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I hope it gets sunk and turned into an artificial reef. Lots of homeless fish these days.
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As a Microsoft co-founder, the 'memorial' on the company's webpage seems extremely... low effort  No portfolio, or timeline showcasing all the things he has done? No photos of Paul Allen ~through the years~ or anything? The PR team really couldn't craft a more thoughtful statement? lovely, much like their products and services. Maybe they really hated him lol.
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Oct 16, 2018 20:15
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i like that posted:As a Microsoft co-founder, the 'memorial' on the company's webpage seems extremely... low effort thats a current photo of paul allen in the void beyond death
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Oct 16, 2018 20:18
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Blue Train posted:It's good that he's dead
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Oct 16, 2018 20:24
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i hope that when i die the world will be presented with me smiling with crossed arms over an xbox one
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Oct 16, 2018 20:32
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Picnic Princess posted:I hope it gets sunk and turned into an artificial reef. Lots of homeless fish these days. His yacht wrecked a coral reef in the Cayman Islands https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/paul-allen-megayacht-destroyed-most-of-protected-coral-reef-officials-say/
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Oct 16, 2018 20:40
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i like that posted:As a Microsoft co-founder, the 'memorial' on the company's webpage seems extremely... low effort I dont think he was much part of the day to day operations of the company after 1982, though he did sit on the board for a long time by virtue of having a poo poo ton of MS stock. I doubt there's anyone still left at MS who actually worked with him, let alone knew him.
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Oct 16, 2018 20:55
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I don't want to hear any news regarding microsoft unless it's about windows 11 or ballmer
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Oct 16, 2018 21:03
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i like that posted:As a Microsoft co-founder, the 'memorial' on the company's webpage seems extremely... low effort one paragraph lol that is spiteful. what a poo poo company
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Oct 16, 2018 21:03
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The Management posted:At some point when you have so much money, there is only one remaining risk in your existence: death. No amount of money can stop it. It may at best buy you some time that normal people wouldn’t have. But not much. I’m some ways you have to respect the ones that don’t freak out and start sponsoring bizarre life sciences startups or cryogenic services or other crazy attempts to cheat death. He fought and he lost just like all of us. At the end his final words ring true, “is that a raincoat?” I think that the extra time you can buy yourself if you are rich can be quite significant (depending on what you have oc) Especially in the good ol usa Just having health insurance probably extends your life significantly on average
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Oct 16, 2018 21:44
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i like that posted:I hope he repented before he died but that seems highly unlikely given his sinful celebrity-schmoozing lifestyle before death. Should have used those billions to make the world a better place, because as he just found out, you cannot take your numerous 'sports teams' and dumb guitars (which are cool admittedly) with you to the afterlife. Sad! there's some movie star in japan that had enough yen that it equaled about 700 million dollars and he said gently caress it and donated most of it to charity. dude gets his clothes as the thrift store and has had the same mobile for 17 years and said that none of the fancy stuff brought him any happiness as opposed to actually helping millions of people through charity so yea it turned out being some miserable miser living in a dumbass palace with no real friends or connections is lovely and helping everyone you can makes you life own really hard
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Oct 16, 2018 21:46
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Blast of Confetti posted:there's some movie star in japan that had enough yen that it equaled about 700 million dollars and he said gently caress it and donated most of it to charity. dude gets his clothes as the thrift store and has had the same mobile for 17 years and said that none of the fancy stuff brought him any happiness as opposed to actually helping millions of people through charity there's a reason the root of miserable is miser mike12345 posted:one paragraph lol that is spiteful. what a poo poo company he probably didn't actually do anything other than be in the right place at the right time, kind of like zuckerberg
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Oct 16, 2018 21:53
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was this the sweaty coked out microsoft guy?
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Oct 16, 2018 22:11
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berth ell pup posted:was this the sweaty coked out microsoft guy? yeah he was actually a really good guitarist. i guess when you have literally unlimited money you can focus on random poo poo. but still thats cool i guess.
