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Re:I was tricked into thinking I had “grit” by badpun on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @08:40AM (#23090235)
> He's giving almost all of his money to philanthropic causes

His current net worth is $70b, for your statement to be true he would have to give away trillions.

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Re:I was tricked into thinking I had “grit” by bitcurious on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @09:03AM (#23090421)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Pledge

One can be running a marathon and still have 40km left to run.

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Re:I was tricked into thinking I had “grit” by badpun on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @11:39AM (#23092231)
This only means that, so far, he's only talking about giving most of his money away, not actually doing it. If he'd be doing it at any significant speed, we'd be seeing monthly/yearly drops in his net worth.
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