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[–] towelie@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I couldn't name another Microsoft employee if a gun was to my head. but I can still vividly remember myself in 4th grade reading about Bill Gate's mega mansion in Popular Mechanics for Kids

[–] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Steve Ballmer! Developers developers developers! That's the other one I know

[–] Pantsofmagic@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

I'm somewhat in the same boat but I remember Mister "Developers Developers Developers" Steve Ballmer who was also immortalized by the "Ballmer Peak" XKCD. https://xkcd.com/323/

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Saucepain@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

He would be also be a reasonable person to include on an article citing Steam data.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

Holy shit I remember that article too!

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I could but that’s because a friend of mine works on the legacy rendering code in Excel. He has some traumatic war stories to share.