I'll be visiting Paris during spring break and during the middle (March 15) of my week long stay I wanted to take a train to Brussels and spend a night there. I read that the best way to get a cheap price on a train ticket is to book as early as possible which is usually 3 months ahead. I've been scouting https://www.thalys.com/fr/en and https://en.oui.sncf/en/ since the beginning of December but the latest... Source: over 2 years ago

For trip planning in France you can use trainline or the SNCF has also their website in English https://en.oui.sncf/en. Source: over 2 years ago

I advise you to look at the site oui.sncf (available in several languages), it's the best to see the possible routes in France. Source: almost 3 years ago

There are direct trains from the airport to Grenoble: you can check the schedules and book a ticket in advance from https://en.oui.sncf/en/. Keep in mind the airport station is "Lyon Saint-Exupéry". Source: about 3 years ago

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

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

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

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 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