Bill Gates pledges 120 million to boost African, Indian farmers • Hacker News Board

Re: Bill Gates pledges 120 million to boost African, Indian farmers

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Post by kyro » Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 6:17 AM UTC

Technophilis wrote: post #9

kyro wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it's all dirty Micro$oft money! That can't be good!

How do you define "good" ?

The same way you'd define "sarcasm," I imagine.

Re: Bill Gates pledges 120 million to boost African, Indian farmers

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Post by indranil » Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 6:18 AM UTC

kyro wrote: post #8

rooshdi wrote: post #3

applauds effort A lot of people hate on Bill, but the man sure knows how to invest his money wisely.

But it's all dirty Micro$oft money! That can't be good!

Well, it's Bill Gates' Microsoft money, so it's actually the good part... remember when MS used to be the good guys taking on the big guys?

Re: Bill Gates pledges 120 million to boost African, Indian farmers

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Post by ComputerGuru » Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 7:33 AM UTC

kyro wrote: post #8

rooshdi wrote: post #3

applauds effort A lot of people hate on Bill, but the man sure knows how to invest his money wisely.

But it's all dirty Micro$oft money! That can't be good!

I love how everyone on HN is so well-versed in sarcasm.

Vote parent up. Sarcasm is an art in danger of dying.

Re: Bill Gates pledges 120 million to boost African, Indian farmers

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Post by philjackson » Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 7:44 AM UTC

ComputerGuru wrote: post #13

kyro wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it's all dirty Micro$oft money! That can't be good!

I love how everyone on HN is so well-versed in sarcasm. Vote parent up. Sarcasm is an art in danger of dying.

But it also wasn't funny, or should we just vote up arbitrary sarcasm?

Re: Bill Gates pledges 120 million to boost African, Indian farmers

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Post by ComputerGuru » Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 7:52 AM UTC

philjackson wrote: post #14

ComputerGuru wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love how everyone on HN is so well-versed in sarcasm. Vote parent up. Sarcasm is an art in danger of dying.

But it also wasn't funny, or should we just vote up arbitrary sarcasm?

Not necessarily. But it shouldn't be at minus 2 :)

Re: Bill Gates pledges 120 million to boost African, Indian farmers

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Post by bjelkeman-again » Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 8:14 AM UTC

If anything, they should look into supporting the One Acre Fund.

http://www.oneacrefund.org/our_results/program_dashboard

They are doing an incredible job and and a question and answer session about their work can be found here:

http://globalswadeshi.ning.com/forum/topics/global-swadeshi-...

Re: Bill Gates pledges 120 million to boost African, Indian farmers

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Post by known » Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 9:00 AM UTC

There is no Corruption-Free delivery system in India because 85% Indians do not have any Bank Accounts.

http://tr.im/kJHv

And this is the way Indian Leadership will keep its Voters SUBSERVIENT.

Re: Bill Gates pledges 120 million to boost African, Indian farmers

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Post by lsd5you » Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 9:25 AM UTC

I don't mean to be an idiot, but at this point all life saving charity should aim to secure a reduction in population growth to offset the lives saved.

Being merely a humanitarian is a moral luxury with an environmental cost.

Re: Bill Gates pledges 120 million to boost African, Indian farmers

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Post by hnhg » Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 9:36 AM UTC

lsd5you wrote: post #18

I don't mean to be an idiot, but at this point all life saving charity should aim to secure a reduction in population growth to offset the lives saved. Being merely a humanitarian is a moral luxury with an environmental cost.

What are the causes for high population growth? Can they be countered?

Re: Bill Gates pledges 120 million to boost African, Indian farmers

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Post by mahmud » Fri, Oct 16, 2009, 9:47 AM UTC

indranil wrote: post #12

kyro wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it's all dirty Micro$oft money! That can't be good!

Well, it's Bill Gates' Microsoft money, so it's actually the good part... remember when MS used to be the good guys taking on the big guys?

"good" and "big" are not mutually exclusive.