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Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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Post by coolandsmartrr » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:35 AM UTC

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #14

cma wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Woz did his big programming project at Atari.

Jobs was an Atari technician doing board layouts and grunt work. No programming was involved. Breakout didn't have a microprocessor so Woz didn't program that either.

IIRC, Breakout is the project that:

- Jobs brought Woz over to the office at night

- completed with much less electronics parts

- Jobs struggled to explain the internal workings (of a schema he didn't make)

- Woz was compensated less (by being told by Jobs that Atari didn't give a big bonus)

- Jobs denies siphoning much of the bonus

Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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Post by cuteboy19 » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:35 AM UTC

pkdpic wrote: post #9

>>> From: Steve Jobs To: Steve Jobs Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 11:08PM I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds. I do not make any of my own clothing. I speak a language I did not invent or refine. I did not discover the mathematics I use. I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate. I am mo…

No subject line?

Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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Post by leovander » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:35 AM UTC

bismuthcrystal wrote: post #15

baxtr wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am driving cars I have never built.

I am typing this message on a keyboard layout i did not conceive.

But did you go down the rabbit hole of r/mk and solder that bad boy yourself?

Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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Post by largepeepee » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:36 AM UTC

vachina wrote: post #20

bismuthcrystal wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am typing this message on a keyboard layout i did not conceive.

I’m perpetuating a comment chain I did not start

I just farted.

I fart, therefore I am.

Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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Post by seibelj » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:37 AM UTC

markdown wrote: post #24

pkdpic wrote: post #9

>>> From: Steve Jobs To: Steve Jobs Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 11:08PM I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds. I do not make any of my own clothing. I speak a language I did not invent or refine. I did not discover the mathematics I use. I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate. I am mo…

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Also extremely strange is he received a liver transplant much quicker than average, in a state far from where he lived, which later received a $40mil anonymous donation

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2015/11/12/hospital-where-jobs-rece...

Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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Post by BbzzbB » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:44 AM UTC

na85 wrote: post #30

gpt5 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Finding a loophole in the system and working out a shortened lease length with a dealership on a $100K car is not a very strong example of a "vain egomaniac". I could also easily argue here a certain "hacker spirit", and that Jobs really valued his privacy. Would you say the same about people who pay for VPN services to mask their IP address while browsing online?

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Nothing is as unrecognizable as a light grey Mercedes SL55 with no license plate.

Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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Post by vlovich123 » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:44 AM UTC

na85 wrote: post #30

gpt5 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Finding a loophole in the system and working out a shortened lease length with a dealership on a $100K car is not a very strong example of a "vain egomaniac". I could also easily argue here a certain "hacker spirit", and that Jobs really valued his privacy. Would you say the same about people who pay for VPN services to mask their IP address while browsing online?

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Is that a car that would be particularly out of place in an Apple parking lot or even in any parking lot in Silicon Valley? I’ve certainly seen way more expensive cars on the lots. If I recall correctly Ives drives Aston Martins and Bentleys.

Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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Post by spoonjim » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:45 AM UTC

testmasterflex wrote: post #4

Makes me think of something I always wondered; did Steve know programming? He did work at Atari right? I think I’ve always attributed Steve’s huge success to 3 things; Meeting Woz, Meeting Markkula and spending a lot of time to practise articulating himself. I must admit, I envy the man. Who doesn’t. Apple is a fantastic company and keeps releasing great products.

If you think Steve Jobs was just some lucky huckster you will never ship a great product.

Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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Post by frenchie14 » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:46 AM UTC

There's something deeply comical about this existential message ending with:

> Sent from my iPad

Re: Steve Jobs emails himself (2010)

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Post by system2 » Thu, Sep 08, 2022, 5:46 AM UTC

markdown wrote: post #24

pkdpic wrote: post #9

>>> From: Steve Jobs To: Steve Jobs Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 11:08PM I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds. I do not make any of my own clothing. I speak a language I did not invent or refine. I did not discover the mathematics I use. I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate. I am mo…

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Sick people don't make the best decisions especially while they are dying.