Q: "Anything left on your bucket list?" A: "Don't die..." He has some humor too :P
Q. What do people give you for your birthday, given that you can buy anything you want?
A.Free software. Just kidding.
Books actually.
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Re: I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. AMA
#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or people just decided to downvote it because they felt it didn't add anything. shrug
Flagging on HN isn't really the same as downvoting on Reddit. From the HN guidelines: If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.)
I think 27182818284 is talking about the downvoting of your comment, not the flagging of the original story.
Also, Reddit has the same guideline as you quote (only downvote things that don't belong) whereas HN has the creator saying that downvotes can be used to express disagreement.
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I think some sites have a bonus point degrader applied to them, so they age off faster. Prevents what may otherwise be popular sites from dominating the front page.
As far as I know, there is nothing of that sort on HN. If you know more or can list sites that have the degrader applied to them, I'll be thankful.
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Gates founded Microsoft to sell a Basic interpreter. His company spent a lot of time keeping Basic as a core part of its line up long after it was considered passé. I suspect that Gates has some nostalgia for it.
Yeah, Microsoft really is the "BASIC company". From the early 8bit machines (did you know the Commodore 64 BASIC ROM is (c) Microsoft?) through qbasic and all the way up to visual basic and VBA...
Not just the Commodore; the Apple II, TRS-80, and MSX all used Microsoft's BASIC in one form or another. It shouldn't be any surprise at all that their dev tools continue to be rather well done (regardless of what you think of the platform they're on)
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I'd guess it is. Diseases are still organisms, and we try pretty hard not to let them go extinct.
What's the reason for keeping them though? Is it to make vaccines if they potentially come back or more sinister pre-emptive military reasons?
Research. Vaccines just in case we didn't get the all.
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I'd guess it is. Diseases are still organisms, and we try pretty hard not to let them go extinct.
What's the reason for keeping them though? Is it to make vaccines if they potentially come back or more sinister pre-emptive military reasons?
We are always learning how to learn more. Destroying the specimens would destroy an opportunity to learn about an organism that has had a significant impact on our own species.
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Wow. That was amazingly insightful. However, comparing Microsoft to Linux or Macintoshes is like comparing Sushi to French Fries or Pork. Each one has its draws and vehement opponents. So yes, they are all different, even Microsoft today and Microsoft circa 1994.
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, as I thought everything I said was pretty self-evident. But thank you. Although I wasn't comparing the operating systems, I was comparing the pattern of the companies' growth and changing management over the years. That's why I included Google.
Very true, and that was far from sarcastic. :)
Re: I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. AMA
#108Wow, 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.
In that movie Gates is shown to be ruthless in his business dealings with other companies, but Steve Jobs is ruthless in his dealings with his own staff. In the movie, Steve Jobs actively promoted infighting between teams and mandated insane working conditions. Based entirely on the movie, Steve Jobs is clearly shown as the worse of the two.
Of course, Gates mandated insane working conditions as well.
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#109This is the 'fuck I shitted my pants' moment!
Really great to have him in public this way, I mean, most of the celebrities have help teams, that post for them, which is kinda boring, but there are always haters and weeners, that would fill up such pages with some meaningless crap, so my biggest concern is Bill Gates, getting err... unlovey to Reddit ? :( that would be sad
Re: I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. AMA
#110Wow, 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.
In that movie Gates is shown to be ruthless in his business dealings with other companies, but Steve Jobs is ruthless in his dealings with his own staff. In the movie, Steve Jobs actively promoted infighting between teams and mandated insane working conditions. Based entirely on the movie, Steve Jobs is clearly shown as the worse of the two.
It's an interesting showdown of personalities. Steve Jobs had invited the actor who portrayed him at WWDC. So looks like Jobs also thought portrayal was accurate. I think both of them had their own flaws as individuals but their strengths made them what they are.