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by boojing 2y ago
Same here. I gave up on Protonmail, even after getting my family to switch to it. Ultimately the lack of good email searching was a dealbreaker. Fastmail has been great, especially with a custom domain and masked emails (the 1Password integ
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by boojing 2y ago
You can: https://sales.jetbrains.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207240855-Can-...
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by boojing 3y ago
Previously discussed last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38870429
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by boojing 4y ago
Props for making such a beautiful and useful website! I was surprised to see how well it works on both mobile and desktop. What did you use for the search feature at the top?
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by boojing 5y ago
If you don't mind me asking, what visa are you on? H1-Bs are limited to 6 years so I'm guessing another temporary visa.
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by boojing 5y ago
Probably because "Hindu Switcheroo" rhymes
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by boojing 5y ago
Another alternative is yobai (+ skhd) https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai I switched to it after having some issues with rectangle sending some of my windows into the abyss (way outside of the screen) which forced me
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by boojing 5y ago
Magit is another popular alternative for emacs https://magit.vc I wonder if anyone has gone from lazygit to magit or the other way around. As someone who uses emacs for my day to day dev work I can't see myself changing.
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by boojing 5y ago
It's not only about new hires. You will have to figure out things about code that you wrote 3/6/12 months ago.
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by boojing 5y ago
Can you opt out of the course if you manage to enter a valid tar command on your first try?
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by boojing 5y ago
I thought these would be jokes!
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by boojing 6y ago
Steam (the video game distribution platform) does "recent reviews" and "all reviews" so that you can tell if there has been a recent influx of positive or negative reviews.
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by boojing 6y ago
When coding, some programmers mix functional and imperative. Others prefer not to: they believe in the separation of Church and state.
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by boojing 6y ago
By "a competitor" you mean Google?
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by boojing 6y ago
Your comment made me think of the adage: "Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live"
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by boojing 6y ago
Great series! I heard the third book is set to come out some time this century.
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by boojing 6y ago
Parking can be expensive
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by boojing 6y ago
Does Fargate use Bottlerocket?
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by boojing 6y ago
A safety net and gov provided healthcare isn't all that important for your average high earning single tech worker who has no kids.
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by boojing 6y ago
Interesting. If you don't mind me asking; how did you make contact with the first few teams? Was the early exposure from sharing parts of the project through social platforms or directly reaching out to the teams?
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by boojing 6y ago
Why is the fact that you work at Google and have researched caching for your PhD a disclaimer? I fail to see how it denies your previous statement
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by boojing 6y ago
The content seems good but I'm not a fan of the way the sections are laid out on the introduction page. The courses should at the very least have hyperlinks for each of the learning objectives.
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by boojing 8y ago
A modified version of the algorithm is used in the US for matching graduating medical students with hospital positions. It's interesting topic ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Day_(medicine) )
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by boojing 9y ago
It was the book that was used in my first programming class in college (Northeastern). One of the authors, Matthias, was part of the course staff. It's definitely interesting as it differs from most non-functional programming intro cou
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by boojing 9y ago
I started binge reading Asimov's books in that order as well and I share you sentiments. I guess that I liked the robot series more than Foundation since the characters were more relatable.
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by boojing 9y ago
I just tried the 7+'s text selection and it works great unlike in that video.
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by boojing 9y ago
Reading HN is no problem, understanding it is! /s