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Format mentions (9)

• Help with CFCard adapter and 486 system BIOS 504MB limit...

  C:\ has format.com, D:\ can write test.txt, E:\ can write test2.txt, F:\ can. Source: about 1 year ago

• File size of C1 TIFFs

  I exported a bunch of 8-bit TIFFs from C1-21 today. The Finder reported them all around 92Mb (Sony A7r3 files). I tried to upload them to my site at format.com only to have half rejected for being "over 100Mb". Source: over 1 year ago

• When I send my site to people (Facebook, discord, whatever) this is the screencap and description people see. This image is nowhere on my site. My domain name is through google, and it isn't on google domains. Where is this likely cached and how do I reset it? Frankly, it is a boring image.

  I am using format.com. What sort of metadata should I be setting? Source: over 1 year ago

• I think web station made it so I can't connect via IP?

  I usually connect by quick connect, but my website host is coming to an end. It is currently on format.com, a photography site. I started to make a site in php, and rather than configure mamp, I thought I'd put my images on synology. Ever since installing web station, maria, phpmyadmin, I can't connect via 192.xx.xx.xx, only quick station. For a while I could connect by localip/phpmyadmin/index.php. Source: over 1 year ago

• Got an email from Thetypefounders regarding a font i'm using on my website, need advice

  I got an email from The Type Founders about a font that I'm using on my website, wich is made in format.com, using their available fonts. The email says I'm using a font on my website without license... I don't understand, I'm using one of the fonts that format lets you choose, so it would be more of a problem from format than from me right? I would like to get some help on this regard. Is this a normal situation... Source: over 1 year 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 / 7 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 / 8 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: 12 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: 12 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: about 1 year ago