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Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by chiefalchemist on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @09:56AM (#18399490)
> "One thing I always thought fascinating about Gates was his candid relationship with feces."

I'd say his relationship is with humans. People are his ends. Feces (i.e., the lack there of) are his means. It's a stunning example of hope (not being lost).

What's most impressive to me is a $200 million investment over 7 years, has the potential to "return" $200 billion __annually__. The lottery seems to break $200M a couple+ times per yer.

Editorial: It's amazing what you can accomplish for the price of a handful of F35 fighter jets.

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Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by weaksauce on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @12:59PM (#18400847)
> Editorial: It's amazing what you can accomplish for the price of a handful of F35 fighter jets.

sadly our investments don't align in the high return ways.

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Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by aplummer on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @12:28PM (#18400628)
Just _one_ F35, depending on the variant.
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Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by chiefalchemist on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @01:09PM (#18400929)
Thx. I looked and couldn't find it mentioned per jet.
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Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by jnwatson on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @03:52PM (#18402312)
That’s because there aren’t any honest prices for a single jet. The R&D cost is so high that how one amortizes that can make 2 orders of magnitude difference in unit cost.
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Re:Gates Foundation spent $200M funding toilet research by aplummer on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @06:20PM (#18403196)
I assumed just what they sold them for per unit to other countries, but maybe they pitched in for R&D? Seems to range from 90-130. Maybe you get 2 if you buy the non navy version.
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