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Post by ForRealTho on May 21, 2020 7:10:33 GMT -5
Gates is above average intelligence, but he's not the genius many people think he is. He bought a software platform that somebody else built and turned it into a money maker. Gates' parents were rich and they gave him the seed money to start Microsoft. Also, he was in the right place at the right time, saw an opportunity and took it. He talks about this in the first chapter of his autobiography - i.e. that he found himself surrounded by smarter ppl while attending college before dropping out and being blessed with the right opportunities & luck. The true genius is Elon Musk. He's an actual engineer (completed college and built things), not that you couldn't be an engineer without a degree (just sayin, it's not one of those worthless, easy to get degrees). He started with next to nothing ($20k his dad gave him), built/programmed his own software, sold the business, built another business and sold it for billions, and now runs several multi-billion $ companies (working 80 to 100 hours per week). Gates was considered very advanced in high school. He developed an algorithm in college that wasn't improved on for 30 years: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/c5ncbv/til_bill_gates_published_a_pancake_sorting/ Its very true that Gates families wealth helped a lot but he isn't simple at all. Also Elon didn't found Tesla. Similar to Gates he was in the right place at the right time with Paypal. Now Microsoft is far from perfect but Gates intelligence and engineering acumen isn't the issue. In the 1990s they were the monopoly juggernaut of computers and had some of the smartest people in the world working at Microsoft Research. The results? They were so afraid of killing the golden goose of Windows/Office that they shitcanned anything that was radically new or different. Steve Jobs didn't give a fuck about potentially cannibalizing Mac sales with the iPhone he just went with it. There is no reason we shouldn't all be using Microsoft phones in 2020 if they just went with innovation.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2020 9:38:59 GMT -5
Gates is above average intelligence, but he's not the genius many people think he is. He bought a software platform that somebody else built and turned it into a money maker. Gates' parents were rich and they gave him the seed money to start Microsoft. Also, he was in the right place at the right time, saw an opportunity and took it. He talks about this in the first chapter of his autobiography - i.e. that he found himself surrounded by smarter ppl while attending college before dropping out and being blessed with the right opportunities & luck. The true genius is Elon Musk. He's an actual engineer (completed college and built things), not that you couldn't be an engineer without a degree (just sayin, it's not one of those worthless, easy to get degrees). He started with next to nothing ($20k his dad gave him), built/programmed his own software, sold the business, built another business and sold it for billions, and now runs several multi-billion $ companies (working 80 to 100 hours per week). Gates was considered very advanced in high school. He developed an algorithm in college that wasn't improved on for 30 years: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/c5ncbv/til_bill_gates_published_a_pancake_sorting/ Its very true that Gates families wealth helped a lot but he isn't simple at all. Also Elon didn't found Tesla. Similar to Gates he was in the right place at the right time with Paypal. Now Microsoft is far from perfect but Gates intelligence and engineering acumen isn't the issue. In the 1990s they were the monopoly juggernaut of computers and had some of the smartest people in the world working at Microsoft Research. The results? They were so afraid of killing the golden goose of Windows/Office that they shitcanned anything that was radically new or different. Steve Jobs didn't give a fuck about potentially cannibalizing Mac sales with the iPhone he just went with it. There is no reason we shouldn't all be using Microsoft phones in 2020 if they just went with innovation. I never said Gates was simple. Actually, I said he's above average. Nor did I say Elon founded Tesla. You waste your time with counterarguments against things that were never said. The documentary regarding Musk on Amazon Prime said he wrote code & did engineering himself for the first companies he founded (Zip2 and X.com). If you still think Elon isn't an engineer, that he didn't/doesn't do hands on engineering at his companies (even today) and he's just another lucky/born into money entrepreneur like Gates, well, you've been blindly misinformed. Elon didn't grow up wealth & luxury either and he was frequently bullied as a kid, yet he overcame the odds because he's smart and driven. He could easily retire and/or run a charity part-time, but he believes he has much to contribute in advancing tech and still works 80+ hours . webania.net/list-of-companies-founded-by-elon-musk/Also, he founded the Boring Company. www.boringcompany.com/
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Post by ForRealTho on May 21, 2020 10:10:57 GMT -5
If you still think Elon isn't an engineer, that he didn't/doesn't do hands on engineering at his companies (even today) and he's just another lucky/born into money entrepreneur like Gates, well, you've been blindly misinformed. Elon didn't grow up wealth & luxury either Oh no I agree with you Elon is very smart. He started with a lot less then Gates. My point was Gates in addition to being born with a ton of privilege is also a very good programmer and extremely smart. I think he was contributing code up until the early 80s at Microsoft. Unlike Steve Jobs who wasn't a programmer or engineer at all Gates actually was into the technical side similar to Elon. Microsofts problem is like I stated above they aren't good at coming up with or embracing new things. They have a long history of being terrified of anything that could harm Windows/Office. Look what they did with IE. There is no logical reason at all for Firefox or Chrome to take over from IE. All Microsoft did was make IE good enough to kill of Netscape then their job was done in their eyes and they just went into maintenance mode. Same thing with their phones and tablets. They were ahead of Apple with Tablets but they insisted on it running exactly like a Windows PC instead of doing something radical like multitouch like Apple eventually did.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2020 11:28:12 GMT -5
