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In that same Wired story that is the source for the blurb at the heart of this one is the most Steve Jobs tale ever told. Scott Forstall tells that Steve alway
by GeekyBear 8y ago
In that same Wired story that is the source for the blurb at the heart of this one is the most Steve Jobs tale ever told.
Scott Forstall tells that Steve always insisted on paying for lunch for both of them every time they ate in the company cafeteria together.
Scott felt bad about making Steve wait for him at the checkout if he ordered something customized that took longer to prepare.
However, Steve insisted because he was paying by swiping his employee badge which automatically debited against your next pay period.
Since Steve was paid in stock, with only a one dollar a year salary there was nothing for the company accounting system to debit against, so although he was "the man" at Apple he took a perverse pleasure in simultaneously sticking it to the man.
- snowwrestler 8y agoThis is the same guy who would trade in his leased Mercedes in less than 6 months so that he could have a barcode for a license plate. Culturally, he was a hacker--looking for the gaps in institutional systems and getting a perverse pleasure in exploiting them.
- hvdhh7 8y agoBillionaire sticks it to the Man by carefully following his rules and getting brand new Mercedes every six months.
- saudioger 8y agoYeah I feel like this is more "sticking it to the average person who could never afford this" than "the man" Steve Jobs' personality had a large role in pushing his success, but it's also the type of personality of someone who just wants to be different because they think being different is superior (and yes: sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't). If he were a kid in the 90s he'd be ~~ tYpInG aLl hIs ImS lIkE tHiS ~~
- iMuzz 8y agohahahah thanks for the laugh
- tinus_hn 8y agoI would presume this would prevent a lot of tickets as you don’t have a normal license plate.
- johnnyfaehell 8y agoIf you really want to stick it to the man, following the rules is the way to do it. Nothing pisses people off that not liking what you're doing but being able to do nothing. This is why working to contract is a way of protesting at work.
- cdcfa78156ae5 8y agoDriving without license plates is irresponsible antisocial behavior, not "hacking."
- ghettophobia 8y agoYou strike me as an extremely responsible and sociable person. Because of your inspiring comment, I realize the importance of being assigned a number, and displaying it conspiquously. I will abide by my duty as a good citizen, and always afix valid license plates to my vehicle, so as never to endanger my fellow motorists, who might react unpredictably, and lose control of their own vehicles at the mere site of another vehicle abstaining from the valuable and productive social norm of license plate adornment.
- marssaxman 8y agoIt can very easily be both.
- cdcfa78156ae5 8y agoWhat benefits exactly can be derived from driving without license plates that make it a "hack"? Avoiding getting arrested for hit-and-runs? Not getting tickets from red light cameras?
- grzm 8y agoNot having license plates on your car can in and of itself be a benefit, if one doesn't want license plates on one's car. AIUI that was the benefit Jobs was looking for.
- marssaxman 8y agoSince when does hacking necessarily involve benefit? It's a clever exploit, getting by without license plates, and I can imagine how that might be satisfying on its own, for purely aesthetic reasons; it doesn't need to be practical.
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