__ralston3

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by __ralston3 7y ago
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 solid (though I _really_ wish conversation threading w
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Ask HN: What did you think of Google I/O today?
3 points by __ralston3 7y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: What operations of your Engineering/IT department do you audit?
1 points by __ralston3 7y ago|1 comments
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by __ralston3 7y ago
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 what it can/can't do. Not even
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by __ralston3 7y ago
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 most cryptologically advanced, unusable
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by __ralston3 7y ago
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). By snippets I mean things like `foo.chars().iter()` and such
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When it comes to disclosing sponsors, your Google Assistant may be mute(reuters.com)
1 points by __ralston3 7y ago|0 comments
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by __ralston3 7y ago
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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by __ralston3 7y ago
Wow thank you for this concise explanation
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by __ralston3 7y ago
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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by __ralston3 7y ago
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. Virtually every parent comment on the thread is a
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by __ralston3 7y ago
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 data. Reddit has a horde of remote JS embedded ju
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Apple's Reinvention as a Services Company Starts for Real Monday(bloomberg.com)
157 points by __ralston3 7y ago|173 comments
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Ask HN: Does the current smartphone paradigm natrually lead to centralization?
2 points by __ralston3 8y ago|0 comments
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by __ralston3 8y ago
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 plain text - 0 obfuscation. That's ok? Wow. Othe
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Writing fast and safe native Node.js modules with Rust (2018)(blog.risingstack.com)
2 points by __ralston3 8y ago|0 comments
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by __ralston3 8y ago
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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by __ralston3 8y ago
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 right or I'm out" mentality.
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Ask HN: What are CS topics covered in school, that aren't learned in the wild?
11 points by __ralston3 8y ago|10 comments
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by __ralston3 8y ago
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 (e.g., VA) as opposed to an AirBnB level ($250K