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weird design for steve jobs.. without context it looks like the depiction of some spiritual leader (which maybe is a bit funny given the early apple fanbase). I get he was a bit of a hippie, but that's not exactly his claim-to-fame

> His posture and expression, as he is captured in a moment of reflection

i dont associate "reflection" with him. not to disparage him in the slightest, but its just not in the top ten of things i associate with him.

I then made myself laugh by trying to imagine a depiction of Bill Gates in the same pose



> I then made myself laugh by trying to imagine a depiction of Bill Gates in the same pose

That is funny, although nothing will ever top Deborah Feingold's 1985 photoshoot where he lies on his desk and flirts with the camera


Indeed

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*l85kSwZf...

It always reminds me of Manet's Olympia.


Maybe Boucher's Blonde Odalisque.


We should get a coin of Bill Gates jumping over a chair: https://youtube.com/watch?v=KxaCOHT0pmI


see, now that's a coin I'd actually get! I'd get a whole roll and give it out to friends


If you scroll down there is a description explaining the pose:

> This design presents a young Steve Jobs sitting in front of a quintessentially northern California landscape of oak-covered rolling hills. His posture and expression, as he is captured in a moment of reflection, show how this environment inspired his vision to transform complex technology into something as intuitive and organic as nature itself. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” and “CALIFORNIA.” Additional inscriptions are “STEVE JOBS” and “MAKE SOMETHING WONDERFUL.”


It reminds me of the scene from the movie where he’s taking LSD in the field.


sometimes I'm really flabbergasted by the replies and reading comprehension on HN. I'm genuinely curious what's going on. Are you a last-gen AI or something? Did you read the first sentence and hit reply?

I'm literally quoting the passage you're citing and talking directly about it. And then you quote it back to me.

mind = blown.


Either of these two Steve Jobs portraits would have been much better:

https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D12AQHLC366nJwa1A/art...


From: Steve Jobs, sjobs@apple.com

To: Steve Jobs, sjobs@apple.com

Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 11:08PM

  I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds.

  I do not make any of my own clothing.  I speak a language I did not invent or refine.  

  I did not discover the mathematics I use.

  I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate.  

  I am moved by music I did not create myself.  

  When I needed medical attention, I was helpless to help myself survive.

  I did not invent the transistor, the microprocessor, object oriented programming, or most of the technology I work with.

  I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am totally dependent on them for my life and well being.
Sent from my iPad


yeah, i don't wanna shit of steve jobs. I'm sure he reflects on stuff. (though this thing seems to suggest.. he needs to reflect on some real basic human stuff..) I'm sure you can find some cute quotes from Bill Gates too. It's just not really what he's known for

just out of pure curiosity.. what's the context of this? He wrote a poem.. to email to himself? and.. how did he get access to his private emails?

I can't think of any other example of people writing and mailing poems to themselves


> I can't think of any other example of people writing and mailing poems to themselves

How many people’s emails have you checked to see if they do this?


It was released by The Steve Jobs archive posthumously

https://stevejobsarchive.com/

The archive was launched by Laurene Powell Jobs in 2022


And then you made me laugh as well.


> which maybe is a bit funny given the early apple fanbase

Or, you know, just early Steve Jobs.




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