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New $1 US coins to feature Steve Jobs and Cray-1 supercomputer — US Mint's 2026 American Innovation Program to memorialize computing history (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Jobs was a glorified salesman. Edison was an oligarch notorious for lying, cheating, stealing, and his complete lack of ethics and morals.

I'm absolutely no fan of Jobs but Edison was the bigger bastard.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Jobs took credit for everyone else's work. He presented himself as a visionary and a creator, when he was mostly just a liar and a thief.

Maybe Edison was worse. I'm not saying Jobs was worse than Edison. I'm saying Jobs fabricated a legacy that a lot of people still believe, and will believe for a long time.

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I'll agree to that.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wasn't Woz really the brain behind it all?

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

One of several, but the first and probably most influential. Met Woz. He's brilliant, but a weird dude.