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Bill Gates Quotes

According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life Picture Quote #1

A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren’t dependent on Washington doing something different Picture Quote #1

I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don’t know Picture Quote #1

I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful Picture Quote #1

When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it Picture Quote #1

Some very poor countries run great vaccination systems, and some richer ones run terrible programs Picture Quote #1

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I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I’m not denying myself some great things. I just don’t happen to have expensive hobbies Picture Quote #1

If you’re smart, you often want a feedback loop so you know if what you’ve done is... is right Picture Quote #1

In programming when you’re making a change you have to know all the affected places, and you have to be able to model in your head what the performance impact will be Picture Quote #1

The most important people is to pick people who like to write software and who are good at... good developers like working with each other. And they... they reinforce each other’s skills Picture Quote #1

Good programmers stay open minded to that even though there is no obvious way to improve what they’ve done they... they keep looking and they listen to what other people have to say Picture Quote #1

Even for the very best programmers ah, sometimes you’ll see someone else’s program or somebody will come along and they’ll show you what can be done in a simpler way Picture Quote #1

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When you program, you want to think you’re writing the best possible program for the... for the task you’re trying to solve Picture Quote #1

Software was the key element that would determine how useable and how broadly applicable the machine was Picture Quote #1

The job was to put into a, a computer with only 4K of memory an entire basic full blown, floating point Basic and that’s one of the greatest programming feats I’ve ever had a chance to work on Picture Quote #1

The early personal computers were not very powerful so the idea of feeding their program into a small amount of memory requires immense skill Picture Quote #1

More and more software would just increase the number of tasks that the computer would help solve Picture Quote #1

The most important thing was the creation of a... a standard, where hundreds of companies build hardware that can all run the same software Picture Quote #1

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Finding information is either a software question or a question of how much information is online Picture Quote #1

Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering Picture Quote #1

I’m invested in a lot of battery companies - and there’s a lot that exists I’m not in Picture Quote #1

There are ecosystems like coral reefs [at risk] through ocean acidification. Those are valuable things that we should protect Picture Quote #1

Sorghum is kind of unusual. It can go to very high heats, but it’s not as productive in most environments as maize is Picture Quote #1

Depending on how quickly you get ocean rise, you have people who live in river deltas [at risk] Picture Quote #1

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Bangladesh is largely a river delta, and the rising sea level means that when storms come in, the human sanitation is backing up, the ability to farm Picture Quote #1

Billionaires should never be responsible for solving problems, because they’re not the government Picture Quote #1

Philanthropy, although it’s tiny compared to the government, it’s 2% of the US economy, which is the largest percentage, other than the Middle East Picture Quote #1

The US really has to get out in front. We are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute Picture Quote #1

Other paths would include making nuclear fission cheap enough and safe enough that people broadly embrace it, so that could be scaled up Picture Quote #1

You might say, well, aren’t people saying that about wind and solar today? Not really. Only in the super-narrow sense that the capital costs per output, when the wind is blowing, is slightly lower Picture Quote #1

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According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life (Bill Gates Quotes) A lot of the things that will really improve the world fortunately aren’t dependent on Washington doing something different (Bill Gates Quotes) I think it makes sense to believe in God, but exactly what decision in your life you make differently because of it, I don’t know (Bill Gates Quotes) I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful (Bill Gates Quotes) When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it (Bill Gates Quotes) Some very poor countries run great vaccination systems, and some richer ones run terrible programs (Bill Gates Quotes) I have a nice office. I have a nice house... So I’m not denying myself some great things. I just don’t happen to have expensive hobbies (Bill Gates Quotes) If you’re smart, you often want a feedback loop so you know if what you’ve done is... is right (Bill Gates Quotes) In programming when you’re making a change you have to know all the affected places, and you have to be able to model in your head what the performance impact will be (Bill Gates Quotes) The most important people is to pick people who like to write software and who are good at... good developers like working with each other. And they... they reinforce each other’s skills (Bill Gates Quotes) Good programmers stay open minded to that even though there is no obvious way to improve what they’ve done they... they keep looking and they listen to what other people have to say (Bill Gates Quotes) Even for the very best programmers ah, sometimes you’ll see someone else’s program or somebody will come along and they’ll show you what can be done in a simpler way (Bill Gates Quotes) When you program, you want to think you’re writing the best possible program for the... for the task you’re trying to solve (Bill Gates Quotes) Software was the key element that would determine how useable and how broadly applicable the machine was (Bill Gates Quotes) The job was to put into a, a computer with only 4K of memory an entire basic full blown, floating point Basic and that’s one of the greatest programming feats I’ve ever had a chance to work on (Bill Gates Quotes) The early personal computers were not very powerful so the idea of feeding their program into a small amount of memory requires immense skill (Bill Gates Quotes) More and more software would just increase the number of tasks that the computer would help solve (Bill Gates Quotes) The most important thing was the creation of a... a standard, where hundreds of companies build hardware that can all run the same software (Bill Gates Quotes) Finding information is either a software question or a question of how much information is online (Bill Gates Quotes) Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering (Bill Gates Quotes) I’m invested in a lot of battery companies - and there’s a lot that exists I’m not in (Bill Gates Quotes) There are ecosystems like coral reefs [at risk] through ocean acidification. Those are valuable things that we should protect (Bill Gates Quotes) Sorghum is kind of unusual. It can go to very high heats, but it’s not as productive in most environments as maize is (Bill Gates Quotes) Depending on how quickly you get ocean rise, you have people who live in river deltas [at risk] (Bill Gates Quotes) Bangladesh is largely a river delta, and the rising sea level means that when storms come in, the human sanitation is backing up, the ability to farm (Bill Gates Quotes) Billionaires should never be responsible for solving problems, because they’re not the government (Bill Gates Quotes) Philanthropy, although it’s tiny compared to the government, it’s 2% of the US economy, which is the largest percentage, other than the Middle East (Bill Gates Quotes) The US really has to get out in front. We are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute (Bill Gates Quotes) Other paths would include making nuclear fission cheap enough and safe enough that people broadly embrace it, so that could be scaled up (Bill Gates Quotes) You might say, well, aren’t people saying that about wind and solar today? Not really. Only in the super-narrow sense that the capital costs per output, when the wind is blowing, is slightly lower (Bill Gates Quotes)

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