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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 integration that auto creates them is great when it works).

Seems that Protonmail has made some improvements for the searching but people are still complaining. Oddly enough I'm also using Mullvad but I couldn't be bothered to get it via Tailscale as I share my subscription with my dad.

Re:Will US companies hire fewer engineers due to Section 174? on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @05:22PM (#38933093)
Previously discussed last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38870429
Re:Show HN: Piano Chord Player on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @11:31AM (#34327364)
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?
Re:I used indie hacking to sponsor my own green card on Thursday February 03, 2022 @06:34PM (#30200612)
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.
Probably because "Hindu Switcheroo" rhymes
Re:macOS Setup after 15 Years of Linux on Thursday December 30, 2021 @06:54PM (#29743090)
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 to kill the app and restart it to get it back. But if Rectangle works for you that's good too, it's probably easier to configure.

Re:Lazygit: A simple terminal UI for Git commands on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @02:39PM (#29396473)
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.

Re:Drunk Post: Things I've Learned as a Sr Engineer on Sunday May 30, 2021 @01:09PM (#27334701)
It's not only about new hires. You will have to figure out things about code that you wrote 3/6/12 months ago.
Re:The Missing Semester of CS Education on Friday May 14, 2021 @12:31PM (#27156157)
Can you opt out of the course if you manage to enter a valid tar command on your first try?
Re:My Favorite One Liners on Monday May 03, 2021 @08:38AM (#27024265)
I thought these would be jokes!
Re:Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Play Store on Thursday January 28, 2021 @02:48PM (#25947943)
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.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes? on Thursday January 21, 2021 @03:12AM (#25856642)
When coding, some programmers mix functional and imperative. Others prefer not to: they believe in the separation of Church and state.
Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:16PM (#25676752)
By "a competitor" you mean Google?
Re:Shitlist Driven Development (2016) on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @11:26AM (#25431742)
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"
Re:Technical debt as a lack of understanding on Friday November 06, 2020 @10:35PM (#25013060)
Great series! I heard the third book is set to come out some time this century.
Re:Don’t pay for 95% (2016) on Monday October 12, 2020 @12:42PM (#24756325)
Parking can be expensive
Does Fargate use Bottlerocket?
A safety net and gov provided healthcare isn't all that important for your average high earning single tech worker who has no kids.
Re:Startups are pummeled in the ‘great unwinding’ on Sunday April 05, 2020 @12:07AM (#22783670)
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?
Re:How We reduced our Google Maps API cost on Saturday April 04, 2020 @04:56AM (#22777075)
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
Re:Technical Writing Courses on Sunday March 22, 2020 @01:59AM (#22653062)
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.
Re:Impersonators who are paid to flirt on dating apps on Saturday April 28, 2018 @12:31AM (#16946072)
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) )
Re:How to Design Programs, second edition on Sunday March 11, 2018 @06:53AM (#16562516)
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 course books and sets up a more rigorous foundation for students to use when they go on to learn about class based design with Java in the second semester.

I guess it might be a bit strange to think that we don't encounter iteration until the latter part of our second semester but it does make student get really familiar with recursion.

Not sure how I would have handled it if I had to work through it alone but I would at least recommend people to give the book a look.

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.
Re:Android Oreo on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @03:48AM (#15070449)
I just tried the 7+'s text selection and it works great unlike in that video.
Reading HN is no problem, understanding it is! /s