Comment Re:Sustained by pure ego (Score 1) 40
At puberty, I was sworn to secrecy by the international brotherhood of lying, fickle males
I can't tell you anything, and I can't commit
You're right, I can't commit
To you!
https://youtu.be/JtW1oMPFYxI?s...
Comment Wrong assumption in the article (Score 5, Interesting) 83
I, Steve Wozniak, did not participate in the theft of the BASIC. It was funny to me to see others enjoying doing this. I had never used BASIC myself, at that time, only the more-scientific languages like Fortran, Algol, and PL-1, and several assembly languages. I sniffed the air and sensed that you needed BASIC to sell computers into homes, because of the book 101 Games in BASIC. I loved games and saw games as the key. It was the [MS] BASIC that inspired me to write a BASIC interpreter for my 6502 processor, in order to have a more useful computer.
Comment Integrity (Score 1) 68
It's hard to find people with Tim Berners-Lee's integrity. We should 'own' our own lives. It's a lot deeper than just being watched.
Comment Thank fuck the are getting rid of the cloth seats. (Score 1) 99
Comment Re:Now do USPS (Score 3, Insightful) 66
Comment What a waste of a Waymo. (Score 1) 169
Comment Re:Are we back in the '90s? (Score 3) 97
Comment Re:Access (Score 1) 102
For 20 years, plus or minus, personal computers reversed that idea.
Comment Re:Sold his stock (Score 5, Informative) 98
I gave all my Apple wealth away because wealth and power are not what I live for. I have a lot of fun and happiness. I funded a lot of important museums and arts groups in San Jose, the city of my birth, and they named a street after me for being good. I now speak publicly and have risen to the top. I have no idea how much I have but after speaking for 20 years it might be $10M plus a couple of homes. I never look for any type of tax dodge. I earn money from my labor and pay something like 55% combined tax on it. I am the happiest person ever. Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about Happiness, which is Smiles minus Frowns. I developed these philosophies when I was 18-20 years old and I never sold out.