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		butlike 77 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 Ameri... Never heard of that Norman Borlaug guy. Sounds like a standup guy from his wikipedia.

esafak 77 days ago [–]

Borlaug. Bill Gates talks about him a lot: https://www.gatesnotes.com/the-man-who-fed-the-world

Borland was the software company.

Maybe I missed the joke?

butlike 77 days ago | [–]

No, it was just a misspelling. Edited for clarity.

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