I just realised something. Steve won't ever see the new Apple building in Cupertino (the "spaceship" one). :'(
Steve Jobs has passed away.
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#212I hate Apple, but I'm not going to lie, I'm teary-eyed right now reading all this. I can certainly see from the comments how much he has inspired everyone, and for that I am grateful. Thanks Steve.
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#213I have never met Steve Jobs in person, yet I am deeply saddened by this news, this does not happen very often.
Thank you Steve for being an inspiration in our lives and making the world a better place. You will be missed forever. Rest in peace.
My condoloences to your family.
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#214One has to wonder what he might have accomplished with a full life span. What he managed to do, though, is genuinely incredible, and he has much to be proud of. He made the world more beautiful. RIP, Steve.
Not to play devil's advocate, but you have to wonder if he'd have kept the same drive for so long if he knew he was going to have a full ~80 years?
Well, he certainly had the drive when he started Apple. Based from what I read about him, it hasn't diminished until the day he died. I'm sure he could've kept it going for another 30.
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#215What Apple is going to be missing without Steve Jobs isn't creative talent or even someone capable of saying 'no.' It's going to be missing someone who has the absolute credibility to say it. Anyone can be a tyrant. If Steve Jobs was a dictator, it was because people thought he had the right to be.
Considering how apparent it was that Steve’s health was gravely bad and rapidly deteriorating, we all in the back of our minds knew the time we had him in this world was limited and precious. So it comes as a complete shock to me how upset I actually am by Steve’s passing.
Even though most of us never knew him, we all feel as if we did know him very well; his inventions, complete labours of love, have become so central to how we live our lives. The profound impact his creations have had on us cannot make us feel any other way.
I didn't go to college, and I remember having a shitty job back in the day, saving so hard to buy a PowerBook G4, but it was completely worth it because purchasing that machine literally changed my life. Without a computer that was an absolute joy to use, I would have never spent so many hours learning how to code and consequently now have the career opportunities that I do.
I feel eternally indebted to Steve, despite having never met the man myself. By creating the wonderful tools he did for us to work with, I feel he is significantly responsible for the career I have today.
To one of the few that can say ‘I changed the world’, thank you.
Rest in peace Steve
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#216Earlier quoted context omitted.
Death is not good; it is very bad. If given the opportunity to live "forever" (and not age), you'd take it. In a world without death, nobody would think introducing it was a good idea. But because we currently can't do anything about it, we try to tell ourselves it's a good thing.
That's only cognitive dissonance if you're hopelessly egocentric. Death is obviously bad for you as an individual, but is crucial to the long-term survival on a species. Without death, you can't have evolution or adaptability. The only thing wrong here are the people responding with the fallacy of composition.
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#217Earlier quoted context omitted.
i wanted to link to that speech as well. while the tech scene will miss him a lot, my thoughts go to his family who'll miss him most.
Steve's Most Enduring Legacy: inspiring generations of entrepreneurs, artists, etc. to "think different". Right now, theres someone working on his own startup in their garage because he was inspired by Steve Jobs.
Me, although it's my parents basement and not a garage. And I have the Gandhi poster framed, which I snagged when my school considered disposing those posters ...
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#218Walter Isascson had better be prepared for the amount of books he is about to sell - http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/14516485... A more 'perfect' PR stunt, the official autobiographer of Steve Jobs couldn't ask for...before you start downvoting me for a seemingly insensitive comment, I don't mean that is perfect that he died. Absolutely not. I am dealing with the loss just like any other tech-lovi…
I think Steve Jobs was prepared for it. I remember reading that the book was originally due out in Spring of 2012. He changed the deadline 5-6 months earlier for Fall of 2011.
I know...I do remember that the release date was pushed up too...which makes me think it might have been his 'last stroke of genius'.
Talk about consistently having the right timing in almost everything he does.
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#219If you watched the iPhone keynote yesterday, you may have noticed this: http://i.imgur.com/BsIoS.png This shot was shown for about 5 seconds right at the beginning of the recording. Front row, center. Reserved. Empty.
Whether this chair was for Steve or not, it felt very symbolic/struck a chord with me. I'm surprised at how sad this single photo made me feel. We all knew it was coming, but it still hit me in a way I didn't think it would.
He shall be missed.
I never met you, but you were an inspiration. Rest well, Steve.
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#220Earlier quoted context omitted.
Death is not good; it is very bad. If given the opportunity to live "forever" (and not age), you'd take it. In a world without death, nobody would think introducing it was a good idea. But because we currently can't do anything about it, we try to tell ourselves it's a good thing.
That's only cognitive dissonance if you're hopelessly egocentric. Death is obviously bad for you as an individual, but is crucial to the long-term survival on a species. Without death, you can't have evolution or adaptability. The only thing wrong here are the people responding with the fallacy of composition.
I don't care about some dreamy ideal of evolution or adaptability so much that I would choose to die for it.
[Edit for more substance: you imply evolution is driving humanity towards some 'good' destination, such that more evolution is better. This isn't how evolution works.]