim.holafly.com/esim-europe/

mtalk-esim-europe

?

Yes

50

30

€ 70,00

€ 1,40

€ 2,33

https://www.mtalkesim.com/esim-europe