If you still think Elon isn't an engineer, that he didn't/doesn't do hands on engineering at his companies (even today) and he's just another lucky/born into money entrepreneur like Gates, well, you've been blindly misinformed. Elon didn't grow up wealth & luxury either Oh no I agree with you Elon is very smart. He started with a lot less then Gates. My point was Gates in addition to being born with a ton of privilege is also a very good programmer and extremely smart. I think he was contributing code up until the early 80s at Microsoft. Unlike Steve Jobs who wasn't a programmer or engineer at all Gates actually was into the technical side similar to Elon. Microsofts problem is like I stated above they aren't good at coming up with or embracing new things. They have a long history of being terrified of anything that could harm Windows/Office. Look what they did with IE. There is no logical reason at all for Firefox or Chrome to take over from IE. All Microsoft did was make IE good enough to kill of Netscape then their job was done in their eyes and they just went into maintenance mode. Same thing with their phones and tablets. They were ahead of Apple with Tablets but they insisted on it running exactly like a Windows PC instead of doing something radical like multitouch like Apple eventually did. I agree that he's smart. I'm just not convinced he's on the same genius level as Elon. Judging by his speaking ability, however, Musk might have a form of mild autism or it could be he's juggling so many ideas rapidly and/or simultaneously that his mouth can't keep up with his brain.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2020 1:36:51 GMT -5
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Post by ForRealTho on May 25, 2020 7:54:33 GMT -5
I won't say Bill Gates is perfect but at least he is trying to do something good with his money unlike Steve Jobs.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2020 15:06:02 GMT -5
I won't say Bill Gates is perfect but at least he is trying to do something good with his money unlike Steve Jobs. I recommend reading the article posted above, because it sounds like you didn't. It's a well written article, fair/reasonable, and informative. It's based on research by Stanford’s Rob Reich, not some random Youtube detractor. The article doesn't say Gates is evil or anything of the sort... Actually, I think they even said Gates is the most well liked public figure next to Colin Powell. It's just cautionary advice about the shady history of big philanthropy and reasons why it deserves better scrutiny & at least some degree of monitoring/oversight (rather than none, which they seem to believe is the case today).
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Post by ForRealTho on May 25, 2020 16:02:24 GMT -5
I won't say Bill Gates is perfect but at least he is trying to do something good with his money unlike Steve Jobs. I recommend reading the article posted above, because it sounds like you didn't. It's a well written article, fair/reasonable, and informative. It's based on research by Stanford’s Rob Reich, not some random Youtube detractor. The article doesn't say Gates is evil or anything of the sort... Actually, I think they even said Gates is the most well liked public figure next to Colin Powell. It's just cautionary advice about the shady history of big philanthropy and reasons why it deserves better scrutiny & at least some degree of monitoring/oversight (rather than none, which they seem to believe is the case today). I did read it. Again, I'm not saying hes perfect but at least he is doing something. Similar to Carnegie. I have no doubt he was a cutthroat businessman and far from perfect but at least he built libraries: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_libraryBill could have just built a giant mansion made out of platinum bricks, promoted Ayn Rand and told everyone to fuck off. At least hes doing something.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2020 4:54:50 GMT -5
I recommend reading the article posted above, because it sounds like you didn't. It's a well written article, fair/reasonable, and informative. It's based on research by Stanford’s Rob Reich, not some random Youtube detractor. The article doesn't say Gates is evil or anything of the sort... Actually, I think they even said Gates is the most well liked public figure next to Colin Powell. It's just cautionary advice about the shady history of big philanthropy and reasons why it deserves better scrutiny & at least some degree of monitoring/oversight (rather than none, which they seem to believe is the case today). I did read it. Again, I'm not saying hes perfect but at least he is doing something. Similar to Carnegie. I have no doubt he was a cutthroat businessman and far from perfect but at least he built libraries: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_libraryBill could have just built a giant mansion made out of platinum bricks, promoted Ayn Rand and told everyone to fuck off. At least hes doing something. My Finance teacher talked about him once during class (back in 2007 or 2008)... that he's leaving his kids $10 million each and he set it up (via charities and trusts) so that the government can't touch most of his money, even after he dies. You're entitled to your opinion, so long as you realize he's "doing something" in much the same tax-sheltered way as mega-churches (except on a larger scale). His motivations probably aren't that much different either.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2020 12:52:26 GMT -5
The WHO contradicts the CDC and doctors on the topic of asymptomatic transmission of C-19.
