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If you feel inclined, feel free to donate the $20 to a charity of your choice. Thanks! Just for more context, I was thinking data tables: like this. https://i

by yrral 5y ago

If you feel inclined, feel free to donate the $20 to a charity of your choice. Thanks! Just for more context, I was thinking data tables: like this. https://images.app.goo.gl/wWJgx9sntUAhXzQ66 https://images.app.goo.gl/wWJgx9sntUAhXzQ66

sillysaurusx 5y ago
Actually, I've been meaning to ask: what's a good charity to donate to? I haven't had much money until recently, so I've never sat down and figured out a charity. There are lots to choose from, and I suppose I don't really care about making a perfect choice. I'm mostly just curious what other people donate to. Re: the data tables, it's tempting to think that you need the string length for that case. But what you really care about is whether the strings start at the same place, and whether the string fits in a column -- both of which are questions best answered by a font subsystem rather than relying on string length. But the data table case is so common that I agree it fulfills the terms of the bet, in the strictest sense. But e.g. that Competition / Name column will break for various non-English languages if you try to base the formatting on "number of visible characters."
- latch 5y ago
  FYI, depending on where you live, charitable donations can have tax-benefits (i.e. in the form of a deduction). It can be worth making sure you're donating to charities which are enrolled in such programs. For example, Singapore has a 250% tax deductions on donations (this is pretty extreme though, I'd bet there are very few countries with > 100%). I think you'd find most people donate based on what's touched their lives, e.g. breast cancer research if you lost a loved on to breast cancer. If you believe climate change is the existential crisis, then that's a good avenue to explore. e.g., https://www.rainforestcoalition.org/ https://www.rainforestcoalition.org/
  - sillysaurusx 5y ago
    Thank you for the tips! I really appreciate it. I ended up donating $200 to this kid who lost his finger and then got a staph infection: https://watsi.org/profile/08a347b3594d-savy https://watsi.org/profile/08a347b3594d-savy And then fulfilled the bet by donating $20 to Watsi.
    - latch 5y ago
      I matched your donation ;)
      - sillysaurusx 5y ago
        Thank you!! It's so satisfying that Savy went from 0% raised to 100% raised. Staph infections are no joke.

by yrral 5y ago

sillysaurusx 5y ago

Actually, I've been meaning to ask: what's a good charity to donate to? I haven't had much money until recently, so I've never sat down and figured out a charity. There are lots to choose from, and I suppose I don't really care about making a perfect choice. I'm mostly just curious what other people donate to. Re: the data tables, it's tempting to think that you need the string length for that case. But what you really care about is whether the strings start at the same place, and whether the string fits in a column -- both of which are questions best answered by a font subsystem rather than relying on string length. But the data table case is so common that I agree it fulfills the terms of the bet, in the strictest sense. But e.g. that Competition / Name column will break for various non-English languages if you try to base the formatting on "number of visible characters."

latch 5y ago
FYI, depending on where you live, charitable donations can have tax-benefits (i.e. in the form of a deduction). It can be worth making sure you're donating to charities which are enrolled in such programs. For example, Singapore has a 250% tax deductions on donations (this is pretty extreme though, I'd bet there are very few countries with > 100%). I think you'd find most people donate based on what's touched their lives, e.g. breast cancer research if you lost a loved on to breast cancer. If you believe climate change is the existential crisis, then that's a good avenue to explore. e.g., https://www.rainforestcoalition.org/ https://www.rainforestcoalition.org/
- sillysaurusx 5y ago
  Thank you for the tips! I really appreciate it. I ended up donating $200 to this kid who lost his finger and then got a staph infection: https://watsi.org/profile/08a347b3594d-savy https://watsi.org/profile/08a347b3594d-savy And then fulfilled the bet by donating $20 to Watsi.
  - latch 5y ago
    I matched your donation ;)
    - sillysaurusx 5y ago
      Thank you!! It's so satisfying that Savy went from 0% raised to 100% raised. Staph infections are no joke.