Hacker News with Generative AI: Seattle

Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows (seattletimes.com)
As marriage becomes less popular among younger generations, Seattle men have hit a milestone of singledom: For the first time, half of the men living in the city have never been married.

Demographics, Seattle, Marriage, Social Trends

118 points by blondie9x 13 days ago | 193 comments

Microsoft employees recall their early years (seattletimes.com)
Fifty years ago, two kids from Seattle flipped the tech industry on its head.

Microsoft, Technology History, Seattle, Early Years, Company Culture

162 points by rmason 25 days ago | 129 comments

Microsoft turns 50: Four employees recall their early years (seattletimes.com)
Fifty years ago, two kids from Seattle flipped the tech industry on its head.

Microsoft, Technology, History, Business, Seattle

8 points by jnord 26 days ago | 2 comments

Ex-Amazon worker sentenced to 3 years for 3 fraud schemes (seattletimes.com)
A former Seattle tech worker was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for three different fraud schemes, including embezzling more than a half-million dollars from his employer, Amazon.

Fraud, Seattle, Amazon, Technology, Crime

4 points by rwc9 31 days ago | 0 comments

Here's a 'dead' person on Social Security in Seattle, with plenty to say (seattletimes.com)
“DOGE Has 10 Staffers at Social Security in Hunt for Dead People,” the headlines read this past week.

Social Security, Seattle, Fraud, Government, Crime

10 points by howard941 41 days ago | 1 comments

Judge denies Uber's motion to block Seattle law regulating driver deactivation (geekwire.com)
A federal judge denied Uber’s effort to stop the enforcement of a new Seattle law that establishes labor standards for the driver deactivation process.

Legal Issues, Transportation, Seattle, Uber, Labor

8 points by rntn 113 days ago | 0 comments

Museums, Technology, Seattle, History

73 points by superconduct123 143 days ago | 78 comments

Museums, History, Seattle, Technology, Video

6 points by mulmen 243 days ago | 3 comments

Business, Leadership, Remote Work, Seattle, California

55 points by camkego 247 days ago | 111 comments