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I really do hope this is sarcasm, hard to detect over text.
by AsyncAwait 10y ago
I really do hope this is sarcasm, hard to detect over text.
- behnamoh 10y agoOne thing I've learnt about this world is that no one will do something for you just for the mere joy of doing it. There's always costs/benefits analysis involved.
- pc86 10y agoThe "mere joy" of doing something is itself a benefit, so I think you've just proved yourself wrong.
- behnamoh 10y agoHow can one measure "joy" with money? How can some quality have more value than some quantity (cost)? I did not prove myself wrong.
- happy-go-lucky 10y agoIt may be that you would have avoided being so cynical if they had not made that donation, but as can be seen, their contribution will keep the project going for a time.
- AsyncAwait 10y agoThe very fact that this reached the front page of HN indicates that it has a PR value - that a value in itself. Or maybe they trully want to help out projects that they most likely depend on daily. In any case, this is a positive thing so why repeat the propaganda that if it's coming from China/Russia == bad? Evaluating individual cases is much more productive and in this case, I don't really see an ulterior motive here.