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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else find the new Gmail interface sluggish? by pvinis on Monday November 05, 2018 @12:47AM (#18380129)
Which big company starts with "N"? I can only think of Nintendo..
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else find the new Gmail interface sluggish? by jinushaun on Monday November 05, 2018 @01:31AM (#18380309)
The N in FAANG stands for Netflix, because people needed an N and FAAG would be awkward.
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else find the new Gmail interface sluggish? by nailer on Monday November 05, 2018 @05:52AM (#18381333)
Also because Netflix is a world class engineering company - they led in cloud, popularised chaos engineering, and are in the process of destroying the cable industry.
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else find the new Gmail interface sluggish? by heuiop on Monday November 05, 2018 @03:48AM (#18380826)
I've always wondered, why isn't Microsoft included in this? FAMANG maybe?
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else find the new Gmail interface sluggish? by amf12 on Monday November 05, 2018 @08:08AM (#18381997)
Because the term has been coined by Jim Cramer to denote the best performing tech stocks at that point in time. It does not take into account anything other than stock growth.
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else find the new Gmail interface sluggish? by kerneis on Monday November 05, 2018 @10:38PM (#18388142)
French uses GAFAM: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAFAM (and leaves out Netflix). Funnily enough it used to be GAFA, but people eventually added Microsoft.
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else find the new Gmail interface sluggish? by atmosx on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @11:26AM (#18392397)
I love your theory about how “N” got in there. Thanks for sharing.
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else find the new Gmail interface sluggish? by pvinis on Monday November 05, 2018 @02:25AM (#18380506)
Thanks for the answer and the jokey comment. :)
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else find the new Gmail interface sluggish? by artwr on Monday November 05, 2018 @12:59AM (#18380188)
Nvidia? Netflix?
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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else find the new Gmail interface sluggish? by hvnsweeting on Monday November 05, 2018 @01:01AM (#18380194)
Netflix?
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