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"But how many of us can get these guys be terrified of us, make them change their lives for our vision and make them give us their complete attention" I'll list a few: * Stalin * Pol Pot * Shoko Ashara * David Koresh
Did you struggle too much to come up with that list? You only missed Hitler by an inch. Ad hominem attack on a dead man is so low I can't even describe it. Sadly, this is HN. So long HN.
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I can explain. a. It was bought on-campus. b. If he stopped all donut services because of one guy who looked unhealthy, then it again shows how capricious he was. One person who looked a little unhealthy ate a donut on one occasion and he removed donuts from every single store on campus for every single person for no reason other than he didn't like to see someone who looked pasty and obese walking around eating a do…
Controlling, yeah, but that makes Steve a sociopath? Is Michelle Obama a sociopath too? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/6/1m-kids-stop-...
This part sums up why I quit using OS X for my personal projects: "And if your software crashed, you didn’t make excuses. You just made damn sure that particular scenario didn’t happen again. Ever." In making sure nothing ever crashes, Apple has moved more and more to an OS that is too restrictive for my taste.
And it's important. OS X is not.
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Why is the DK effect mentioned in every second thread here?
Because it's a fancy scientific-sounding way for nerds to look down on those stupid jocks who are so dumb they don't even know how dumb they are and thereby buoy our foundering sense of self-esteem.
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Did you struggle too much to come up with that list? You only missed Hitler by an inch. Ad hominem attack on a dead man is so low I can't even describe it. Sadly, this is HN. So long HN.
Don't worry, I was saying the same thing when he was alive.
It's been a nice day since I left, much more productive. So in the end I guess I have to thank you for being such an asshhole.
This part sums up why I quit using OS X for my personal projects: "And if your software crashed, you didn’t make excuses. You just made damn sure that particular scenario didn’t happen again. Ever." In making sure nothing ever crashes, Apple has moved more and more to an OS that is too restrictive for my taste.
Although I too switched away from OS X, this is irrelevant. The point of the story is not about Apple's idiosyncracies. It's about a man whose story is fragmented. It's about a man who was intriguing, cryptic, and unpredictable. It's another story in a bucket of stories of about him. And it's important. OS X is not.
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Controlling, yeah, but that makes Steve a sociopath? Is Michelle Obama a sociopath too? http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/6/1m-kids-stop-...
The Washington Times? Are you a right wing Moonie nutcase?
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The Washington Times? Are you a right wing Moonie nutcase?
And you must be a member of this thought police that seem to be invading every aspect of out lives.
Alternative title: Hagiography of a Dead Psychopath CEO