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That was really not the focus of the doc. As the title implies, they wanted to take a peek in the interesting ideas going on in his mind right now.

quelsolaar 6y ago
I was hoping we we would find more "Inside bill's brain", then just toilets.
- xdavidliu 6y ago
  or standing on-stage with a literal jar of shit [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9nRsJinHhM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9nRsJinHhM
- mturmon 6y ago
  But to mock toilets in the way you have just done is to miss the point. Billg is such a nerd problem solver (and I mean this in the most positive way) that he’s capable of investing and marshaling huge engineering focus on this outcast subject, just because he sees it as the crux of the actual problem. He’s not thinking about Linux any more, he has moved on, there’s something more important to him, and that’s why he was willing to help make this particular documentary, right?
- aaron695 6y ago
  Toilets are a fucking big problem. Toilets are one of the reason why we left a past of disease and death from sewage contamination. Yet open defecation is a problem in so much of the world. So this is exactly what I wanted to see how he deals with. A hard problem that is so vital. How does his brain tackle that. Especially how it's unlikely a computer problem But they did totally miss the mark on talking about it, it was what I wanted exactly to see and was disappointed it was so disappointing. Maybe we couldn't tackle it. But I have seen other specials where he had made a unique start on the problem.
  - quelsolaar 6y ago
    If I got to spend days interviewing Bill, I would love to here about his projects to build toilets, and eradicate decises, but I would find the time to ask other questions too. My feeling was that the documentarian got to make the documentary on the condition of not asking the hard questions about Bills past.

quelsolaar 6y ago

I was hoping we we would find more "Inside bill's brain", then just toilets.

xdavidliu 6y ago
or standing on-stage with a literal jar of shit [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9nRsJinHhM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9nRsJinHhM
mturmon 6y ago
But to mock toilets in the way you have just done is to miss the point. Billg is such a nerd problem solver (and I mean this in the most positive way) that he’s capable of investing and marshaling huge engineering focus on this outcast subject, just because he sees it as the crux of the actual problem. He’s not thinking about Linux any more, he has moved on, there’s something more important to him, and that’s why he was willing to help make this particular documentary, right?
aaron695 6y ago
Toilets are a fucking big problem. Toilets are one of the reason why we left a past of disease and death from sewage contamination. Yet open defecation is a problem in so much of the world. So this is exactly what I wanted to see how he deals with. A hard problem that is so vital. How does his brain tackle that. Especially how it's unlikely a computer problem But they did totally miss the mark on talking about it, it was what I wanted exactly to see and was disappointed it was so disappointing. Maybe we couldn't tackle it. But I have seen other specials where he had made a unique start on the problem.
- quelsolaar 6y ago
  If I got to spend days interviewing Bill, I would love to here about his projects to build toilets, and eradicate decises, but I would find the time to ask other questions too. My feeling was that the documentarian got to make the documentary on the condition of not asking the hard questions about Bills past.