Re: OT: Charities (a rant)

2023-02-01 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 9:59 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > I use Amazon Smile with SPI so my shopping benefits open source. > > Of course, it benefits Amazon first and foremost :-) > The program is going away. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/tech/amazon-smile-shut-down/index.html My guess is, it

Re: OT: Charities (a rant)

2023-02-01 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I use Amazon Smile with SPI so my shopping benefits open source. Of course, it benefits Amazon first and foremost :-) Stefan

Re: OT: Charities (a rant) (was: Re: Who pays Debian developement)

2023-01-31 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 2:54 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 02:05:16PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > The reasons that there are quite a few charities that I do not > contribute to > > > has to do with two (related) things: >

Re: OT: Charities (a rant)

2023-01-31 Thread James H. H. Lampert
On 1/31/23 11:38 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: . . . Because SPI is a US registered charity, it is covered by charitynavigator.org: . . . And its numbers are impressive. Although it appears to have been rather lavishly overfunded in 2018. -- JHHL

Re: OT: Charities (a rant) (was: Re: Who pays Debian developement)

2023-01-31 Thread Dan Ritter
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 02:05:16PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > [...] > > > The reasons that there are quite a few charities that I do not contribute > > to > > has to do with two (related) things: > > Quite the Scientific Method (TM). Making a few things up

Re: OT: Charities (a rant) (was: Re: Who pays Debian developement)

2023-01-31 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 02:05:16PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: [...] > The reasons that there are quite a few charities that I do not contribute to > has to do with two (related) things: Quite the Scientific Method (TM). Making a few things up to make your point :-) Now: Pick one. Prove

OT: Charities (a rant) (was: Re: Who pays Debian developement)

2023-01-31 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, January 31, 2023 08:00:14 AM gene heskett wrote: > It does, but we should all remember that TANSTAAFL is a universal law. > It cannot be broken. Aside: Not the purpose of my response here, so plaese do not reply, but I believe that I am supplying some free lunches. If not, I'll have