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bjonathan

14,760 karma · joined February 25, 2010

French entrepreneur in Paris, to reach me:

http://www.hackernewsers.com/users/bjonathan.html

hackernews@benoudiz.fr

twitter: @bjonathan

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bjonathan··on Stripe Chargeback Protection
I run an ecommerce website in France, and I use Stripe (french account), and I get a couple of chargebacks per year. Usually, it's the customer who gets his CC stolen, blocks it and declares all the transactions in the timeframe as fraudulent.

FWIW, I have had 10 chargebacks and lost the dispute for each of them even with the delivery address matching the CC name and the proof of delivery... But I will pass on this protection, the price is way too high for us.

bjonathan··on [dead]
tldr: the author told you so in a previous article
bjonathan··on Google is hiding I/O tickets in developer documentation images
example image with code for the curious : https://cloudup.com/cwt9rS66Agu
bjonathan··on Cue is Shutting Down
I was using their product, I paid for their product and they shut it down without notice ? Classy move !
bjonathan··on Dbinbox – An inbox for your Dropbox
Great idea, I was previously using Filestork but they closed a year ago ( https://twitter.com/filestork )
bjonathan··on Show HN: My first Android app - Hacker News reader
Very nice ! The app crash when i want to login or "remove the ads" (android 4.2.1 / Galaxy Nexus GSM)

I am currently using this one : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glebpopov.... but yours is good enough to consider a switch :)

bjonathan··on SpoofMAC - Spoof your MAC address in Mac OS X
If you are on windows , there is a small app to change your mac address easily: http://www.zokali.com/win7-mac-address-changer
bjonathan··on UX Idea: Real Turn-by-Turn Navigation
Very interesting, but why change the button when it's time to "Go"? You could keep the arrow and just change the background color to green.

This will also allow me if I am distract to know where to go.

bjonathan··on Never Lose Your Wallet Again
The product seems interesting but the video is wayyyyyyy too long(4:48 ! ) and doesnt get to the point soon enough.

I think a short video (less than a minute) would be more effective.

bjonathan··on Show HN: My first try at a WordPress plugin
The plugin seems nice. IMO, you should add all the names of the services compatible in your description (useful to the potential buyer, and for the SEO in Codecanyon) and you could add a screenshot of the plugin admin.

Good luck !

bjonathan··on $15,000 In Income From An EBook, How I Did It
Cache version : http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
bjonathan··on Steve Blank's Lean LaunchPad Course is Live
This blogpost is painful :

1) no link to the course,

2) no link to the Udacity homepage,

3) no mention of the price or if it's free.

bjonathan··on Show HN: Droidmeter.com - I want to help you study the Android App Store
strange I think the submission has been flagged for no apparent reason ?
bjonathan··on Show HN: Droidmeter.com - I want to help you study the Android App Store
Hi,

Seems great.

Do you only track the US market ?

(you should change the position of the logout button, currently just after the search field, like a classic search button :) )

bjonathan··on Flash Player exits Android
Try Dolphin Browser !
bjonathan··on Sparrow for Windows was just a few weeks away
side question : how can I make my postbox looks like sparrow ? is there plugins to install ? thank you :)
bjonathan··on Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr
Hi,

Good idea ( I use Chrome to Phone on my android, to do that kind of think). FYI : I tried the website and entered a random number I got a blank webpage with an error:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/_webapp25.py", line 703, in __call__ handler.post(groups) File "/base/data/home/apps/s~trnsfrapp/1.354335415123281066/main.py", line 388, in post body=body) File "/base/data/home/apps/s~trnsfrapp/1.354335415123281066/twilio/rest/resources.py", line 1018, in create return self.create_instance(params) File "/base/data/home/apps/s~trnsfrapp/1.354335415123281066/twilio/rest/resources.py", line 295, in create_instance resp, instance = self.request("POST", self.uri, data=body) File "/base/data/home/apps/s~trnsfrapp/1.354335415123281066/twilio/rest/resources.py", line 195, in request resp = make_twilio_request(method, uri, auth=self.auth, *kwargs) File "/base/data/home/apps/s~trnsfrapp/1.354335415123281066/twilio/rest/resources.py", line 168, in make_twilio_request raise TwilioRestException(resp.status_code, resp.url, message) TwilioRestException: HTTP ERROR 400: 21401: +15555557777 is not a valid phone number https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/AC36119600c07b44d...

Good continuation

bjonathan··on Judge to Oracle: "proceed with caution before overreaching again"
Website seems down, here is a cache version : http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:YkwoGRQ...
bjonathan··on Convert your Facebook friend contacts to CSV
oops, ok my bad! Thank you :)
bjonathan··on Convert your Facebook friend contacts to CSV
you cant have all that informations via the Graph API I think. For example the birthday dates of my friends, I cant have them via the API
bjonathan··on Google Chrome Hacked?
you know that there is more than one government on earth... and all of them arent pro free-speech :)

Safer software for all, because it's a better thing that VUPEN discover the bug than if it's discovered by some criminals who keep it secret and scam/hack

bjonathan··on The Parser that Cracked the MediaWiki Code
Mirror of the mirror: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2577298/The%20Parser%20that%20Cracke...
bjonathan··on The Parser that Cracked the MediaWiki Code
Site down, here is a mirror: https://www.readability.com/articles/r9i55x6e

cache version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8xjwEj-...

bjonathan··on Techniques To Simplify Sign-Ups and Log-Ins
the best signup flow I have seen recently is http://friend.ly perfect integration of facebook .
bjonathan··on Show HN: AppsTxt.com, Everyday a Free App by Text
No worry it's normal text messages :)
bjonathan··on Show HN: AppsTxt.com, Everyday a Free App by Text
no you download them directly from the store and you can upgrade later like the apps with FreeAppADay
bjonathan··on Show HN: AppsTxt.com, Everyday a Free App by Text
At the begining it's would be apps that we love or for which we obtained a special deals (free for 24hours for example). But yes we hope to personnalize our recommandations quickly !
bjonathan··on Show HN: AppsTxt.com, Everyday a Free App by Text
Hi fellow HNers,

AppsTxt is our last project. As iPhone users we wanted a new way to discover apps on the store and benefit from discounts on great apps. We used Free Apps a Day but we are not fan of the idea of installing a new app to get new apps. Also we forgot most of the time to open it and judge that it doesn't deserve to have notifications ON.

We thought about text message. How we can open them easily and switch to something else fast. So we put together AppsTxt.com .

Starting Monday, you will receive a direct link to download free apps, on which we've negotiated cool deals we have with friend-apps! Until then we would love to gather your feedback on the idea and your suggestions. Of course feel free to register, I guarentee you that we will NEVER spam you.

Thank you by advance for your feedback!

bjonathan··on FBI seized PokerStars.com, FullTiltPoker.com, UB.com,... domain names
they are red pro , they will be fine, the real risk is for middle/high stakes grinders who dont have the same relationship with the big sites and as OP said risk to have their money freeze for some time (a US player is already reporting on 2+2 that he cant withdraw his money from FT)
bjonathan··on FBI seized PokerStars.com, FullTiltPoker.com, UB.com,... domain names
it's happening quite often that big poker sites have some of their funds confiscated. Usually they dont communicate about it and just change the payment provider they use to collect US money.
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