Hacker News: joebolte

New comment by joebolte in "Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2"

joebolte — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 18:18:41 +0000

The Varjo doesn’t have an external display or a real-time processor, and those are just two examples.

New comment by joebolte in "IBM acquires Red Hat"

joebolte — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 19:58:43 +0000

What do you mean “a la Satya Nadella and Microsoft”? He didn’t join MSFT through an acquisition. Did you mean Jobs/NeXT/Apple?

New comment by joebolte in "Steve Jurvetson is out at his own VC firm after allegations of sexual harassment"

joebolte — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 23:41:53 +0000

> their truths are being overshadowed by those who seek to use these accusations as a way to screw over somebody they didn't like or for attention or even for money.

Wow. Given the well-supported allegations of sexual misconduct, published in reputable newspapers recently, yours is quite the claim. Who is doing this for attention? Do you have any evidence?

New comment by joebolte in "Steve Jurvetson is out at his own VC firm after allegations of sexual harassment"

joebolte — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 23:35:30 +0000

> a career death sentence has already been carried out by a virtual lynch mob

Did you read the article you are commenting on?

> "... sources said that the investigation uncovered behaviors by Jurvetson that were unacceptable related to a negative tone toward women entrepreneurs."

So if the article is correct, your claim that there is nothing more than "mere allegations" so far is wrong.

New comment by joebolte in "Walmart Pay"

joebolte — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:40:57 +0000

You are very misinformed about Apple Pay, and the poster you are replying to is correct. CC networks pay the Apple Pay surcharge, not customers or vendors. To vendors, Apple Pay looks like a regular NFC transaction, except with a one-time card number, so there is no danger of the kind of hacks that happened to Target, Home Depot, and many other retailers. Apple has nothing at all to do with "reviewing and resolving fraud and other claims." The CC networks still do this.

New comment by joebolte in "Making Sense of Dell and EMC and VMware"

joebolte — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 21:01:30 +0000

No, voting rights are the difference between the Google (now Alphabet) share classes.

New comment by joebolte in "The Click Modular Router Project"

joebolte — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 15:13:29 +0000

Where does it explain what Click is? No explanation on the front page, and first FAQ is "Is Click experimental software?"

New comment by joebolte in "Why It's So Difficult to Climb Amazon's Corporate Ladder"

joebolte — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:11:30 +0000

How can it be harder to climb Amazon's corporate ladder unless they have less management or do more outside hiring at a senior level than other companies? Somebody has to get promoted to fill the positions, right?

New comment by joebolte in "WebKit has implemented srcset"

joebolte — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:34:57 +0000

Is srcset really the clearest name they could come up with?

New comment by joebolte in "Branch"

joebolte — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:38:52 +0000

It's a page of 9 short comments, but 8/9 are are elided after the first few words. Is the new way of talking to each other sentences where you can't see the end?