Recall that the WHO were the ones covering for & backing China earlier on (January/February) by agreeing w/ China that this virus wasn't very contagious (getting the world to lower its guard and allow a much more rapid spread of the virus). imo, China's handling of this and attempted cover-up is a borderline act of war. If they discover that this virus was engineered, it'd be a blatant act of war (w/ the obvious goal of crushing our economy, so that they could restart theirs). Indeed, the economists have said that this is the worst recession (a direct result of the C-19 pandemic and lockdowns) since the Great Depression.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 11:27:15 GMT -5
New wave/strain of Corona virus hits in China. China traces it back to fish imported from Europe. Way to go Europe!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 11:56:31 GMT -5
The U.S. Navy deployed three carrier strike groups to the Pacific.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 12:36:07 GMT -5
China, by far the world's biggest polluter, has been making short work of the Brazilian/Amazon rain forest (i.e. deforestation of one of earth's largest carbon sinks). This isn't good if you're a believer in climate change.
China's slashing, burning, and sucking up the world's resources so that they can continue to manufacture cheap plastic crap (most of which ends up the Pacific Ocean anyway, forming a continent of floating garbage) only drives climate change. If we had kept manufacturing in the west or, at least, in countries that pay their workers decent wages and provide worker protections/safety regs, the plastic crap would cost a bit more and people would consume less (i.e. curtail pollution by a significant degree).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 13:32:31 GMT -5
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Post by ForRealTho on Jun 15, 2020 14:39:28 GMT -5
China, by far the world's biggest polluter, has been making short work of the Brazilian/Amazon rain forest (i.e. deforestation of one of earth's largest carbon sinks). This isn't good if you're a believer in climate change. China's slashing, burning, and sucking up the world's resources so that they can continue to manufacture cheap plastic crap (most of which ends up the Pacific Ocean anyway, forming a continent of floating garbage) only drives climate change. If we had kept manufacturing in the west or, at least, in countries that pay their workers decent wages and provide worker protections/safety regs, the plastic crap would cost a bit more and people would consume less (i.e. curtail pollution by a significant degree). Yes the capitalist machine marches on. Nothing is going to stop it on its own. Semi related but speaking of "cheap plastic crap" I recently stumbled on a reddit that is anti-consumption. You might think it is a bunch of leftists but no it is decidedly right wing. They blame the current culture of consumption on soyboy cucks cuddling their Nintendo switch. No matter that the American capitalist machine for new better faster has ruled the world since 1945. Better blame a bunch of bearded hipsters in their 20s to early 30s who were born after China and the USA teamed up for cheap shipping and consumption. Makes perfect sense. Lol. www.reddit.com/r/ConsumeProduct/
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 15:02:44 GMT -5
China and the greedy elites (the so-called 1%) in the USA teamed up. Ordinary Americans and consumers never had a say in it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 15:27:25 GMT -5
Ironically, the climate trend up through the 70's (according to scientists of that time) was global cooling. Therefore, climate change with man-made pollution (due to Capitalism) being the chief cause wasn't even in peoples' minds (from the 40's to the 70's). Note, the government (both the right and left parties) have been complicit and in bed with the elites, rewarding China with economic carrots, with the excuse being that this would persuade them to improve on human rights. Which they haven't, obviously... just look up what they're still doing to Tibetans and Uyghurs... also, hundreds, if not thousands, of Chinese workers dying every year in factories and mines due to unsafe conditions and lack of workers' protections. tech.mit.edu/V114/N27/china.27w.htmlwww.wired.com/2015/04/inside-chinese-factories/
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 15:47:07 GMT -5
China, by far the world's biggest polluter, has been making short work of the Brazilian/Amazon rain forest (i.e. deforestation of one of earth's largest carbon sinks). This isn't good if you're a believer in climate change. China's slashing, burning, and sucking up the world's resources so that they can continue to manufacture cheap plastic crap (most of which ends up the Pacific Ocean anyway, forming a continent of floating garbage) only drives climate change. If we had kept manufacturing in the west or, at least, in countries that pay their workers decent wages and provide worker protections/safety regs, the plastic crap would cost a bit more and people would consume less (i.e. curtail pollution by a significant degree). Yes the capitalist machine marches on. Nothing is going to stop it on its own. Semi related but speaking of "cheap plastic crap" I recently stumbled on a reddit that is anti-consumption. You might think it is a bunch of leftists but no it is decidedly right wing. They blame the current culture of consumption on soyboy cucks cuddling their Nintendo switch. No matter that the American capitalist machine for new better faster has ruled the world since 1945. Better blame a bunch of bearded hipsters in their 20s to early 30s who were born after China and the USA teamed up for cheap shipping and consumption. Makes perfect sense. Lol. www.reddit.com/r/ConsumeProduct/ Well, I read that reddit is mostly hot garbage anyway. Views expressed there are hardly likely to fit with mainstream views (of the left or the right). Capitalism brought much of the world out of sickness, poverty, and famine. Advances in tech & medicine driven by Capitalism have doubled human life expectancy. Of course, it's a double-edged sword, with good and bad (when we lose sight of moral principles that inhibit corruption). That's not to say Capitalism is exclusively vulnerable to corruption either, as Communist China is actually even more corrupt. In a Democratic system, the corruption is more glaring due to greater transparency and a media that at least has the option to report independently (even though they can choose fabrication & biased narratives as well), at least it's not all one-sided and under complete govt control.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2020 11:19:54 GMT -5
