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by jvandenbroeck 10mo ago
It's a suspicious post, why would you make a post if attackers are performing a sms phishing, that happens all the time.
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by jvandenbroeck 7y ago
More appsec people should start performing threat models, I would definitely recommend the newsletter. You can read old editions on mailchimp: https://us11.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=b3d749f15634df3ec1...
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by jvandenbroeck 12y ago
Yeah I hate it when I have to pay more for a service as a European. It might seem silly but that's the reason I cancelled my Spotify account, I didn't want to pay a 'European' premium. I hate it when they check from whic
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by jvandenbroeck 13y ago
At what time do you come home/start working? I'm living next to work, but with 8 hours to work I don't have much time to do anything else.. start around 9, work until around 6pm (8hours + 1hour lunch) that doesn't leave
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by jvandenbroeck 13y ago
What's the difference between you and eg. http://unblockvpn.com/ who offer easy VPN access for less than $5 a month? Or how is your product easier to use?
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by jvandenbroeck 13y ago
Yeah, I wouldn't want to be one of the VCs that's named in the article. Maybe the 'dumb vc' thinks you have what it takes to be successful as a person with the right product and that's why he/she wants to talk to you without knowing the pro
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by jvandenbroeck 13y ago
I think the equity grabbing thing is a bit over rated, although it feels like that if you're starting something and want to get other people on board. Get rational and communicate. Sometimes it's even funny, at a 2 day hacking/business even
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by jvandenbroeck 13y ago
I've started some things and the 'obvious' way is always to go 50/50, but if you're doing most of the work, thinking etc it's not very motivating to continue. Not all start ups start with everybody quitting their job at the same time. So ye
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
Bold claims without any evidence backing it up.
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
If you're talking about whole europe & not just the UK it's getting more complicated, credit cards are not that omnipresent here. You could try http://www.ogone.be/en/Extra%20Services/Payment%20Methods%20...
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
Imo it would also depend on the culture from the user; I wouldn't be surprised that too much apologizing would come over as "weak" in some cultures. This might influence the impression of your product.
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
Cool looks very nice! I might use it for my new years' resolution to write something:p I would only be cautious because I'd be afraid of losing data (what if I write a whole book with your site & suddenly you go offline) & on the pd
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
I would work more on the value proposition; Why would I send the drive back if I can just put it somewhere in my home? I don't think bandwidth and processor power are huge constraints these days?
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
There are very nice solutions out there already, Microsoft Lync & IBM Sametime.
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Joyent Lost, or how important reputation is(jvandenbroeck.com)
2 points by jvandenbroeck 14y ago|0 comments
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
I can understand that using freemind is an easy way to find functions & syntax of a new language, and as a lot of users notice it's great to make manage information or make notes but.. Using freemind is the solution to the problem "can'
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck than it probably is a duck. "Poor reading skills" wouldn't cover the thing that's different in your brain if you've dyslexia. I can't find the stats anymore, but I thought around 40% of the wealth
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Notifications and Usability: Skype(jvandenbroeck.com)
2 points by jvandenbroeck 14y ago|1 comments
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
I have the impression the news is catered more towards silicon valley & YC people nowadays. Earlier HN was the best place for interesting tech & startup news. Now I don't really check HN that much. To much dumb posts about something
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
Cool!:p I'm living next to an airport and it looks like it doesn't pickup everything (or some too late), but just a few minutes ago I heard a plane coming by & it was also on flightradar =') Idea: people give their location & the ap
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The Problem with Facebook(jvandenbroeck.com)
1 points by jvandenbroeck 14y ago|0 comments
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
What a BS, instead of putting people in boxes because of their sex or race, let's put them in a box because of their Masters degree.. I bet that if you take 5 CS grads you get 5 different management styles. (for posts like this I need a dow
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
This advice is so old, what's next, an article on top of HN on why you should never use tables? ...
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
I think the whole thing is kinda ridiculous, making a blog post to hire somebody.. Maybe I'm just outgrowing HN or it's because I'm from Europe that I don't get the fuzz. More on topic, I quite liked this blog post & think it was much m
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by jvandenbroeck 14y ago
Their website is a disaster; I wrote a post describing how bad it is imo http://www.jvandenbroeck.com/2012/04/fruugo-how-to-make-an-e... It's fascinating how they can do such a bad job with €40M
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Fruugo: How to make an eCommerce site that burns €40M and earns €100K(jvandenbroeck.com)
1 points by jvandenbroeck 14y ago|0 comments
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Mistakes made starting a web hosting company(jvandenbroeck.com)
1 points by jvandenbroeck 15y ago|0 comments
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by jvandenbroeck 15y ago
On a serious note, is anything true from the post - if so, what parts? I find the post funny but, I've started to learn Scala (I think it has some pretty awesome features!) but if some of it is true, I might cancel my Scala-learning mission
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by jvandenbroeck 15y ago
Vim or eclipse with vim bindings, I'm addicted to them. When I'm typing a document in Word I sometimes want to move up a line by pressing 'k'..
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by jvandenbroeck 15y ago
YC is really moving into the direction of some kind of university where they pay you to learn, interesting evolution

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