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New comment by oever in "Maybe you shouldn't install new software for a bit"

oever — Fri, 08 May 2026 06:21:02 +0000

That means going back to disabling Javascript or only allowing widely used, well-maintained Javascript libraries.

New comment by oever in "Text-to-CAD"

oever — Mon, 04 May 2026 18:17:54 +0000

Does something similar exist for buildings and Bonsai or FreeCAD with IFC?

New comment by oever in "Soft launch of open-source code platform for government"

oever — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:17:53 +0000

NLnet Labs was started by NLnet but now independent.

https://nlnetlabs.is.not.nlnet.nl/

Funding for NLnet Labs is largely from paying customers for development of DNS software.

NLnet funds development of the full stack of communication technologies from chip design to office suites. Funding for NLnet comes from public institutions, private companies and citizens.

New comment by oever in "Soft launch of open-source code platform for government"

oever — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:05:24 +0000

code.overheid.nl points to 62.59.196.156 which is in the Odido ASN.

Checked with `host`, `dig` and hosting-checker.net

New comment by oever in "Soft launch of open-source code platform for government"

oever — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:59:40 +0000

There has not been a single action or communication from government that indicates that they are preventing the ID system from ending up under USA jurisdiction.

Parliament has asked government with near unanimity to prevent this from happening. Government has not even acknowledged that this should be prevented.

New comment by oever in "Soft launch of open-source code platform for government"

oever — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:29:30 +0000

This map shows that the Dutch municipalities are nearly all in the Microsoft cloud.

https://mxmap.nl/

New comment by oever in "Soft launch of open-source code platform for government"

oever — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:27:05 +0000

Their plan is to do nothing to stop the transfer of the system to a USA company. By doing nothing, they are making this happen.

New comment by oever in "Soft launch of open-source code platform for government"

oever — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:07:02 +0000

The sale could be stopped by government. The ID system might be moved to a different company. The government could by the part of the company that hosts the ID system. None of these measures are being taken.

The result is that the information needed to log in to all the important government systems becomes subject to American jurisdiction. Foreign agents will be able to authenticate themselves as any Dutch citizen and act on their behalf.

New comment by oever in "Soft launch of open-source code platform for government"

oever — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:56:55 +0000

The government still plans to place the authentication system of all Dutch citizens in USA hands.

And interestingly, code.overheid.nl runs from a residential ip address.

New comment by oever in "Ghostty is leaving GitHub"

oever — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:58:43 +0000

It was 10 days, but that's fine too.

New comment by oever in "If more than 50% press blue, everyone survives. Red pressers always survive"

oever — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:10:37 +0000

I would be more interesting if the vote was public.

New comment by oever in "New 10 GbE USB adapters are cooler, smaller, cheaper"

oever — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:14:42 +0000

Doing home automation of lamps, sensors, speakers via PoE would be great too. It should faster and more stable than Zigbee/Wifi and with no need to change the batteries often.

New comment by oever in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

oever — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:24:17 +0000

and software.

New comment by oever in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

oever — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:22:42 +0000

Awesome!

And next, hopefully, replaceable software.

Which will do much more for phone longevity.

New comment by oever in "1D Chess"

oever — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:30:39 +0000

Working at the Mind Chess Café is an interesting job.

New comment by oever in "Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform"

oever — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:38:43 +0000

Nextcloud does not provide hosting, only 3rd level support. So any commercial hosting of Nextcloud will be done by other companies. There are many companies to choose from.

https://nextcloud.com/partners/

Personally, I would only choose companies that are listed as a partner because then I can see what level of support they buy from Nextcloud.

New comment by oever in "Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform"

oever — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:35:02 +0000

Do you have a reference for that number?

It's hard to get numbers on what countries pay to Microsoft. The Dutch parliament has repeatedly asked and has not gotten numbers even though there is a whole agency since 2014 (https://www.digitaleoverheid.nl/overzicht-van-alle-onderwerp...) specifically for giving Microsoft preferential treatment in procurement.

New comment by oever in "Mozilla's open source AI strategy"

oever — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:33:37 +0000

I'm still happy with mozilla. Keep it up!

Let's Meet at FOSDEM 2026

oever — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:14:36 +0000

Article URL: https://nlnet.nl/events/20260131/FOSDEM26/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46516175

Points: 4

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New comment by oever in "'Big Short' Investor Michael Burry Says OpenAI Is Headed for 'Netscape Fate'"

oever — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:28:22 +0000

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