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__ralston3

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    Comment #19863695

    Been using it for several months post-Gmail. I wouldn't expect all the bells and whistles of Gmail, but you get a solid, reliable, fast, and private email option. The mobile app is…

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    Ask HN: What did you think of Google I/O today?

    Personally I thought it was meh. Just seemed to be a lot of the same: convenience-friendly data-hungry services masked with baby pictures and "family" sentiment. I did enjoy hearin…

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    Comment #19765471

    There seem to be ample comments discussing the "viability" of crypto trading/tokens, but if I'm Etrade, all I care about are the commissions - to hell with the underlying tech or w…

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    Comment #19748209

    As a PM customer of almost a year, I'd definitely say they should focus more efforts on the UI/UX as opposed to advancing the crypto for now. What's the point of having the world's…

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    Comment #19731158

    I would suggest reading through and practicing some of the snippets as you go along (however, I would _not_ suggest doing the little projects, often they can get you sidetracked). …

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    Comment #19545895

    Yea “good grades” people / “bad grades” (as I read it, and was intended) is clearly not meant as a play on intelligence

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    Comment #19537113

    Wow thank you for this concise explanation

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    Comment #19496362

    I thought these were grounded[1]? I surely missed something here [1] https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/13/politics/donald-trump-boeing-...

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    Comment #19483310

    I always found it interesting that "hating open office spaces" is one of those sort of biased-HN things, similar to general dislike/distrust of popular social media platforms. Virt…

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    Comment #19471642

    If you're a uMatrix fan, just open up the tool in your favorite browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc) and see what cost you pay for that Reddit service. Hint - it ain't free . You pay in …

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    Ask HN: Does the current smartphone paradigm natrually lead to centralization?

    Given that a smartphone uses apps , and these apps are distributed via app stores , and further these apps run in the cloud (i.e., costly data centers that tend to be ran by compan…

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    Comment #19454401

    I find it pretty shocking that other commenters are looking at this as excusable. I mean, is that OK/excusable at your company? Logging payloads/bodies of sensitive requests in pla…

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    Comment #19409301

    Love the list/bulleted way that this is presented. Obviously missing a lot of granular points, but at a high level, I think this is spot on

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    Comment #19406313

    All else aside, this would make for a pretty amazing answer to the "So why did you leave your last company?". I can't imagine the loyalty inspired by this type of "treat my team ri…

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    Ask HN: What are CS topics covered in school, that aren't learned in the wild?

    I'm a self-taught dev with a solid understanding of a broad scope of CS topics. However, I've recently learned that some companies filter during the interview process for CS-grads …

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    Comment #19394767

    Thanks for sharing. My takeaway is that I'm happy to know that east coast co's are willing to go to that $180K+ level. Would be much more interested at that level on the east coast…

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