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They've already said it on Reddit; but, he has to be the fastest Reddit AMA that I've ever paid attention to. He's responding to so much, so quickly; and a lot of the questions don't seem like ones he could pass off to someone else, not to mention the wording, etc seems consistent throughout.
Wow, Bill Gates thinks his portrayal in Pirates of Silicon Valley was very accurate ( http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/18bhme/im_bill_gates_c... ). Even Woz had said that the film accurately portrayed all the personalities. However, we should appreciate Bill for his honesty. He is not shown in good light in that movie.
Based entirely on the movie, Steve Jobs is clearly shown as the worse of the two.
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I think what he meant is that if a girl is giving an AMA she gets a lot of off topic "wow you're hot" type posts from the peanut gallery, something that wouldn't happen if the system were more moderated. OTOH, the lack of moderation is part of the charm of AMAs IMO even though it does result in the trolls being trolls. (The "Woody Harrelson"/Rampart AMAs would be the norm if not for the chaotic nature of reddit).
"Charming", sure. Must be great for women to sift through comments like I would like to marry you... or just buy a pair of your used undies. It's funny that people actually do that. http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/17yd4k/iam_emmy_rossum... Just hi-larious.
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If I could go a week without someone on HN using the word "fanboy" I'd be a happy man.
Yet, you seem to be okay with the folks who flag this story. What do you call people who go out of their way to flag even product announcements and posts like this? Tech enthusiasts? I'll be happy to use a less abrasive substitute.
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"Charming", sure. Must be great for women to sift through comments like I would like to marry you... or just buy a pair of your used undies. It's funny that people actually do that. http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/17yd4k/iam_emmy_rossum... Just hi-larious.
I'm not suggesting they are all charming, some of them are pretty terrible, but that's the price you pay for having relatively free speech. While moderating the questions would eliminate posts like the one you linked, it would also eliminate ones which aren't terrible but are certainly "off the script" of what would be asked if everything were cleanly moderated.
And if it's a trade-off where more "impulsive" comments are deleted, then I prefer that to subjecting female respondents to constant come-ons from pubescent, sad human beings.
I think it's clear what Emmy Rossum prefers.
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Listen, I don't mean to be rude, but this isn't really the place to hash it out with moderators, or draw parallels with any part of Germany's less reputable history. You should email them if you're convinced it's flagged and you have an issue with it.
>and you have an issue with it You don't see a problem with a section of posters with good karma flagging posts like this? Edit: I do think a better parallel is Digg's bury brigades. https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=digg+bury+b...
But honestly, I don't take Hacker News seriously enough for it to bother me. I use it to build connections in the community, keep up to date on tech and news matters, and post things from time to time.
It's not as though I need my posts to hit the front page. I post intellectual curiosities and some of my more interesting blog posts around the internet, but I couldn't care less if a small but powerful "1%" holds voting power on Hacker News.
If there's anyone who doesn't want to dig deep into the comments, here's a cool thing:
Bill Gates intends to eradicate Polio within the next six years and then eradicate Malaria within his lifetime.
Kudos, Bill.
Post-Microsoft Bill Gates is a much more interesting person. I'm not a Microsoft fan, but I have a huge amount of respect for how he's choosing to spend the money he made. Interesting contrast to Larry Ellison, for example.
It's kind of crazy when you think about his goals of eradicating some diseases completely. Totally. From the face of the Earth. There are definitely worse ways to spend your time and money.