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Re: Source Code: My Beginnings

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On 9/02/2025 2:24 am, Newyana2 wrote:
> On 2/8/2025 8:03 AM, Stan Brown wrote:
>> On Fri, 7 Feb 2025 23:10:02 -0500, Newyana2 wrote:
>>> 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.
>> 
>> Well, the bar has moved in recent years. The first three that come
>> to mind Zuckerberg, Altman, and above all Musk have made themselves
>> much more annoying as persons than Gates ever did.
>> 
> Yes. And Bezos. And Tim Cook. Bill Gates seems to have a functioning
> conscience, at least relatively speaking.

Is that "functioning conscience" called Melinda?? ;-P

> I suppose the big problem is that all of these people virtually fell
> into power on a massive scale, like an emperor. Unsocialized,
> borderline Aspergers teenagers suddenly became billionaires.
> 
> I once read a story, I think in Wired, where Gates and his then new
> girlfriend were interviewed. At some point, BG bragged that he was
> arguably more powerful than the president. Melinda kicked him under
> the table. That seemed to describe the situation in a nutshell.
-- 
Daniel70

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    Re: Source Code: My Beginnings Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-02-08 05:03 -0800
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        Re: Source Code: My Beginnings Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-15 21:30 +1100
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