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Medium mentions (2198)

• The Hidden-Pregnancy Experiment: Could I Hide My Pregnancy from My Phone?

  Https://medium.com/@colin.fraser/target-didnt-figure-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did-a6be13b973a5 is the main critical post. - Source: Hacker News / about 13 hours ago

• Got an old Raspberry Pi spare? Try RISC OS. It is, something else

  > Can we at least upgrade the fonts, colors, and negative space to make it look more 2020s? Ew. Please no. I hate 2020 OS design. It's flat and ugly and confusing. And this is very much not just me. https://medium.com/@jared.cyr/is-flat-design-overrated-1b9d4738d2bf https://www.spinxdigital.com/blog/downsides-flat-design-trend/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/flat-design/ 1990s design was clearer, cleaner... - Source: Hacker News / 2 days ago

• Early Bitcoin Investor Roger Ver Charged with Tax Fraud

  [3] https://medium.com/@jonaldfyookball/why-some-people-call-bitcoin-cash-bcash-this-will-be-shocking-to-new-readers-956558da12fb. - Source: Hacker News / 4 days ago

• Asynchronous Programming in C#

  > why not Because ContinueWith is considered antiquated in modern C# and shouldn't be used for a multitude of reasons? https://medium.com/@joni2nja/why-you-should-not-use-continuewith-in-your-async-code-c9eaf6087e64. - Source: Hacker News / 5 days ago

• The Myth of the Second Chance

  - ex: 1st time immigrants. The myth is in our ability to make "choices" which shifts the narrative to "hard work" rather than luck, perpetuated by the elite or those "who have made it". [1] https://medium.com/@trendguardian/free-will-a-rich-fairy-tale-4fecf8095812 [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LopI4YeC4I. - Source: Hacker News / 6 days ago

Effective Altruism Funds mentions (30)

• Can I get an TLDR?

  The "manor" example is one of the few points I've seen brought up in response, but it's far from clear-cut, as the forum posts linked above explain. Feel free to draw your own conclusions from them. I'm not convinced it was the best use of $15 million, but I also don't think that buying a medium-price-range conference center was an obviously bad idea, and the money came from private donors (not the standard EA... Source: about 1 year ago

• What about people like me who struggle to feel financially safe?

  Sure! None of the ways of donating that I know about (directly to the charities themselves, EA funds, others here) have a minimum amount or anything like that. Source: over 1 year ago

• Do you give to charity?

  It’s easy to look for excuses not to give but donations can make a big difference, especially if targeted in the right places. See comments further down about Givewell and Effective Altruism. https://funds.effectivealtruism.org. Source: over 1 year ago

• Do you give to charity?

  I give through Effective Altruism: https://funds.effectivealtruism.org. Source: over 1 year ago

• Effective Altruism As A Tower Of Assumptions

  Good news: If you want to support global health and development but not animal welfare, you can just donate to the Global Health and Development Fund! None of the money will go to anti-factory farming charities. Even better, you don't even need to go through EA: You could donate directly to charities recommended by GiveWell so you know exactly who's getting your money. Source: over 1 year ago