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Oct 16, 2018 22:13
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berth ell pup posted:was this the sweaty coked out microsoft guy? that's steve ballmer
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Oct 16, 2018 22:18
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i bet old computers gave you cancer from radiation or something
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Oct 16, 2018 22:19
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Chinatown posted:yeah Old rich white men like to play them some blues. They make funny faces when they do it, too.
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Oct 16, 2018 22:20
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Who has all his money now?
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Oct 16, 2018 22:25
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central dogma posted:Who has all his money now? his family? lol
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Oct 16, 2018 22:28
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The Management posted:At some point when you have so much money, there is only one remaining risk in your existence: death. No amount of money can stop it. It may at best buy you some time that normal people wouldn’t have. But not much. I’m some ways you have to respect the ones that don’t freak out and start sponsoring bizarre life sciences startups or cryogenic services or other crazy attempts to cheat death. He fought and he lost just like all of us. At the end his final words ring true, “is that a raincoat?” 
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Oct 16, 2018 22:37
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I killed Paul Allen and I liked it.
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Oct 16, 2018 23:10
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:I killed Paul Allen and I liked it. ty for your service
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Oct 16, 2018 23:15
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TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU BASTARD
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Oct 16, 2018 23:17
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU BASTARD clever!!!!!! nice obscure reference there!!
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Oct 16, 2018 23:18
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berth ell pup posted:clever!!!!!! nice obscure reference there!! It's very obscure, my mom didn't recognize it at all
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Oct 16, 2018 23:54
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1gnoirents posted:his family? lol no wife, no children anything less than spending it on housing the homeless should be considered a warcrime
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Oct 17, 2018 00:20
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Chinatown posted:no wife, no children He has a sister
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Oct 17, 2018 00:25
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Peachfart posted:He has a sister are you suggesting she should get his wealth or be fed into a guillotine?
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Oct 17, 2018 00:29
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Chinatown posted:are you suggesting she should get his wealth or be fed into a guillotine? Yes
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Oct 17, 2018 00:36
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Chinatown posted:are you suggesting she should get his wealth or be fed into a guillotine? She will get his wealth, but she should definitely have her wealth forcibly redistributed.
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Oct 17, 2018 00:36
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Peachfart posted:She will get his wealth, but she should definitely have her wealth forcibly redistributed. Go on.
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Oct 17, 2018 00:45
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phasmid posted:Go on. the guillotine is a machine which severs the head from the torso, and thereby the rest of the body blood gushes out of the wound
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Oct 17, 2018 01:02
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Chinatown posted:the guillotine is a machine which severs the head from the torso, and thereby the rest of the body Has it been patented?
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Oct 17, 2018 01:10
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phasmid posted:Has it been patented? oh gently caress no. build and innovate IMHO.
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Oct 17, 2018 01:16
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I loved Home Improvements when I was a kid.
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Oct 17, 2018 01:38
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Being in the right place, at the right time is every losers lazy explanation for success of other people. Not handed Silver spoon success , but any.
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Oct 17, 2018 01:49
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Burt Sexual posted:Being in the right place, at the right time is every losers lazy explanation for success of other people. Not handed Silver spoon success , but any. Silver Spoons was a kick rear end tv show
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Oct 17, 2018 01:51
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haljordan posted:Silver Spoons was a kick rear end tv show You must be older than me. Like Paul Allen old.
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Oct 17, 2018 01:54
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Burt Sexual posted:You must be older than me. Like Paul Allen old. Yea but with way less money and wayyyy more cancer
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Burt Sexual posted:Being in the right place, at the right time is every losers lazy explanation for success of other people. Not handed Silver spoon success , but any. Sometimes. There are plenty of people who changed the course of history, but I don't know how much that applies to already emerging technologies and their usefulness. In some cases, it is very much opportunity knocking and distinct from pure genius. Just my two cents, but this guy ain't gonna take credit for the whole PC revolution. No single man can. It was the work of decades and we could easily say that WE are in the right place and right time to reap the benefits.
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