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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • GWB publicly condoning torture.

    I grew up during the tail end of the cold war. Torture was something the Soviets did. We were better than that.

    And sure, I knew the CIA did stuff like that under the table, but it was never OK.

    It’s what got me interested in politics, and why I feel that we shouldn’t try to hide the bad things we’ve done when we teach history. Knowing what we’re capable of is necessary to keep ourselves from repeating the mistakes of the past.






  • That part of it, sure, but the guy was good at business and made some smart bets (that the microcomputer industry would explode, for one). Microsoft didn’t get as big as it has based only on their technical ability. They got there because they made the right decisions and were cutthroat against their competitors.

    Bill was at the right time and right place, but he was also the right guy. You gotta have them all.