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Bill Gates was already from a rich family and got some nice early contracts due to his family connections.


> Execs universally love working with people who maximize proactivity and strong opinions.

Only if they share the same strong opinions.


I hear, "You're the expert, we're paying you a lot, tell us what to do" often!


But what if what to do isn't what they want to do…


I'm sure prisoners in labour camps work more than that. And the death toll for patients cured by overworked doctors is not insignificant.


I'd have just gone to a different bar.


50% off for punching a lewd name, some bigco support phone number, a made up birthday and your spam catchall email into a web form seems like a pretty good deal.


Sure, but then suddenly "50% of all men under 50 have a betting account", which they use to justify more ads, more lobbying, more gambling.

I'd rather not contribute to this as well.


As well as...what?


As well as GP


Nobody wants to be the clingy weirdo who doesn't take no for an answer…


If you have proof of iran having nuclear weapons, perhaps sell the scoop?


Did you miss the word develop? It doesn't imply developed


This is also applied to italian citizens individually if they say documented facts about what is happening in Palestine.


Is your yakuake process running in a very time limited cgroup?


Good thing KDE has a global setting to remove the labels!


I have an x86 tablet and the screen seems normal although touch


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