awesome reference. the books are a must-read

It's a gamer's Rolex.

I do my part, my emails are always loaded with spelling and grammertical errors.

Goose down comforter. Costs some, but freaking incredible at keeping you warm.

I think it's funny that people need a device to tell them they slept okay. When I sleep like shit it's pretty obvious to everyone around me, no smart watch necessary.

I had a union job once, years ago. And while I was very well paid (about 3x what was minimum wage at that time) I remember that we were told exactly what to do and how to do it. You could not deviate at all from what your supervisor instructed you to do. Union dues are mandatory, and in all union related votes you were told how to vote. Made me take college seriously so that I could escape that robotic life.

Much more useful is to vote with your wallet. Find and support companies that put customers first. You will pay more, but will have fewer better things. Oh, and if you have real technical chops? Start your own company and do things your way!

and it's almost over. Only Takes about 30 min to get the GC/MS data.

Please get with it.

"Altered Carbon" saw that one too!

awesome novel, movie, and character.

No, I lied. Engraver must have thought they said "Ellen Degeneres, back when she had long hair".

I got really mad and started swearing at Siri once in my car. let loose a real doozy. I was almost embarrassed (it's a phone why does it care how I act) but anyway, Siri did not reply anything at all as I remember it. I've wondered ever since how much "get user to calm down" medicine is in these AIs.

Okay, it will burst. But how did it inflate? so where does "money" come from and where did it go?

Maths - for some reason the British say Maths. Where did those guys learn English? (joking please don't flame me)

CongressAI - has a nice ring to it.

You should read his bio by Isaacson. Firstly, Jobs did have a tech background he worked at Atari and HP as programmer and engineer tech. He was no Woz but he had enough ability to see what Woz was capable of (back when they were both teenagers.)

Ultimately, through failures, he learned how to be successful CEO. He turned around apple at the request of board member Woolard in '97 after the board canned Gil Amelio. He didn't want to go back to Apple as he was CEO of Pixar at that time. He killed the Newton to get engineering focus on better tech, namely iPad and iPhone, imac, MacBooks etc. The i prefix came about because Jobs was interim titled CEO at the time.

Jobs did a lot for the microcomputer world. he was not at easygoing person for sure but his internal struggles gave him the ability to focus intensely and drive himself and others to peak performance.

To the glib first poster - I hope you never have a terminal cancer diagnosis. Devastating news. Even educated, well-off people may turn away from traditional therapy because it can't keep up with rapidly advancing metastasis. Says a lot about the world that this is still true.