Guess the person/ 20 questions

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How do you define philanthropist? I don’t think one has to be rich to be a philanthropist.

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  1. Is he typically on the news?
1351

I’d say someone who is known for donating money.

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1352

You could be middle-class and donate money.

1353

But you wouldn’t be known for it.

  1. He’s not typically on the news
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1354

In addition, you probably won’t get on Guess the person! (Because it would be hard for us to guess an obscure person)

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1355

I’m thinking about this

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Very indirectly, but you’ll get it if you know who it is.

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1357

I think he might be the creator of a programming language (This is NOT A QUESTION). It must be an old language, most likely not around. Being alive, this rules out Alan Turing and Machine Code.
Edit:
Assembly Language is also gone!

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1358

Even more indirectly :stuck_out_tongue:

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1359

I wonder if he’s a cafeteria person who works at a coding company.

Edit: They probably wouldn’t be famous

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1360

I think that’s fine to be unambiguous, just for the sake of a game, but I will still pedantically contend that philanthropy should not be so narrowly constrained to only those that can personally give a lot of money.

For example, I think Captain Sir Thomas Moore could be considered a very successful and well-known philanthropist, even though he is not known to be wealthy.

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First, I thought you meant someone who makes transportation vehicles :upside_down_face:

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Agreed.

So, any more questions?

  1. Over 45.
  2. Not a sportsman, Go player, etc.
  3. Not an artist
  4. Not a politician
  5. Profession is not directly related to coding
  6. Not an actor
  7. Not a youtuber / streamer
  8. Over 60
  9. Over 80
  10. Does not create electronics
  11. Not over 100
  12. Officially retired, but not really
  13. Involved in a “movement”, but not as occupation
  14. Not known to be rich / philanthropist
  15. Not typically on the news
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  1. Is he an investor, or a stock trader
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  1. No

Are there any famous investors who are not known to be rich?

With only 4 questions left and the game grinding to a halt, I’ll give a hint: his profession is academical.

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  1. From the Western hemisphere?
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  1. Yes
1367

Not a question, just thinking out loud. With few questions left, I think we should focus on probing the group of well-known emeritus professors.

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1368

Noam Chomsky?

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