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Archive.org mentions (8506)

• Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2024)

  Internet Archive | https://archive.org | Full-Time | Remote PT-ET Hours | Non-Profit Help build web crawlers, preservation, and public access services for over one thousand partner libraries and other cultural heritage institutions. https://app.trinethire.com/companies/32967-internet-archive/jobs/91055-senior-software-engineer-archiving-and-data-services. - Source: Hacker News / 28 days ago

• Wayback Machine Homepage is missing from Google results

  I have https://archive.org as second result, sep11... Is also the first for me. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Top 7 Free Unlimited Video Hosting Websites in 2023

  Internet Archive is best known for its Wayback Machine. But registered users also get 250GB of free storage for video uploads and other media. - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago

• Google Search Drops Cache Link from Search Results

  I went to the google search page and put in the URL with the cache: prefix. Eg "cache:http://archive.org/". This is now broken. Existing cache entries still exist, but unfortunately unless you know the URL it is inaccessible. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• A periodic table of visualization methods

  If you didn't already know of archiving websites, you're one of today's lucky ten thousand! See https://archive.org :). - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

GiveWell mentions (22)

• GiveDirectly – Send money directly to people who need it most

  GiveDirectly is a great org that’s working in data driven experimental way to identify effective ways to donate. I’ve donated to them for years. In a similar vein is GiveWell, https://givewell.org/, who research and identify the top charities to donate to to maximize dollar impact. Their mission is to simplify giving by just telling you a very small number of orgs, removing any need for analysis or choice.... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Sam Bankman-Fried and the effective altruism delusion

  When I donate to http://givewell.org , I don't care about the relative value they place on arms and legs. What I care about is avoiding pseudo-charities. You know, the ones that pop up in exposé articles every now and then where most of the money goes to marketing and admin, a tiny sliver goes to the actual cause, and then a clown car pulls up full of people who try to rationalize how this is actually a good... - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• What life changing thing can you buy for less than $100?

  Givewell.org. It is a charity evaluator which uses extensive research to investigate the best, most cost-effective ways to help people in the world today. They have their Top Charities Fund which supports the highest-priority funding needs among their Top Charities. They also have their All Grants Fund to fill the highest-impact funding opportunities they can find, whether those opportunities are top charities or... Source: 11 months ago

• Why does a 13 and 14 year old has a gun?

  You should definitely help random strangers! Do it by contributing money to stop malaria, or whatever the current top charity on http://givewell.org is. That helps far more people with far more efficiency than giving money directly to someone you pass on the street (and if you want to give money directly to people who need it, there’s also http://givedirectly.org, which does exactly that (and was also in... Source: 11 months ago

• I have a contract to be cryopreserved after my legal death for the chance of future revival AMA

  I unfortunately don't think that the 45€ per month that I spend on my cryonics contract would be able to save the poor. Also, it's not an either or. I regularly donate to charities with good rating from givewell.org. I'm not giving every possible penny I have, but my guess is that neither are you buddy. Source: 12 months ago