terribly sad news! what wonders he could have created if had lived for another decade..I am grateful to you Steve.
Steve Jobs has passed away.
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#242Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would have been much more impressive if he'd proven that being rich while alive didn't matter to him. Honestly, how many people care about how much is in their bank account after they die ? Probably not very many. Plenty chase riches while they're alive, however. And good old Steve was no exception.
If you run out of ideas, you start to help the world in the easiest way - by giving away your money. Jobs hadn't run out of ideas though.
Is that supposed to be a jab at Bill Gates?
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#243He built the iCloud so he could have a place to rest in peace. Thanks, Steve
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#244I never really met him (thanked him once in person for the shuttle service), but I'm glad that he got an extraordinary second chance -- by all accounts, he wasted not a second of it. My God rest his immortal soul.
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#245"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have s…
Now I realise why this news is so sad to me. You see, I watched that speech at a time when I didn't know what to do with my life and career. He's the one who inspired me to finally quit my job and do the "foolish" thing. It's not about the products he created, it's the person he was.
I just re-watched that speech and it was enough to make me realize I'm not foolish enough. Jobs lived more than many people who reach age 70 because of this foolishness.
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#246It's sad that it takes the death of a man like Steve Jobs to make the rest of us realize that we're not living our lives to the fullest.
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#247I'm surprised at how sad (devastated?) this news makes me. I use Apple products now, but I am not at all a fanboy of the company and for many years defended the other side. I really hate the proprietary nature of many of their products and only use them if there is nothing else equivalent in the "open" world. That I own a few Apple products speaks volumes in itself. But Steve has been an inspiration for the past deca…
Devastated. Forget hn it crashed twitter and slowed down Google plus.
Think about donating 10% of your next hardware purchase to charity, possibly pancreatic cancer research. Think about what Steve Jobs has done for your startup (both technology wise and inspiration wise)
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#248I didn't think I'd be this emotional about Jobs, but as I sit here in my apartment in Tokyo, surrounded by Apple products, I'm reminded at the impact he's had on my life. On our lives. How many people on HN own iPhones and MacBooks? There's no more fitting tribute to the man than to throw some Beatles up on iTunes and create something wonderful. Gentlemen, let's make a dent in the universe.
Fuck,yeah!
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#249I'm surprised at how sad (devastated?) this news makes me. I use Apple products now, but I am not at all a fanboy of the company and for many years defended the other side. I really hate the proprietary nature of many of their products and only use them if there is nothing else equivalent in the "open" world. That I own a few Apple products speaks volumes in itself. But Steve has been an inspiration for the past deca…
Devastated. Forget hn it crashed twitter and slowed down Google plus. Think about donating 10% of your next hardware purchase to charity, possibly pancreatic cancer research. Think about what Steve Jobs has done for your startup (both technology wise and inspiration wise)
Do you know where and how to donate for cancer research?
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#250would like to point out every article in the top 30 is on steve. have a jpg too if someone can host. picasa is being lame.