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I pretty much just read articles backwards now.

• Jeff_Brown 9y ago
  I was totally riveted. Without the storytelling I would not have learned, for instance, of this gem: "In public, Bill Gates was declaring victory [regarding the federal antitrust lawsuit], but inside Microsoft, executives were demanding that lawyers and other compliance officials — the kinds of people who, previously, were routinely ignored — be invited to every meeting. Software engineers began casually dropping by attorneys’ desks and describing new software features, and then asking, in desperate whispers, if anything they’d mentioned might trigger a subpoena. One Microsoft senior executive moved an extra chair into his office so a compliance official could sit alongside him during product reviews. Every time a programmer detailed a new idea, the executive turned to the official, who would point his thumb up or down like a capricious Roman emperor."
  • yesenadam 9y ago
    Incidentally, it seems 'thumbs up' had the opposite meaning to today in Roman times. Weird huh. http://time.com/4984728/thumbs-up-thumbs-down-history/ http://time.com/4984728/thumbs-up-thumbs-down-history/