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by jgimenez 6y ago
paywall
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by jgimenez 6y ago
I have a feeling spam filters are less and less effective, I get dozens of spam emails every day delivered to my inbox. Is it really that spammers are outsmarting filters? Is it maybe that tech companies stopped investing in spam filtering?
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by jgimenez 6y ago
What about the mobile phone, though, has it been a greater invention? Mobile phones have brought communication everywhere, keeping us always connected. The internet compounded with smartphones is probably a bigger societal change vector
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by jgimenez 6y ago
I was kicked out of the public library once for running Syncthing, I guess because the firewall detected it as some sort of piracy tool
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by jgimenez 6y ago
I'm tired or ad blockers, they make the page usually slower to load. Even if they save you some downloading, they usually block the loading pipeline, so they end up costing you more time. I use a combination of "I don't care
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by jgimenez 7y ago
I agree laws help, but well done laws. Not another cookie consent mess again, please.
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by jgimenez 7y ago
I try to use libraries because I do not like my software depending on a third party service, especially on such a central thing as authentication. Beware of the vendor lock-in: if you choose to externalize this function, keep in mind you mi
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Ask HN: How to tackle hedonic adaptation effect at work?
1 points by jgimenez 7y ago|0 comments
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by jgimenez 7y ago
I don't think you want to work in a place like this. Maybe they're doing you a favor if you think of it
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by jgimenez 7y ago
Totally agreed on the point that you just won't be available all the time. You can set up all the alerting you want and high-availability on different zones and whatnot, but when sh*t hits the fan, you will still be the only person in
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by jgimenez 7y ago
Reminds me of an int32 <> int64 mismatch that overflowed precisely also on the night of Dec 24th!
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Bugfender Growth: from side-project to a sustainable $20k MRR business(bugfender.com)
4 points by jgimenez 7y ago|0 comments
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Web Application Vulnerability Scans for GKE and Compute Engine(cloud.google.com)
2 points by jgimenez 7y ago|0 comments
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by jgimenez 7y ago
Hi there, this article has already been discussed, you can find the original thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20676904
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by jgimenez 8y ago
That's very much my feeling. Linux has a history behind and some design decisions made for a wide range of devices a long time ago. Google has the kind of money necessary to build an OS from scratch in order to power their devices (And
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by jgimenez 8y ago
Quick suggestion: maybe you could add one example in your website or even a screenshot, to show what it looks like
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by jgimenez 8y ago
Definitely 37signals inspired us in many of the things we do. I'd say half of our team have read their books and regularly read their blog! Recruitment and marketing are definitely a good side effect, but as @znq mentioned earlier, we
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by jgimenez 8y ago
Hi there! We do a couple of things around here: first, we plan ahead of time for the workload of each team member, according to the amount of availability they have, they might want to work on a side project, practice sports (lots of us do
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by jgimenez 8y ago
Hi, Mobile Jazz co-founder here. I take care of GRC myself, since I used to work as a consultant in an "earlier life" (OMG, what a difference!). Usually our needs in this area are quite modest so I can take care of everything pers
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by jgimenez 8y ago
Building my own company has been one of the most rewarding professional experiences ever. Both Mobile Jazz (7 years old now) and Bugfender (3 years old now) have accomplished to build a team of great engineers, but most importantly great _
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by jgimenez 8y ago
At some stage my company charged exactly that for me and I was getting paid $17. It's up to you to accept or not this price, but bear in mind the company might have other expenses like office space, sales people, administrative staff,
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by jgimenez 8y ago
Do you honestly think making a user pay because you introduced an artificial and annoying wait is in benefit of the user?
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by jgimenez 8y ago
I maybe have a counter-question. Once you identify an attack, what do you do? Firewalling the attacker is an option but not really effective, the attacker might just change IP address and keep going. We've only inconvenienced them a bi
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by jgimenez 8y ago
I automate everything I can! But maybe if I have to recommend one way, I would recommend Google Spreadsheets scripts. Similar to Visual Basic for Applications in Excel, Google Spreadsheets support Javascript and you can use them for infin
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by jgimenez 9y ago
We're a development & product company and are currently adapting to GDPR. We compiled some useful tips in this article: https://bugfender.com/blog/how-to-comply-with-the-gdpr-eu-la... You must first evaluate w
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by jgimenez 9y ago
Can you ask Google to remove your links? It is possible depending on countries. The legal ground is once a person has paid back to society they are just like any other person and they have the right to be forgotten [0]. [0] https:/&#x
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Ask HN: Effect of Educational and NGO discounts
2 points by jgimenez 9y ago|0 comments
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by jgimenez 9y ago
Maybe your employer can provide some counseling services? I'm sure HR will have a way to do that
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by jgimenez 9y ago
Companies under 250 employees can avoid most of the impact of the law. I think it's kind-of well designed, because it affects the companies who can afford the compliance work.
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by jgimenez 9y ago
Whatever principles you have, laws apply in every country you operate. You're free to operate or not in a certain country, but if you do, you need to abide the laws protecting your users.

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