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Re: Ask HN: What projects do you donate to?

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neom wrote: post #11

Here I am for the millionth time, on HN, reminding everyone of an amazing gift: 2016 report by Nadia Asparouhova - "Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure"[1] - Please do take the time to read and share it, it's been almost 10 years since Nadia published this work with the hope of inspiring some change outside of the OSS world, I'd suggest we need her words now more than ever. Thank you…

Thanks for sharing this! Do you have an idea where I can get the .epub version? The button on the page doesn't seem to do anything?

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Post by swarnie »

normie3000 wrote: post #157
swarnie wrote: post #56

Kagi - in the sense that i paid for a year of membership and only did about three searches. I hear great things, i love the idea behind it, a 65 year habit is hard to break. I'll be back soon.

> a 65 year habit is hard to break I'll bite. What alternative search engine have you been using the last 65 years?

Sorry, PowerToys boots on start up and flips my 2 and 6 keys around.

Sometimes i dont notice until mid morning.

Re: Ask HN: What projects do you donate to?

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Post by mbana »

Great question!

In the past I contributed to rust-analyzer - not much but something huge but at least something.

Nowadays I only contribute to https://quran.com.

Apologies if this ain't clear but I'll give it a shot.

I will donate to anyone, be it a group or one person if they can get all the different ways of reading رواية The Quran:

1. In static digital version, i.e., as PDFs or what have you in the Saudi script. 2. All the Quran's should be colour coded, i.e., tawjeed style mushaf. 3. It should be available online at first then to Android, etc. 4. Along with the Qur'an there should be readings of that style رواية in application. Shaykh Mishary is doing this but I'm quite why he doesn't just release his entire recording out all at once on YouTube.

I just what to say this isn't an easy tasks hence why I haven't attempted doing it. Or I can simply build a well and retire with life.

If something ain't clear let me know.

Regards, - Bana

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Post by gommm »

oaththrowaway wrote: post #240
gommm wrote: post #141

Outside of charities, I donate to a few projects: - Openbsd foundation (I use openssh all the time :)) - Corejs + babel (donated after reading this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34859766 - Magisk . I root my Android phone because I believe that if I buy a device I should actually own it. - Scummvm I believe in preserving computing history and scummvm does great work making older games accessible - Miste…

Solid list there! I love Calibre and ScummVM. Is Scumm still under development though?

It still sees active development, they keep adding new engines regularly. One of the engine I'm excited about is Macromedia Director [1] which they added initial support for in 2.5.0. That's a big endeavour though so will take time until they add everything needed for full compatibilities with a lot of games.

They've also just added support for some of the Dynamix games like Willy Beamish and Heart of China[2] which I absolutely loved as a kid (despite their rather rough edges)

[1] https://obscuritory.com/essay/macromedia-director-in-scummvm... [2] https://www.filfre.net/2018/05/the-dynamic-interactive-narra...

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Post by cdaringe »

erikig wrote: post #234
dinga wrote: post #217

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I've also donated to NVDA... I use interactive-brokers to donate. Which apps do you use?

:)) the two neurons required to get this took several mins to connect.

My neurons are still searching for one another

Re: Ask HN: What projects do you donate to?

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Post by loganloganlogan »

Apache Software Foundation accepts individual donations of any amount that are tax-deductible: https://apache.org/foundation/individual-supporters

Outreachy is another excellent 501c3 that provides paid internships for open source: https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor/donate/

Let's Encrypt provides free TLS certificates to anyone: https://letsencrypt.org/donate/

You can find a wide range of OSS projects on OpenCollective: https://opencollective.com/search?q=&tag=open+source

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