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Bill Gates showing off his baller touchscreen is priceless: http://i.imgur.com/1JqrLVc.jpg
Fanboys and haters flagging this HN article is more priceless to me. Grow up guys, you can upvote your Apple and Google posts all you want, you don't need to go out of your way to flag this post out of spite and abuse your moderator privileges.
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I'm curious what someone's sex has to do with their ability to conduct an AMA...
I think what he meant is that if a girl is giving an AMA she gets a lot of off topic "wow you're hot" type posts from the peanut gallery, something that wouldn't happen if the system were more moderated. OTOH, the lack of moderation is part of the charm of AMAs IMO even though it does result in the trolls being trolls. (The "Woody Harrelson"/Rampart AMAs would be the norm if not for the chaotic nature of reddit).
I would like to marry you... or just buy a pair of your
used undies. It's funny that people actually do that.
Just hi-larious.
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I don't believe the children who would have died from diseases the Western world doesn't even have anymore would call it "screwing up" their lives. He's trying to eradicate disease and help people who don't have billions of dollars, or even millions...or even hundreds of dollars to their name. Bill Gates didn't screw up computing. The Microsoft that exists today is an entirely different animal than it was when it was…
Wow. That was amazingly insightful. However, comparing Microsoft to Linux or Macintoshes is like comparing Sushi to French Fries or Pork. Each one has its draws and vehement opponents. So yes, they are all different, even Microsoft today and Microsoft circa 1994.
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.
Why in the name of sweet Jeebus would someone flag this post on HN? http://i.imgur.com/ao8qgdG.png This is ridiculous, and proves that HN is filled with closed minded fanboys and hater zealots instead of technology lovers who otherwise have good karma. Can anyone who flagged this post tell us why they did so? If this is not moderator abuse, I don't know what is. Reminds me of the Germany jury system that had to be ab…
Listen, I don't mean to be rude, but this isn't really the place to hash it out with moderators, or draw parallels with any part of Germany's less reputable history. You should email them if you're convinced it's flagged and you have an issue with it.
How does one email them?
>draw parallels with any part of Germany less reputable history
Erm, it's about a jury system that failed, not really about German history.
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I was very surprised he said Basic. Of course, he presume he doesn't do much hard core software engineering anymore, but I assumed that family was pretty much a thing of the past (and legacy code).
Gates founded Microsoft to sell a Basic interpreter. His company spent a lot of time keeping Basic as a core part of its line up long after it was considered passé. I suspect that Gates has some nostalgia for it.
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Fanboys and haters flagging this HN article is more priceless to me. Grow up guys, you can upvote your Apple and Google posts all you want, you don't need to go out of your way to flag this post out of spite and abuse your moderator privileges.
If I could go a week without someone on HN using the word "fanboy" I'd be a happy man.
What do you call people who go out of their way to flag even product announcements and posts like this? Tech enthusiasts? I'll be happy to use a less abrasive substitute.
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Listen, I don't mean to be rude, but this isn't really the place to hash it out with moderators, or draw parallels with any part of Germany's less reputable history. You should email them if you're convinced it's flagged and you have an issue with it.
The "moderators" here are just readers and commenters with karma more than 500(including you, I see). How does one email them? >draw parallels with any part of Germany less reputable history Erm, it's about a jury system that failed, not really about German history.
And I said the catch-all about German history because it's still one facet of Germany. It was just a more eloquent way of saying it.
Why in the name of sweet Jeebus would someone flag this post on HN? http://i.imgur.com/ao8qgdG.png This is ridiculous, and proves that HN is filled with closed minded fanboys and hater zealots instead of technology lovers who otherwise have good karma. Can anyone who flagged this post tell us why they did so? If this is not moderator abuse, I don't know what is. Reminds me of the Germany jury system that had to be ab…
Listen, I don't mean to be rude, but this isn't really the place to hash it out with moderators, or draw parallels with any part of Germany's less reputable history. You should email them if you're convinced it's flagged and you have an issue with it.
You don't see a problem with a section of posters with good karma flagging posts like this?
Edit: I do think a better parallel is Digg's bury brigades.
"Higher is better."
Probably the funniest part of this entire thread is the slew of comments now trying to establish an out of context quote in response to that:
"Higher is better." ~ Bill Gates
I just asked him the following question: Do you still program? I have always been incredibly interested to find that out.
I was very surprised he said Basic. Of course, he presume he doesn't do much hard core software engineering anymore, but I assumed that family was pretty much a thing of the past (and legacy code).