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[–] spearson0@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I hope he pulls through

[–] RTwhyNot@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This makes me sad.

[–] klausbaudelaire1@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He visited my school back in 2017 and delivered a talk. It was a great talk, but he looked decidedly unhealthy back then. I hope he is taking better care of himself because his contribution to modern technology is effectively immeasurable.

[–] johnnybender@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

❤️ u Woz!

[–] panic_kernel_panic@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Woz is the nerdy heart of Apple, I hope he’s ok

[–] Moonsleep@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He is a legend! Hope he recovers quickly!

[–] sjgokou@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Never met him but my coworker back in ~2006 met him. He came into Sears and needed a Washer and Dryer. She sold him a high end Washer and Dryer. She had a ball chatting it up with him and I believe his wife. She was glowing for days having the chance to meet and chit chat with him.

[–] scots@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

There is no Apple without Steve. Both of them - but especially Woz.

Rarely does genius touch someone so empathetic, warm, outgoing and relatable. I wish him a speedy recovery.

[–] wearealldoooomed@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He cut me off in traffic once. That’s my only experience with him

[–] CyberAsura@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Everyone will eventually get old, sick and died. Some are less fortunate, they just died.

[–] spdorsey@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

One of the greatest guys pretty much ever. Hoping for a speedy recovery and wishing his family well. Go volunteer with local youth organizations in his name!

[–] MC_chrome@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Woz has been the ultimate nerd, in the best ways possible. He’s always carried a passion for technology that he has freely shared with others, and I will personally be forever grateful for all that he has done for the world. Steve was a personal hero of mine growing up, precisely because he was so kind hearted and such an unabashed nerd that he made me feel relatively comfortable being the same around others as well.

Here’s to hoping for the best for Steve….he’s a true treasure

[–] DeathByPetrichor@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Volunteer in his name? Why?

[–] Yupyupyup79@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Here's to hoping it's nothing serious. Never met him but he seems like a good dude.

[–] skalpelis@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He fainted in one of the highest (by elevation) cities in the world. I too hope it's nothing serious.

[–] turlian@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He gave me a tour of his house once. He is a good dude, really hope he's ok.

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[–] Electrical_Ad_7036@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (22 children)

Never have heard a bad thing about him. Hoping for the best.

[–] majoroofboys@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He’s such a wholesome person. It’s hard to put into words because it’s rare to see these days. He really, really loves technology. Super cool to talk to.

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[–] well____duh@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Definitely the better of the two Steves

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[–] KingLancelot1991@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He’s 73, Steve Jobs would be 68 today.

Hopefully he gets better.

[–] subliver@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I was obsessed with early Apple in the late 90’s and emailed Woz one night on a whim. He wrote me back a few hours later. Such a wonderful guy.

I hope this is nothing serious.

[–] UltraSPARC@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Ha! I used to email Woz and Jobs all the time as a kid. They'd both respond! It was wild!

Woz is a truly nice guy. I wish him all the best.

[–] Gamerxx13@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Omg what did they say?

[–] phareous@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I lost the email but I emailed Jobs back when he killed all the Mac clones and he wrote me a great personal email back with his reasons. Might have been a jerk to a lot of people but he had some good qualities

[–] HeGotKimbod@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean, making a company worth billions pretty much guarantees you have to step on a lot of people on your way up and do some shady shit.

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[–] AloysBane@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] OMGwtfNOTnow@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you mind sharing what you emailed him about?

[–] subliver@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We both kept it short.

Just basic questions about what it was like to co-found Apple. How he felt about the current state of the company (Apple was on the brink of collapse) things like that. I had trouble finding his perspective in the many books I read on Apple so I asked him.

He responded with very loving answers and asked me a few questions about myself. He emailed again and what really stuck out was that he told me how proud he was of his own son who was just a little younger than me, I think he was graduating high school around that time. He also wished me success in life because I told him that I was close to graduating college.

He was just the kindest, sweetest, and most down-to-earth family man you could imagine.

Sometimes meeting your heroes is actually a blessing.

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[–] Tman11S@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

He’s the real brains behind Apple, let’s hope he’s alright

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[–] Sahellio@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I met woz years ago at a work conference. He was animated and generally excited to meet everyone he encountered. Good guy with a big heart I hope he’s OK.

[–] dodgeunhappiness@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Please don't. He is as sweetest a technician can get.

[–] ShrimpRampage@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Wish him a speedy recovery. Great guy, amazing engineer.

[–] FizzyBeverage@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (11 children)

When I went to Genius training in Cupertino back in early 2008, Woz came by the retail training labs and took 4 of us to get hamburgers in his Hummer. I remember he bought extra burgers for his dogs and had a machined metal business card. Just a helluva nice guy, shot the breeze about all sorts of stuff. Real nerdy, Nixie tube watch and all =)

Hope he's alright.

[–] panic_kernel_panic@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Met him during Genius training too, on the way to beer bash, super nice guy, he chatted with us about the movie “Pirates of Silicon Valley” which was hilarious.

[–] blackdynomitesnewbag@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish you hadn’t told me he drove a Hummer, cause I think less of him now

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[–] StevenTiggler@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Prob had a heart attack after seeing Apple is still releasing 8GB RAM laptops in 2023

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[–] Samuel_Go@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Get well soon Woz

[–] Andrige3@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I hope he's okay! He always seems so jovial and nice in all his interviews.

[–] g9icy@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Really hope he's OK. He's one of the good ones.

[–] ShaidarHaran2@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He seems like a genuinely nice dude. Hope it's not serious.

[–] Winboy@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

One Steve was enough, but two is depressing; especially how important Wozniak was to Apple from the beginning .

[–] die-microcrap-die@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Get well soon Woz.

You are one of the great ones!

[–] somuchlan@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

My guess/hope is it’s altitude related - hopefully just needs some rest and fluids. It apparently happened right after a speech, which I assume exacerbated the symptoms

[–] Jaime1337@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He’s in Mexico City so hopefully it’s just altitude sickness or something and he’ll be OK

[–] tino768@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Poor guy, he must've gone too long without his apple a day...

[–] FrownedUponComment@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He’ll be alright

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