rvwaveren

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Glad to hear! After losing my wife to cancer (highly aggressive brain tumor, she only had six weeks), I'm happy that you had the time, resources, strength, will to take cancer by the lurven

Comment · 7 months ago

How are you now?

Comment · 2 years ago

We're a quickly growing company in the offensive cyber security space. We develop a Saas platform that continuously and autonomously maps the attack surface of our customers and scans it for vulnerabilities, thereby securing companies from malicious cyber criminals.

We were founded by hackers and we are operating at the cutting edge of cyber security. The product manager that we're searching for has a solid technical background and preferably has experience in the cyber security industry.

https://hadrian.io/company/careers/jobs/3573990-product-mana...

(btw, we also have openings for a security analyst, a backend developer and an infrastructure engineer)

Comment · 3 years ago

I think a lot of people are getting tired of subscriptions everywhere. For the average user, it's not possible to spin up a VPN because of lack of technical knowledge. So, if you are an infrequent VPN user and hate subscriptions, this could be a nice service.

Comment · 4 years ago

I'm back to FF as well (after some Chrome years), and love it. However, for my work I use Google Meet and online collaboration tools such as Miro. Unfortunately, I only use Chrome for those services because FF will jumpstart my Macbook fans quickly when using Google Meet / FF.

Comment · 4 years ago

In Dutch too. Many mistakes are made when translating English sources.

Comment · 4 years ago

Question for Mac users. Apple installs git with its command line tools and is currently at version 2.32. Is it wise to install git via Homebrew so that you can upgrade faster? Or are there some benefits from apple-git?

Comment · 5 years ago

Your point about incentives is exactly the structural problem here. I've been a consultant years ago and on a human level we loved projects that ran well. You feel good about yourself and your team for helping the client quickly and efficiently.

However, zooming out, it's the incentive system that's completely broken: there is no skin in the game. Consulting firms are too detached from the consequences of their advice. Nassim Nicholas Taleb wrote a nice book about this phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_in_the_Game_(book)

Comment · 5 years ago

In the EU, there are different terms that you should agree to: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/updates/terms-of-service-eea

As far as I understand, because of GDPR, the sharing of data between Facebook companies is limited. This is different from the US terms.

Comment · 6 years ago

Yes, that works! I have a Samsung Frame + PiHole. Incredible amount of network requests are blocked now.

Comment · 6 years ago

Yes, this works actually. I recently bought a Samsung Frame and was very annoyed by the ads in the interface. I now have a Raspberry Pi running PiHole and it removed almost all ads. Sometimes I still see an ad, then I know it's time to update the block-list of my PiHole. When looking at PiHole's logs, it's unbelievable how many requests the TV sends to Samsung servers. These are blocked now luckily, but this TV (and I suspect other Samsung TVs as well) is a real nightmare with regard to privacy. It's the first time I actually read all the privacy statements on the TV. The remote has a microphone (for an 'assistant' called Bixby[1]) that I absolutely do not want turned on, but it's very unclear how to disable it. I wish I could buy a dumb TV.

[1] https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/tv-audio-video/how-do-i-u...

Comment · 7 years ago

Here's an overview of all submarine cables: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/

Comment · 7 years ago

Interesting theory. I wonder then what will happen when Macbooks start shipping with >A12 CPUs [1], will we see more ARM based servers then?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A12X

Comment · 7 years ago

Very cool! Thanks!

Comment · 7 years ago

I found it scary. I quit my job and became a freelancer without having a paying client. That was not the best path, but my job was on a yearly schedule. It was the choice between doing another year or quitting. I quit (because of various reasons). The first two months I did not have income, no paying clients and just a vague plan of what I could offer clients. Not very comfortable.

Background: I'm a product manager, but also did front-end development, business development, performance marketing and coaching in the past. So, in theory I could do lots of things, but product management was the thing I wanted to do.

The scariest part of becoming a freelancer for me was getting clients. I had build up quite a network in the startups and tech companies in my city (Netherlands) and that helped in getting my first client. Actually, the deadline of me quitting my job also helped in really taking the step.

In terms of advice, I think it best to be determined to start as a freelancer and put serious effort in the transition between full-time job and freelancer. Some things that help: - have some savings to have a financial buffer when you don't have a paying client - be clear in what you will offer and be clear in your availability. You can then use this to talk to your network, for example: I will be doing front-end development (React and React Native) from March. - having your first paying client before you actually quit your job

If you doubt about who to talk to, you can first just talk to people you know (remember: be very specific in what you can offer as a freelancer). Sometimes you can get clients in unexpected ways, from people you don't expect. If you have the idea that you don't know enough people, try to come into contact with people that are doing the same as you and already have some experience freelancing. If talking to people and networking does not get you further, maybe there are agencies that can get you clients (for a fee). Good luck!