If you could go back in time to 1990 and give Bill Gates advice, what would you tell him?

I wouldn't go to 1990. Microsoft went public in 1987. Gates was already a zillionaire. Windows 3.1 was in distribution. He'd made it. I would go back to a meeting in 1984 at the University of W…

Top stories for Long   If you could go back in time to 1990 and give Bill Gates advice, what would you tell him? Kurt Guntheroth, Software Engineer and Writer • Answered October 10, 2018 I wouldn't go to 1990. Microsoft went public in 1987. Gates was already a zillionaire. Windows 3.1 was in distribution. He'd made it. I would go back to a meeting in 1984 at... Read more » 120 8   [3,4,5] and [5,12,13] are examples of Pythagorean triples that contain two prime numbers. Are there infinitely many Pythagorean triples that contain two prime numbers? Alon Amit, Lover of math. Also, Ph.D. • Updated August 11 This isn't known. We only need to care about primitive Pythagorean triples (non-Primitive ones can't contain any primes at all), and these all have the form [math](u^2-v^2, 2uv, u...[/math] Read more » 303 27   If you find a chip on a casino floor are you allowed to legally keep it? Jason Bell, former OTR Driver Except When Retired (2013-2021) • Answered August 4 I found a $100 chip on the floor by slot machines. I picked it up & took it to the poker room & lost it playing poker. I've returned to that same casino many times & nothin... Read more » 215 36   What services do the wealthy use, or have access to, that aren't well known? Stacy Tidwell • Updated November 27, 2022 I have been working for wealthy people for 30 years. One Friday afternoon in 1999, I got a call from one of our billionaire clients. He was a single man and just met the "m... Read more » 502 47   Is the existence of polywater the greatest scientific discovery of the last century? T. Barczuk, studied at Gdansk University of Technology • Answered August 9 Polywater caused a furore in the scientific community in the 1960s when Soviet scientists announced the discovery of a new polymerized form of water. It was the time of the... Read more » 1.4K 54   I stupidly used chatgpt to write an essay instead of using myself and the professor caught me. I am leaning towards confessing but he says he cannot access records right now that say I used significant AI. Should I confess or deny? Robert Nicholson, Author: The Three R's of SEO • Answered August 17 As a university professor, I'm going to give you a very unpopular response. Deny it. Make him go through the whole process. (It's a real pain in the ass for faculty if you p... Read more » 311 52   What is one thing that you were unaware about your spouse before getting married? Anil Roongta, former Member at Consumer Court • Answered June 3, 2024 A few days after we got married, I and my wife went to my bank to open an SB account in her name. The concerned clerk asked her to sign on the dotted lines and she signed i... Read more » 573 49   How much oil is too much oil when cooking eggs? Chaise Murphy, I've been cooking for fifty years. • Updated November 3, 2024 I once sold encyclopedias for a living. This sometimes involved staying in motels in other cities. Our Field Manager did most of the cooking for us. He was an ex-Army cook,... Read more » 1K 114   Under federal law, a convicted felon cannot own guns. Trump is a convicted felon. He cannot possess guns. That's not stripping him of his rights, it's just a law that 300 million plus other citizens have to follow also. Why does he still have them? Austin Lewis, Owned a share in a gun store, shooting for twenty years and change • Updated August 18 Actually, he's not a convicted felon. I know, I know, people have been saying it for months. Democrats made it a key part of their political attacks against him. Buuuut you'r... Read more » 4.2K 2.1K   Why doesn't the Chinese foreign minister speak English? Joseph Wang, lives in Hong Kong • Answered October 7, 2018 Because he is the foreign minister of China, and when you speak on things that could result in WWIII, you don't want to get things wrong. Wang Yi happens to speak fluent Eng... Read more » 175 6   My landlord called me saying they are missing payments from 6-12 months (some longer). I provided my bank statement with the checks that have cleared. Can they evict me since I have showed proof? Joe D'Orazio, former Retired Electrician • Answered May 11 I had this happen to me once. I had just kicked my then girlfriend out. The landlord called me and told me i was behind on the rent. I told her i've been paying it. I have ... Read more » 4.4K 281   Put yourself in their shoes. If you were the president, would you choose subordinates who always contradict you instead of loyal ones? Andrew Weill, I'm a hypothetical question expert, hypothetically • Answered August 2 Oh hell yes. I absolutely have no particular need for a cheerleading section. I supply that function just fine. But I have always benefited from constructive feedback, includ... Read more » 1K 57 Read more in your feed

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