Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt to Japan

Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by tyrust on Monday January 15, 2018 @07:15PM (#16154688)

>Reddit style

Just as much HN style, where top comments frequently bring up old discussions completely unrelated to the article's content (e.g. js article -> js is a mess, blockchain article -> blockchain is a bubble, megacorp article -> this is why i never use megacorp's products)

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by noobermin on Monday January 15, 2018 @08:59PM (#16155189)

I've noticed what you pointed out is fairly common especially recently, but it wasn't always the case. Moreover, it's incumbent on us to be better than that so to reverse the trend.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by scubadude on Monday January 15, 2018 @11:07PM (#16155744)

It's not a new problem. The term TFA is at least 18 years old; predates reddit, digg, and maybe even slashdot itself.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TFA

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by noobermin on Monday January 15, 2018 @11:46PM (#16155901)

This is a side discussion, but what a fascinating piece of internet history, I had no idea.

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by garrettgrimsley on Monday January 15, 2018 @11:31PM (#16155841)

Just came off an 11 month involuntary HN-hiatus and noticed that the level of discourse is markedly lower. Wondering whether it could be quantified over time. Maybe a NLP expert could chime in?

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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Are Paying Off Nigeria's $76M Debt... by jackaroe78 on Monday January 15, 2018 @07:30PM (#16154786)

mmm source please

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