Bill Gatesone of the richest men in the world, had a curious addiction when he was at the helm of Microsoft.
It’s a pretty simple game: minesweeperAs stated in the book of the same name,minesweeper” Kyle Orlando.
In the book Bruce Ryan, Former Director of Entertainment Microsofttells how the game marked life Bill Gates.
Bill Gates he became obsessed with the game, especially its beginner level. Even though you removed the minesweeper from your computer to “detox”, then Gates boasted in an email how he managed to drop his personal best from 8 to 5 seconds on the computer of Mike Hollman, a top manager at Microsoft.
Computers vs. Bill Gates
Bruce Ryan decided to cheat to discourage Bill Gatessharing “impossible” estimates.
Ryan used an automation program that could run millions of games and win with a single click.
Four hours later, he achieved his goal: he set a second record, which he boasted of. Bill Gatesto whom he said he would be “forever in the shadows”.
Gates he mused in a work email after announcing that “his critical skills have been superseded by the computer”: “When machines can do things faster than humans: can we keep our human dignity?”
Apparently, he still didn’t give up. He warned, “I guess now I’m going to have to try the game at an intermediate level.”
Source: RPP
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