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I just finished reading the entire AMA. 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.
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.
The enormous touchscreen probably helps.
I really wish reddit had a better interface to see the questions and Bill's answers all at once without scrolling through random comments. Why hasn't reddit's AMA been surpassed by a dedicated AMA site with a user interface designed for AMA?
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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.
I don't see anything to support that. 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.
Emmy Rossum went to reddit for an AMA, and used the site's commenting functionality to ask people not to be rude. She did not cancel her AMA, ask to have the rude comments deleted, etc.
I really wish reddit had a better interface to see the questions and Bill's answers all at once without scrolling through random comments. Why hasn't reddit's AMA been surpassed by a dedicated AMA site with a user interface designed for AMA?
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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. :)
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.
Honestly, of the two icons shown in the movie, I'd rather take Gates to dinner over Jobs. Sure, he's shown as being a conniving schemer, but at the same time much less of a reprehensible human being (PoSV was not kind in its depiction of Job's handling of his daughter).
I only talked once w/ Steve for a couple of minutes, in the same era. He seemed like a jerk.
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.
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I don't see anything to support that. 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.
It seems that Emmy Rossum prefered Reddit's version, not the version you prefer. Emmy Rossum went to reddit for an AMA, and used the site's commenting functionality to ask people not to be rude. She did not cancel her AMA, ask to have the rude comments deleted, etc.
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Larry Ellison has put virtually all of his assets into a trust with the intent of giving away 95% of his money to charitable causes when he dies.
I did not know that. Do you have a source? I'm not judging Ellison at all. Bill could have done the same, but I think it's cool that he is choosing to oversee how that money is spent while he's still alive.
By spending the money on charity while alive, Bill is celebrated as a benefactor while he is alive and charities (and people) worldwide will mourn his death.
Larry, on the other hand, is not celebrated as a benefactor while alive, and charities will celebrate after he dies and they finally get the money.