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   by thijsc 5y ago

   > You chose the most competitive European economy (besides Sweden), that's not a good representation to Europe. There are also vast differences between states in the US. If we're comparing I think it's perfectly reasonable
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   by thijsc 5y ago

   Hard to know where to start! Looking at the Netherlands, where I'm from: There are many fast-growing tech companies. Both big and small. Bigger examples are Adyen and Elastic. GitLab started out here. This is a pretty nice overview, wh
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   by thijsc 5y ago

   Not a fan of GDPR either. I'm really not sure the total tax load as an employee is much worse compared to California if you factor in state taxes and health care payments.
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   by thijsc 5y ago

   I totally agree with you that the EU's efforts to replicate a SV style startup ecosystem are misguided and ineffective. The comment however was about the EU not being a good place to start a business. Personally I ignore all that stuff
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   by thijsc 5y ago

   Reporting back: Your comment is utter nonsense. There is a thriving tech scene in Europe and we do quite well! Reliable and cheap health care is a huge boon for small entrepreneurs. There’s little regulation to deal with as a software compa
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   by thijsc 6y ago

   Try https://github.com/algesten/ureq , it’s very nice and not async.
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   by thijsc 6y ago

   What really helps me is to compose a complete song first and worry about the sound later. Just use whatever patch kind of gets the job done at first. Once the full song structure is in place, including all melody and transitions start tweak
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   by thijsc 6y ago

   Did one session with an acting coach once which was very useful. Most useful tip he gave me: in between sentences focus on breathing out, instead of breathing in. If you clear your lungs they will take care of filling up automatically.
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   by thijsc 8y ago

   The quote is specifically about a few areas like the red light district that see so many drunk and/or high tourists that the situation gets too unwieldy. Quite a specific situation that's not saying too much about the general crim
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    by thijsc 9y ago

    I own one and it is suitable for longer trips. Regularly drive for 90 minutes with it. It’s only real downside is that luggage space is very limited.
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    by thijsc 9y ago

    This uses pattern matching, the compiler will verify that all options exists and that the coverage of the enum is complete.
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    by thijsc 9y ago

    Check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P2vYIgPdKg for a very well executed attempt to have somebody admit to a murder they did not commit.
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    Can Dutch import De Correspondent conquer the U.S.?(niemanlab.org)

    1 points by thijsc 9y ago|0 comments
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    by thijsc 10y ago

    I know from experience that it is possible to build Rust binaries that work on very old Linux versions. You could for example supply them with a Docker image with a new build stack which can produce binaries they could copy to the old machi
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    by thijsc 10y ago

    Well the premise is that you would trust the company you choose do business with for this service.
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    by thijsc 10y ago

    You could implement it as an API call. The site could fetch the current "sponsored by X" line and render it directly in the HTML it serves.
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    by thijsc 10y ago

    It's not that your sources are nonsense, you're just drawing an unfounded conclusion from them. The Whatsapp patrol described in the article is completely different from the goon squad you're implying it is. It's mainly
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    by thijsc 10y ago

    I've lived in the Netherlands my whole life. It is true that the solved crime rate is pretty low, but the rest of your comment is complete nonsense.
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    by thijsc 10y ago

    AppSignal | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | REMOTE https://appsignal.com/jobs/customer-success-manager AppSignal provides amazing insights into the workings and effects of applications. We're looking for a customer s
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    by thijsc 10y ago

    Awesome, please open source this :-)
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    by thijsc 10y ago

    For us as a small team it's a very positive change. Our monthly bill just went from $100 to $25.
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    by thijsc 11y ago

    We encountered this issue because we use MongoDB as our primary database and there was no driver available. I wrote a really nice (if I say so myself) wrapper [1] around the C driver, which really wasn't that much work. I think in gene
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    by thijsc 11y ago

    https://www.senz.com/en I own a couple of them, they work amazingly well. You can even use them on a bike with heavy wind.
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    by thijsc 11y ago

    I like Steve Blank's definition: A startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. See: http://steveblank.com/2010/01/25/whats-a-startup-first-princ...
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    by thijsc 12y ago

    We're really happy with MongoDB too. Can't wait to see how these improvements will work out for us.
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    by thijsc 13y ago

    Funny talk on this subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj4vXMRenFo
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    by thijsc 13y ago

    Alternative is to have a very clear agreement about billing on a time and materials basis.
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    by thijsc 13y ago

    haproxy probably qualifies too.
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    by thijsc 13y ago

    You can set config.force_ssl = true to easily enable secure session cookies and strict transport security amongst other things.
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    by thijsc 13y ago

    I'll be there!