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Worst person in tech 2023 - semi final (mastodon.online)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by sirdorius@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Edit: final round is live now https://mastodon.online/@parismarx/111595842718166678

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[–] Adanisi@lemmy.zip -2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

How the hell did Gates get eliminated in the first round??

EDIT: to people downvoting me, could any of you explain what good Bill Gates has done for the world of software?

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Better question: who the fuck is Palmer Luckey?

[–] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dude invented oculus

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Ok but what has he done to earn a nomination as the worst person in tech?

Being bought out by Facebook doesn't seem to qualify, especially when Zuckerberg lost in the first round too...