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Re: Source Code: My Beginnings

From Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Source Code: My Beginnings
Date 2025-02-15 11:10 +0000
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Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> wrote:
> On 2/7/2025 10:00 PM, Book Review wrote:
>> Has anybody bought this book yet?
>> 
>> <https://www.amazon.co.uk/Source-Code-Beginnings-Bill-Gates/dp/0241736676>
>> 
>> Bill Gates is one of the most transformative figures of our age.
> 
>   There are probably 10000 people more interesting to me than
> Bill Gates. He's very bright, but also arrogantly thinks he's a genius,
> offering his unimpressive opinions on all sorts of topics, as though
> he's an official wise man.

That's the problem with all (tech) billionaires they think they are god's
gift simply because they were lucky by being at the right place, right time
and a privileged background. 

They do not deserve more respect than anyone else and as we're seeing with
Musk are ultimately very dangerous people because of their wealth. 

Being a billionaire is morally and ethically wrong. 

>   He's clearly got a head for business, but exhibited endless greed.
> He then turned to philanthropy, ever desperate to be an amazing
> person. He tried to take over education and health care in the
> process.
> 
>   I'm not aware of even one small thing that Bill Gates has ever
> done to truly serve others. 

The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has done some truly beneficial things
in the developing world. It is arguable whether that money would have been
better given to the WHO instead, however. 

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Source Code: My Beginnings Book Review <invalid@invalid.com> - 2025-02-08 03:00 +0000
  Re: Source Code: My Beginnings Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-07 23:10 -0500
    Re: Source Code: My Beginnings Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-08 01:40 -0500
      Re: Source Code: My Beginnings Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-08 07:45 -0500
        Re: Source Code: My Beginnings Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-08 17:35 -0500
          Re: Source Code: My Beginnings Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-08 19:29 -0500
            Re: Source Code: My Beginnings Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-08 23:39 -0500
    Re: Source Code: My Beginnings Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-02-08 05:03 -0800
      Re: Source Code: My Beginnings Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-08 10:24 -0500
        Re: Source Code: My Beginnings sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-02-09 17:17 -0600
        Re: Source Code: My Beginnings Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-15 21:30 +1100
    Re: Source Code: My Beginnings Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-02-15 11:10 +0000
  Re: Source Code: My Beginnings Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2025-02-08 19:32 +0300
  Re: Source Code: My Beginnings MikeS <mikes@is.invalid> - 2025-02-10 21:15 +0000

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