Time to use webtorrents to lower the bandwidth cost?
Our videos are largely served by YouTube.
Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are at 250% normal load
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#192Done.. wish them the best of luck
Thank you!
Re: Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are at 250% normal load
#193I donated what I could. They’re doing amazing work
Thank you!
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#194Earlier quoted context omitted.
Video playing is mostly handled by YouTube. Features which use a lot of CPU are tracking learner progress, managing classrooms, and the like. These features are really important right now as teachers have moved classes online. We are in the process of moving this code to Go, which should still be very productive for us but also reduce how much CPU is required.
What language is it written in currently? Python? JavaScript?
Currently running in Python 2.
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#195Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, truly terrible that non-profit organisations serving the common good should provide high salaries. Founder and employees should just go into banking, because those guys absolutely deserve their high pay. Imagine, just imagine a society, where doing non-profit could be a valid career option without a disadvantage in the income department. The horror.
Try arguing with less snark. Every comment like yours attacks the strawman that the CEO and employees should not get paid. Nobody is saying that. But I'm absolutely not going to donate anything while the CEO takes out over 800000 dollars in pay, and it looks distasteful to me to go around begging for donations.
> it looks distasteful to me to go around begging for donations.
Where do you think the money comes from to run the organization? They don't monetize their users. Asking for donations is a significant part of Sal Khan's job.
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I hold the position represented by Dan Palotta in this Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_abou... There is nothing distasteful about non-profit CEOs wanting high pay. We're speaking about the founder of something that has and is helping millions of people around the world with arguably one of the most difficult and important educational needs. Khan Academy wouldn't be here without Khan…
There is something distasteful about them wanting high pay and extra donations to cover an unseen expense.
$800k is an experienced engineer's salary where Khan Academy is based.
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#198Earlier quoted context omitted.
What do you think his salary should be that you'd feel comfortable to make a donation?
Significantly less. This feels like somebody setting up a GoFundMe to pay off their credit card debt. They paid their CEO an absurd salary, and now they need more money. That sounds like a you-problem.
With a more revenue driven model (aka stop giving anything away for free), Kahn Academy would be deriving a lot more revenue from the added traffic. They are still giving away a significant amount of value away for free and asking for donations back.
Someone set-up a GoFundMe for their credit card bill, which they ran up buying supplies to make masks for doctors in need. You are saying that, because they treated themselves to Olive Garden once for dinner, instead of only ever eating the cheapest thing off the McDonald's menu, that they need to repent. Meanwhile, actual fat cat CEOs are eating at $250/person steakhouses while raping the Earth.
800k is a lot of money, but it's really not for that sort of position. CEOs regularly make tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. The ones that famously don't, like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, are able to do so because they are already obscenely wealthy.
Have you heard of the phrase "throwing the baby out with the bathwater?" Because that's what you're proposing here.
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That's because no-one would donate to you, because you haven't done anything worthwhile. Sal Khan has.
If what he's doing is so worthwhile as you say, shouldn't he donate?
He probably has. He's asking for amounts from $5 to $100 dollars. What makes you think he hasn't donated at least that much? How much did you donate?
Re: Khan Academy requests for donations as their servers are at 250% normal load
#200As an educator, this service is an invaluable supplemental resource for my kids. Especially now. Just donated without hesitation. I hope you all consider doing the same if you have the means.