merricksb

So much of what companies were pouring money into in the past few years - i.e., VR, blockchain, assuming everyone would just keep increasingly living online - has turned out to be garbage.

merricksb··on The FTC plans to curtail the use of non-compete clauses

https://archive.ph/oOJeb

merricksb··on Salesforce to Lay Off 10% of Workforce, Reduce Offices

Earlier...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34245202

merricksb··on Welcoming 1927 to the Public Domain

Several major recent discussions via dang here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34210013

merricksb··on The Canon Cat: the little computer that could have changed the world

Discussed 2 months ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33285665

(180 points | 66 days ago | 161 comments)

merricksb··on US Copyright Office refuses application with AI algorithm named as author

This case was discussed heavily here at the time in March (different article, same topic):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30702117

(328 points | 9 months ago | 166 comments)

merricksb··on Report: Apple plans to support sideloading and third-party app stores by 2024

Huge discussion of original article (referenced as source in this article) yesterday:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33974265 (678 points/753 comments)

merricksb··on Neuralink faces federal inquiry after killing 1,500 animals in testing

Discussed earlier:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33872950

(153 points | by Terretta | 14 hours ago | 190 comments)

merricksb··on Starlink to start “deprioritizing” traffic after 1TB monthly

Earlier discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33473757

merricksb··on Meta: Shares in Facebook owner dive 20% as investors lose faith

Earlier discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33357289

merricksb··on [dead]

Huge discussion earlier:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33182223

396 points/18 hours ago/692 comments

merricksb··on YouTube May Force You to Watch 10 (Or More) Unskippable Ads in a Row

Discussed at least twice already:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32859438 (61 points/4 days ago/142 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32835071 (100 points/6 days ago/264 comments)

merricksb··on 60-80% of Tweeters posting on Russia-Ukraine war are bots, 90% pro Ukraine

Same study discussed 10 days ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32745602

merricksb··on Software engineers paying 75K to get 3 inches taller

Discussion of source article on GQ:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32852962

merricksb··on The SEC revealed today that it charged VMware with fraud

Discussed here two days ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32818402 (205 points/66 comments)

merricksb··on Germany's €9 transit ticket cuts 1.8 million tonnes of CO2

Discussed 8 days ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32652591

merricksb··on Is There an HN for Women?

Elpha is a discussion community for women in tech.

It was started by a female YC employee and she then left YC employment to run it full time, with YC funding it as part of their summer 2019 batch.

https://elpha.com

merricksb··on Adam Neumann’s new company gets a big check from Andreessen Horowitz

Earlier discussion here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32479652

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