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BjornW

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About BjornW

see http://burobjorn.nl

Recent public activity

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    Comment #45953625

    What an awesome project. It looks fabulous! Reminds me of the Dato Duo I have. The "Dato Duo" is also a synth aimed at kids. It allows 2 kids to play together. it is made by a Dutc…

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    Comment #37751432

    No problem. Good luck finding new colleagues.

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    Comment #37743523

    Had a look at Quatt's website. Just a quick remark: Requiring to fill in information for a brochure about your product, feels weird & I'm not willing too, but ok. However, automati…

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    Comment #36035065

    Yes, I ran & still run a Jitsi instance and a website which would connect you to one of 12 participating Jitsi server at random applying to our guidelines in the EU. My goal was of…

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    Comment #32993398

    A similar thing happens in the Open Source WordPress plugin repository. All of my WordPress plugins are free & Open Source. Most are tiny plugins using functionality (filters, acti…

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    Comment #32548193

    In the Netherlands (Europe), where I reside there are plenty of jobs offering 36 or 32 hours. I think most employers are ok with it since they often also work 36 or 32 hrs. Quite a…

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    Comment #29390602

    The url points to a blogpost at Framasoft with information on the release canidate. If you visit the homepage of Peertube ( https://joinpeertube.org ) you'll likely find the inform…

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    Comment #29108185

    Will have a look at this. Thanks for sharing.

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    Comment #29104750

    I agree. Pro-active audits will only go so far, there is definitely a need for other measures (which are implemented as well). A Content-Security-Policy is as far as I know still r…

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    Comment #29104631

    There are multiple attack vectors I can think of, although most can be mitigated using other security measures. I don't want to rely on audits only off course. To give you an examp…

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    Comment #29088045

    A WordPress plugin may contain hundreds of interdependent npm packages all neatly bundled and minified. Without access to a package.json or package-lock.json it is quite hard to fi…

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    Ask HN: How do you security-audit external software using NPM packages?

    Hi, At my current client I've been doing more and more security related tasks such as audits on external software. Currently the type of software I audit are WordPress plugins. I h…

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    Comment #11541174

    For those interested, Kanflo wasn't the first to create an Arduino like clone in this form factor. For instance there is the the Jeenode and its sibblings developed by Jean-Claude …

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    Comment #10091679

    I'm happy that Microsoft provides these VM's and I hope other vendors (Hi Apple!) would provide VM's as well. So we can make sure the web is accessible for anyone regardless the br…

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    Comment #8108260

    Sad to see the word 'hackathon' being misappropriated by a bunch of companies seeking people to test their API's and maybe inspire a bit of new business developments for free. Open…

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    Comment #7679639

    mryan, I was curious and looked at your site epitech.nl In mybrowser (Firefox 28) there's an issue with words being cut off in weird places. Have a look at this screenshot http://p…

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    Comment #7565882

    As a non US person I don't get why she would be beneficial for (as not_paul_graham states) "navigating foreign business opportunities." My first thoughts, as a person living in the…

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    Ask HN: Are your Amazon items on wishlist cheaper than the cheapest buy option?

    I'm wondering if more people have this issue. I was adding items to my wishlist when I noticed that items on the wishlist were always cheaper than the cheapest buy option on the it…

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    Ask HN: Need input on a card game for hackers

    I'm refining a concept for a hackers card game with the working title "Smartass". One of the core concepts is answering questions within one of six categories. Currently the catego…

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    Ask HN: Know a VPS provider offering downloadable/uploadable VM's?

    I'm looking for a VPS provider which allows me to download a VM and use it locally. I would like to develop locally and create a new version of the VM which I than could upload to …

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    Comment #4380770

    I like the aesthetics of the hardware, but don't like the environmental impact this will make. In my personal opinion design should strive to solve problems or answer hard to answe…

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    Comment #4194240

    Thanks for sharing your opinion, I've been saying the same things as you've said, except it won't help one bit. Personally I've decided it's better to strive towards helping out wi…

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    Comment #4193820

    You are correct that just clicking links and tweeting about issues such as the detainment of Bassel might not be very useful, regardless on which website this happens. I've felt li…

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    Comment #4193102

    I was referring to yhud previous comment on being naive. Asking questions such as yours is indeed not trolling and apologize for the confusion. As for your question there is as far…