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joebolteon Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2

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

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

joebolteon Steve Jurvetson is out at his own VC firm after allegations of sexual harassment

> 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?

joebolteon Steve Jurvetson is out at his own VC firm after allegations of sexual harassment

> 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.

joebolteon Walmart Pay

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.

joebolteon Making Sense of Dell and EMC and VMware

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

joebolteon The Click Modular Router Project

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

joebolteon Why It's So Difficult to Climb Amazon's Corporate Ladder

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?

joebolteon WebKit has implemented srcset

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

joebolteon Branch

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?