Later, Steve. May your vision live on.
Steve Jobs has passed away.
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#282Steve, thanks for the dent.
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#283Even the .png name on Apple's site is appropriate: http://images.apple.com/home/images/t_hero.png Here's to you Steve, thank you for the inspiration over my lifetime.
That's just the name of this banner format though, I don't think it has to do with Jobs himself/
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#284Thank you, Steve.
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#286If 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.
Bob Mansfield, and Phil Schiller are both in that row. It's likely that it was reserved for Steve.
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#287Earlier quoted context omitted.
And even having billions of dollars and access to any medicine and any doctor can't save you. Fuck cancer.
I've become convinced that cancer is among the elite series of diseases that are, in many cases, just how people die , meaning that perhaps in many instances the medical term for "dying" is "cancer". I think it is naive to ever think we'll have a general cure, especially since "cancer" covers such a broad range of specific issues. I understand that people die in other ways too, of course, but I think cancer is a comm…
I wouldn't agree that cancer is just a fact of life. Here's why:
1. Young people get cancer, when they are otherwise healthy.
2. Cancer is subject to epidemiological trends suggesting that there are definite causes related to lifestyle or the environment.
3. You can reduce your risk of cancer/dying of cancer by not smoking, exercise, maintaining a normal body weight, and participating in screening programs. There are no guarantees of course.
4. Some cancers are curable eg testicular cancer can be cured even if widespread, with chemotherapy. Also Hodgkin's lymphoma and of course early stage cancer of the breast and bowel.
Incidentally, Steve Jobs had a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour, which is distinct from the normal run of the mill pancreatic cancer that has a poorer prognosis.
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#288I'm employed right now because of Steve Jobs incredible vision (iOS developer). I might not have work in this economy right now if it weren't for Steve.
RIP.
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#289Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've become convinced that cancer is among the elite series of diseases that are, in many cases, just how people die , meaning that perhaps in many instances the medical term for "dying" is "cancer". I think it is naive to ever think we'll have a general cure, especially since "cancer" covers such a broad range of specific issues. I understand that people die in other ways too, of course, but I think cancer is a comm…
I wouldn't agree that cancer is just a fact of life. Here's why: 1. Young people get cancer, when they are otherwise healthy. 2. Cancer is subject to epidemiological trends suggesting that there are definite causes related to lifestyle or the environment. 3. You can reduce your risk of cancer/dying of cancer by not smoking, exercise, maintaining a normal body weight, and participating in screening programs. There are…
It seems like the statement of (1) is an admission that we aren't accurate at evaluating whether someone is "healthy" or "not healthy" to an acceptable level yet, since I would include precursors to cancer in my "healthy" classification.
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#290Didn't know it was possible to feel so sad by the death of non-family/friend. RIP Steve. Am lucky to have lived in your era.