a.msn.com/r/2/BB15wQ56?m=en-us&referrerID=InAppShareConsidering all of the hundreds of thousands of lives lost, billions of $'s of economic destruction, and the lies coming out of Beijing (month after month of incredulous statements and redirecting the blame to other nations), and their blustering about taking Taiwan (recently parking a Chinese carrier near Taiwan and flying jets into Taiwan's airspace), is it really any shocker that the U.S. deployed three carrier strike groups to the region? Also, they're currently having border/military skirmishes with India (three Indian ppl were killed recently, one officer and two soldiers). It seems that China/CCP just can't help not making enemies. Even if they decide to attack Taiwan, who's going to take their side at this point? North Korea maybe.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2020 11:51:41 GMT -5
China, by far the world's biggest polluter, has been making short work of the Brazilian/Amazon rain forest (i.e. deforestation of one of earth's largest carbon sinks). This isn't good if you're a believer in climate change. China's slashing, burning, and sucking up the world's resources so that they can continue to manufacture cheap plastic crap (most of which ends up the Pacific Ocean anyway, forming a continent of floating garbage) only drives climate change. If we had kept manufacturing in the west or, at least, in countries that pay their workers decent wages and provide worker protections/safety regs, the plastic crap would cost a bit more and people would consume less (i.e. curtail pollution by a significant degree). Yes the capitalist machine marches on. Nothing is going to stop it on its own. Semi related but speaking of "cheap plastic crap" I recently stumbled on a reddit that is anti-consumption. You might think it is a bunch of leftists but no it is decidedly right wing. They blame the current culture of consumption on soyboy cucks cuddling their Nintendo switch. No matter that the American capitalist machine for new better faster has ruled the world since 1945. Better blame a bunch of bearded hipsters in their 20s to early 30s who were born after China and the USA teamed up for cheap shipping and consumption. Makes perfect sense. Lol. www.reddit.com/r/ConsumeProduct/ The earth can experience extended periods of global warming (or cooling) without human intervention. Of course, that doesn't suggest that human CO2 has no impact. Obviously, it can. Excess CO2, naturally from volcanoes or from human industry would have similar effects (depending on the amount of course). The geological record though suggests that the earth is capable of pumping out much more CO2 than humans. collective-spark.xyz/new-evidence-reveals-antarctica-was-a-swampy-rainforest-full-of-dinosaurs-90-million-years-ago/How much of climate change is due to atmospheric CO2 compared to other factors (such as the Perihelion cycle - see video below)? Could human CO2 production be a good thing in some respect by slowing or preventing the next ice age? I don't think science has the answer to these questions yet. That said, pollution is definitely bad in the short term. Particularly, the toxic byproducts of industry that make their way into our air, oceans, soil, and water supply.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2020 16:56:37 GMT -5
www.businessinsider.com/silicon-carbide-bacteria-chemistry-2016-12"Cheaply and safely." Cheaply. ok, I see that. But safely? Yeah, if you're working with organisms that you know can't possibly cause illness in humans (pretty sure E.Coli can cause illness in humans). It sounds like a technique that could've been used by the Engineers (in the Alien movie franshise) to create the Xenomorph, or how C-19 was possibly created in the CCP "research" lab in Wuhan (if they have similar techniques for engineering viruses, except with the added step of infecting cells grown in petri dishes).
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Post by ForRealTho on Jun 21, 2020 12:19:30 GMT -5
Such a good game I keep meaning to check out that crazy remix mod that is out there. Funny they originally were going to make it the World Trade Center that was attacked but changed it to the Statue of Liberty because it is more recognizable.
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Post by ForRealTho on Jun 21, 2020 12:22:26 GMT -5
He keeps saying liberal cities and leftist cities. The fact is more educated people go left wing: www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/04/27/study-finds-those-graduate-education-are-far-more-liberal-peersWhen Karl Rove was asked what do you call a Democrat he said "Someone with a Ph.D." There are outliers like business majors tend to be more right wing, because they want low taxes on themselves obviously. Gonna throw this out but if more educated people become more left wing maybe its because left wing politics are factually correct and smart educated people know this? Just saying that could be true.
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