Hacker News: blue_box

New comment by blue_box in "Silicon Valley: no country for young men"

blue_box — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 18:41:33 +0000

https://archive.ph/LfYaU

Shopify Editions – Dev Mode

blue_box — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:30:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.shopify.com/editions/summer2022

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31851468

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Microsoft will include pay ranges in all U.S. job postings

blue_box — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:24:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenamcgregor/2022/06/09/microsoft-announces-it-will-include-pay-ranges-in-all-us-job-postings-experts-predict-it-will-be-the-first-of-many/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31693830

Points: 670

# Comments: 313

New comment by blue_box in "Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO"

blue_box — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 22:25:05 +0000

No, they bought FriendFeed for that.

Twitter Locks Down Product Changes After Agreeing to Musk Bid

blue_box — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 22:30:44 +0000

Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twitter-locks-down-product-changes-195751959.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31161641

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by blue_box in "Google gives Europe a ‘reject all’ button for tracking cookies"

blue_box — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:23:32 +0000

I’m hoping that Apple will bring this reject all tracking cookies option to Safari so websites read that instead of asking all the time.

New comment by blue_box in "Testing New Tools for Horizon Worlds Creators to Earn Money"

blue_box — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 16:35:44 +0000

> A Meta spokesperson confirmed to CNBC Wednesday that Meta will take an overall cut of up to 47.5% on each transaction. That includes a “hardware platform fee” of 30% for sales made through the Meta Quest Store, where it sells apps and games for its virtual reality headsets. On top of that, Horizon Worlds, will charge a 17.5% fee.

New comment by blue_box in "Steve Wozniak: Steve Jobs wasn’t a natural-born leader"

blue_box — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 14:36:41 +0000

> “Sometimes motivation, wanting something, is a lot more important than having the real skill,” Wozniak said.

New comment by blue_box in "Amazon.com announces fourth quarter results [pdf]"

blue_box — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:28:05 +0000

> With the continued expansion of Prime member benefits as well as the rise in wages and transportation costs, Amazon will increase the price of a Prime membership in the U.S., with the monthly fee going from $12.99 to $14.99, and the annual membership from $119 to $139. This is the first time Amazon has raised the price of Prime since 2018. For new Prime members, the price change will go into effect on February 18, 2022, and for current Prime members, the new price will apply after March 25, 2022, on the date of their next renewal.

New comment by blue_box in "Our Rails test suite runs in 1 minute on Buildkite"

blue_box — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:16:03 +0000

Would be nice if they shared how many tests they have :)

New comment by blue_box in "As teens left Facebook, it planned to target 6-year-olds, documents show"

blue_box — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 19:01:30 +0000

They don’t need to create a new product for them. They are going to buy Roblox soon and have millions of children on their platform.

New comment by blue_box in "Apple and Disney among companies backing groups against US climate bill"

blue_box — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 06:18:36 +0000

Before blaming them, we should ask why they are against it.

“provide payments to prop up carbon-free nuclear energy”

I would be also against a bill that includes this.

New comment by blue_box in "Safari 15 on Mac OS, a user interface mess"

blue_box — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 12:49:21 +0000

“ And it makes no sense whatsoever that one would want to go looking for the Reload button in a tiny menu with a More… icon.”

I don’t even remember when was the last time I clicked the reload button. I just press command + R.

Judge Grills Tim Cook on App Store Policies

blue_box — Fri, 21 May 2021 20:00:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/05/21/tim-cook-grilled-by-judge-epic-games-v-apple/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27239177

Points: 15

# Comments: 3

Apple suggests Microsoft could be behind the Epic Games lawsuit

blue_box — Fri, 21 May 2021 11:15:55 +0000

Article URL: https://9to5mac.com/2021/05/21/epic-games-lawsuit-microsoft/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27232632

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by blue_box in "European leaders urge U.S., Britain to match EU generosity on vaccine exports"

blue_box — Sat, 08 May 2021 09:13:02 +0000

Waiving IP of something that is not invented in your country is easy. Exporting as the same amount of vaccine as used in EU to non-EU country requires courage.

France plans subsidy for packages delivered by cargo bike

blue_box — Sat, 08 May 2021 09:05:47 +0000

Article URL: https://cyclingindustry.news/france-plans-subsidy-for-packages-delivered-by-cargo-bike/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27085267

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Facebook Asks Users to Enable ATT in Order to Keep Services 'Free of Charge'

blue_box — Sun, 02 May 2021 21:09:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/05/02/facebook-instagram-att-prompt-free-of-charge/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27019044

Points: 28

# Comments: 5

New comment by blue_box in "How to fight back against Google FLoC"

blue_box — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 06:33:51 +0000

It is dying and this is the way how Google is going to save it. If we ban, it will die.

New comment by blue_box in "Clothing, How Did They Make It? Part IVb: Cloth Money"

blue_box — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 21:20:51 +0000

I really like this series but I can’t read very long articles on normal screens. I hope the author publishes them as a book so I can read them on my Kindle.