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seanpreston··on Privacy is an afterthought. Here's how devs can easily make it better.
That second point is very interesting. Beyond reading code / SLA for the lib, I'm not sure there's an easy (read: time efficient) way to understand what data points are used for what purposes currently. At least it seems that would hold for a lot of services.

Am I missing something here?

seanpreston··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2018)
Marvelapp | https://marvelapp.com | DevOps Engineer | London, U.K. or REMOTE | Full-Time

At Marvel, we're on a mission to create an all-in-one design platform that democratises the design process, making it more productive, inclusive and fun. From aspiring creators to professional designers, nearly 2 million people across the globe are using Marvel to bring their ideas to life. Over 100,000 organisations access the platform regularly, including employees at over 75% of the Fortune 100.

We're looking for a DevOps person to help us build a platform and infrastructure to power the data and product pieces that scale to meet the needs of millions of our users. If you want to play a critical role at a fun, friendly, ambitious startup and help us turn into the platform that impacts millions then we'd love to hear from you!

More info. here: https://marvel.workable.com/j/93A5E99C4B

I'm an engineer here at Marvelapp too, so feel free to mail me directly at sean@marvelapp.com if you have any questions

More about Marvel: - https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/08/marvel-lous/

seanpreston··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2018)
Marvelapp | https://marvelapp.com | DevOps Engineer | London, U.K. or REMOTE | Full-Time

At Marvel, we're on a mission to create an all-in-one design platform that democratises the design process, making it more productive, inclusive and fun. From aspiring creators to professional designers, nearly 2 million people across the globe are using Marvel to bring their ideas to life. Over 100,000 organisations access the platform regularly, including employees at over 75% of the Fortune 100.

We're looking for a DevOps person to help us build a platform and infrastructure to power the data and product pieces that scale to meet the needs of millions of our users. If you want to play a critical role at a fun, friendly, ambitious startup and help us turn into the platform that impacts millions then we'd love to hear from you!

More info. here: https://marvel.workable.com/j/93A5E99C4B

I'm an engineer here at Marvelapp too, so feel free to mail me directly at sean [at] marvelapp [dot] com if you have any questions

More about Marvel: - https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/08/marvel-lous/

seanpreston··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018)
Marvelapp | Software Engineers / Dev Ops | London, U.K. | Full-time | ONSITE | https://marvelapp.com

At Marvel we are on a mission to create an all-in-one design platform that democratises the design process, making it more productive, inclusive and fun. From aspiring creators to professional designers, 1.5 million people across the globe are using Marvel to bring their ideas to life. Over 100,000 organisations accessing the platform regularly, including employees at over 75% of the Fortune 100. Our loyal community of users love our product (just check out their tweets! (https://twitter.com/marvelapp/favorites)), but what you see today is just the beginning. We’re building a platform that serves millions of people - and we need your help.

See our positions: https://marvel.workable.com/

Contact me directly: sean.preston@marvelapp.com

Find out more: https://marvelapp.com/about/

seanpreston··on Ask HN: App idea for travellers
The closest thing to this I can think of is an offline TripAdvisor app (TripAdvisor City Guides). The app downloads city data straight from TripAdvisor to use on your phone when your internet / wifi is switched off.

Their huge database of places & reviews is combined with a section on 'walking tours' which seems very similar to what you're describing. A great bonus with this is that GPS services still work without internet.

A great addition to this would be bespoke intelligently generated tours based upon your likes or interests.

Also a limitation of the TripAdvisor app is the number of cities offered (though this seems to be increasing)

seanpreston··on Renouncing citizenship: Did Eduardo Saverin do anything wrong?
Stock prices are also influenced by supply & demand. The situation you describe works for just one company paying no corporation tax, but if every company suddenly has no corporation tax, every company's profits increase, so relative demand should stay the same, leaving prices the same.
seanpreston··on Ask HN: why "scrolling" prevail on the web
I would presume it's more intuitive. Also with a physical scroll you have an annoyingly huge amount of paper in one roll, where as on computers any part of the 'scroll' which isn't shown on the screen is taken care of automatically. Pages aren't completely non-existent either, you often see large news articles broken into 3 or 4 pages.
seanpreston··on A Response to 'How Geniuses Think'
Agree completely, the student experience now needs to focus on how to think rather than how to stress about wrote learning.
seanpreston··on How exercise could lead to a better brain
It's probably self-reinforcing. The more you exercise the better your brain gets. The better your brain gets the more you exercise.