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Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Post by zie » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 12:43 AM UTC

dazc wrote: post #2

I think this has been posted multiple times but, yeah, they are never going to succeed with a website like this.

> they are never going to succeed with a website like this.

How do you define success? BRK beat the S&P 500 returns for a few decades. They are one of the largest companies on planet earth(top 10), and their net income after all expenses is approaching $100B USD a year.

They own well known public companies like Dairy Queen, Duracell, BNSF Railroad, Geico Insurance, etc.

They seem pretty successful to me.

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Post by coin » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 1:25 AM UTC

zie wrote: post #101

dazc wrote: post #2

I think this has been posted multiple times but, yeah, they are never going to succeed with a website like this.

> they are never going to succeed with a website like this. How do you define success? BRK beat the S&P 500 returns for a few decades. They are one of the largest companies on planet earth(top 10), and their net income after all expenses is approaching $100B USD a year. They own well known public companies like Dairy Queen, Duracell, BNSF Railroad, Geico Insurance, etc. They seem pretty successful to me.

I'm pretty sure it was meant to be sarchasm

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Post by kayamon » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 3:33 AM UTC

Bukhmanizer wrote: post #25

It’s weird that the “message from Warren Buffett” is an ad for Geico and a jewelry brand. I get that they’re subsidiaries but still.

He really is the world's best door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman.

His advice on how to make money is basically that you should give some to him. Sometimes you just have to stand back and clap.

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Post by penguin_booze » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 7:45 AM UTC

johnywalks wrote: post #27

shreyshnaccount wrote: post #20

This type of website, with just the addition responsive text, is how most of the internet should ideally be.

I don't know. I really enjoy 10 popups when i visit a website.

Plus the emphatic message that my privacy is of their utmost concern, is reassuring. I feel special.

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Post by allie1 » Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 7:05 PM UTC

JYellensFuckboy wrote: post #94

8ytecoder wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s extremely hard to read on mobile though.

I'd be curious to know how many people access the Berkshire Hathaway website from a phone. If they do get any mobile traffic, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if it's from more BlackBerries than iPhones.

So would they, but no Google Analytics, so they will have to rely on customizing their web server logs to capture user agent xD

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Post by XCSme » Tue, Nov 22, 2022, 12:29 AM UTC

PaulWaldman wrote: post #59

Uh oh! Check out the Legal Disclaimer. >Reproduction or distribution of any materials obtained on this website or linking to this website without written permission is prohibited. Linking to this website without written permission is strictly prohibited. Really hope meesterdude obtained said required written permission prior posting.

What if the link is added in an NFT? How do they remove it?

Re: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Post by sicp-enjoyer » Tue, Nov 22, 2022, 5:12 AM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #76

sicp-enjoyer wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Default HTML is already responsive. What are you adding to break it on mobile? (Of course, really old HTML that uses table based layout has problems.)

Nothing needs to be changed because it’s not a responsiveness problem. The font is tiny because the page was designed for a far wider screen than a phone. A little css could fix it: collapse the two columns of links into one when on a narrow screen.

Sure, that's how to fix the BRK site. But I was replying to your comment:

> I want to make websites like this and run into the same problem every time: phones exist now.

If you start from unstyled HTML it works. My question is what are you adding in your development process of making simple websites that breaks it for phones?