The annoying thing, to me, is having Steve Jobs, in the same row as the convicted fraudsters.
I know that he's adding him, to compare against the fraudsters, but I'm not so sure the positioning is accidental.
For the record, I think that SJ was one of the most successful bulshitters that has ever walked the Earth. He could not only convince a room full of geologists that the world was flat, but also sell them all tickets on a boat ride to the edge.
It's just that he actually ended up (after numerous false starts), having an actual product. Several, in fact.
> I have learned to be suspicious of the Steve Jobs pretender look through the years; it’s not a complete tell, but it should make you suspicious.
Totally agree with your comment, there are several images like this and that note should've been in one of the captions.
On a separate note, even Steve faked the 2007 iPhone demo [1]. It couldn't play entire songs or videos without crashing. It constantly crashed unless tasks were performed in a specific sequence. The team programmed the phone to display five bars, and brought in a portable cell tower, for the demo.
When the iPhone came out, all these bugs had been smoothed over, and the news of the demo didn't break until 2013. I guess that's the difference—people were using the iPhone, loving the screen and interface, and tolerating the flaws (no copy and paste!).
> The 55 miles from Campbell to San Francisco make for one of the nicest commutes anywhere.
There are a thousand people every day who get the train from my little town into London. 80 miles. 125mph. Someone else does the driving. There's wifi and a power point and a refreshment trolley that will sell you a coffee. Watch a movie, read a book, browse HN or Reddit or whatever.
"Nicest commutes anywhere"? Least terrible car journeys in the US, perhaps.
GP refers to the controversy around how you should hold an iphone so it doesn't lose reception. First few versions had a receiving system which could be easily interfered with by not holding it right (shorting notches on the outer rim) if you were used to hold a phone at the top, i.e. palm at your ear (vs cheek). Jobs suggested to not do that.
I know that he's adding him, to compare against the fraudsters, but I'm not so sure the positioning is accidental.
For the record, I think that SJ was one of the most successful bulshitters that has ever walked the Earth. He could not only convince a room full of geologists that the world was flat, but also sell them all tickets on a boat ride to the edge.
It's just that he actually ended up (after numerous false starts), having an actual product. Several, in fact.