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• Steve Jobs faked full signal strength and swapped devices during the first iPhone demo due to fragile prototypes and bug-riddled software.

• Engineers got drunk during the presentation to calm their nerves.

• Despite the challenges, Jobs successfully completed the 90-minute demonstration without any noticeable issues.

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[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So basically that scammer woman that wanted to be Steve jobs did a better job at it that we had been led to believe?

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[–] DingoBilly@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This isn't news, but yes - people forget that Steve Jobs was just as dodgy and a bit unhinged as Elon Musk now is.

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[–] ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

wow and there I was demonstrating my senior project robot, sober, fixing network connectivity issue (we didn't test in the lecture hall... oops) and successfully applying multiple code fixes on the fly while the audience and all my professors looked on

But these guys are the real experts

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