4 ms·

The one that irked me the most was his cameo for a dubious crypto startup https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38855645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=388

by buryat 2y ago

The one that irked me the most was his cameo for a dubious crypto startup https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38855645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38855645 He does a lot of public speaking the quality can be gauged by searching "Steve Wozniak conference", and his attendance can be bought https://www.aurumbureau.com/speaker/steve-wozniak/ https://www.aurumbureau.com/speaker/steve-wozniak/ What kind of message a person who is getting paid by the platform is going to have? I'm overall not very trusting of his opinion on the current tech. Yes, he had cofounded Apple, and created the first machines but I don't see anything significant that he created after that. He did start a company in 2020 that was backed by the WOZX token (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/04/apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-is-starting-a-second-company-efforce.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/04/apple-co-founder-steve-wozni...).

neom 2y ago
Fair enough, I agree he's super out of touch, just wanted to make sure he wasn't speaking at something really really bad. To save anyone else a google: he is indeed behind a crypto project properly it seems, and the token looks very much like a rug[1], and the cameo thing is real and it seems odd he's not savvy enough to do some background on it/know not to shill NFTs[2]. Speaking fee thing doesn't bother me personally, even I'm on one of those stupid things, they give pretty huge retainers and the money is great. Saw Woz is charging 100k an event, ha! [1]https://www.coinbase.com/price/efforce https://www.coinbase.com/price/efforce [2]https://behindmlm.com/companies/hyperfund/steve-wozniak-2nd-cameo-personality-to-promote-hyperverse/ https://behindmlm.com/companies/hyperfund/steve-wozniak-2nd-...
- mixmastamyk 2y ago
  Good for him—don’t think he got the big money aapl generated as he got out quite early.
- varjag 2y ago
  Took me a while to connect your username to the IRC nick. Cheers!
  - neom 2y ago
    You remember that from... 25 years ago? Impressive. Hi varjag, Cheers! <3
bigstrat2003 2y ago
> Yes, he had cofounded Apple, and created the first machines but I don't see anything significant that he created after that. That's kind of like saying "God made the world, but he hasn't really done anything else lately so he's overrated". Woz's big achievements might be in the past, but they are so big that he certainly commands respect even still.

by buryat 2y ago

neom 2y ago

Fair enough, I agree he's super out of touch, just wanted to make sure he wasn't speaking at something really really bad. To save anyone else a google: he is indeed behind a crypto project properly it seems, and the token looks very much like a rug[1], and the cameo thing is real and it seems odd he's not savvy enough to do some background on it/know not to shill NFTs[2]. Speaking fee thing doesn't bother me personally, even I'm on one of those stupid things, they give pretty huge retainers and the money is great. Saw Woz is charging 100k an event, ha! [1]https://www.coinbase.com/price/efforce https://www.coinbase.com/price/efforce [2]https://behindmlm.com/companies/hyperfund/steve-wozniak-2nd-cameo-personality-to-promote-hyperverse/ https://behindmlm.com/companies/hyperfund/steve-wozniak-2nd-...

mixmastamyk 2y ago
Good for him—don’t think he got the big money aapl generated as he got out quite early.
varjag 2y ago
Took me a while to connect your username to the IRC nick. Cheers!
- neom 2y ago
  You remember that from... 25 years ago? Impressive. Hi varjag, Cheers! <3

bigstrat2003 2y ago

> Yes, he had cofounded Apple, and created the first machines but I don't see anything significant that he created after that. That's kind of like saying "God made the world, but he hasn't really done anything else lately so he's overrated". Woz's big achievements might be in the past, but they are so big that he certainly commands respect even still.