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Gorhill should have a statue somewhere for making the web browseable.

by Ligma123 4y ago

morsch 4y ago
He really should. I'd pitch in 50 EUR for that.
- throwaway64643 4y ago
  Haha. This reminds me of a Redditor's story. Despite having no money to afford professional hardware, he still managed to take good astronomy photos using his phone. In one of his posts, his photos impressed a "kind stranger" so much that they gifted him one of the most expensive Reddit awards, whose value can buy him a third of his desired gear.
  - Firmwarrior 4y ago
    haha, oh man (For context: Reddit awards don't give the recipient anything except the ability to browse Reddit without any banner ads, and access to a special forum. If you make a big Reddit donation to someone, you're actually donating to Conde Nast, Spez, etc)
  - LegitShady 4y ago
    pretty sure the most expensive reddit award is worth $120, which isn't a down-payment on an equatorial drive. It might pay for 1/3 of an IR conversion on an existing DSLR camera, maybe. professional astronomy photos is an activity where the low end starts very expensive. Basic setups are in the thousands of dollars.
    - thayne 4y ago
      If you are imaging bright objects like planets or the moon, you don't need an equatorial drive. Especially if you are using a "fast" telescope.
baal80spam 4y ago
You bet he should! To me, there are 3 projects I'd throw my money to: - uBlock Origin - ytdl - The Internet Web Archive
- cptaj 4y ago
  Not wikipedia? It seems way more important
  - von_lohengramm 4y ago
    Have you seen how much money they receive and where they squander it all?
    - sbarre 4y ago
      Can you share more information on this?
      - icelancer 4y ago
        There are fast-growing sections of their budget slated for political-like causes, not technical ones that keep the website online and accessible. They call it the Thriving Movement and it's largely based around DEI-type initiatives. "The Thriving Movement budget has increased from $14.3 million last fiscal year to $36.7 million in this budget which represents an increase of $22.4 million or 157%. It has also grown from being 13.2% of the Foundation’s overall budget to 24.5%." Not only is more money going into it, a larger share of their budget is being allocated to it, so a larger share of each donation goes into DEI initiatives. If you're the kind of person that does not think this is a valuable investment of your money, you might not be inclined to donate anymore (or to donate less than before). I personally believe a 24.5% share of the budget for what are largely DEI initiatives is not something I'd prefer to support with increasing donations, so I have scaled back my donations to them (as well as Mozilla/Firefox for the same reasons). I am sure many people agree with DEI initiatives and donate more. That's fine. We all vote with our wallet. Source: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/Annual_Plan_2021-2022 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-...
Dwedit 4y ago
The contributors to EasyList should be getting their share of credit here. Basically every adblocker depends on them.
- everdrive 4y ago
  This is a great point. Does anyone know how one can contribute to easylist? It seems like something worth helping with.
  - QuantumGood 4y ago
    If you mean money, I don't know. Otherwise, see https://easylist.to/pages/development.html https://easylist.to/pages/development.html

Gorhill should have a statue somewhere for making the web browseable.

morsch 4y ago

He really should. I'd pitch in 50 EUR for that.

throwaway64643 4y ago
Haha. This reminds me of a Redditor's story. Despite having no money to afford professional hardware, he still managed to take good astronomy photos using his phone. In one of his posts, his photos impressed a "kind stranger" so much that they gifted him one of the most expensive Reddit awards, whose value can buy him a third of his desired gear.
- Firmwarrior 4y ago
  haha, oh man (For context: Reddit awards don't give the recipient anything except the ability to browse Reddit without any banner ads, and access to a special forum. If you make a big Reddit donation to someone, you're actually donating to Conde Nast, Spez, etc)
- LegitShady 4y ago
  pretty sure the most expensive reddit award is worth $120, which isn't a down-payment on an equatorial drive. It might pay for 1/3 of an IR conversion on an existing DSLR camera, maybe. professional astronomy photos is an activity where the low end starts very expensive. Basic setups are in the thousands of dollars.
  - thayne 4y ago
    If you are imaging bright objects like planets or the moon, you don't need an equatorial drive. Especially if you are using a "fast" telescope.

baal80spam 4y ago

You bet he should! To me, there are 3 projects I'd throw my money to: - uBlock Origin - ytdl - The Internet Web Archive

cptaj 4y ago
Not wikipedia? It seems way more important
- von_lohengramm 4y ago
  Have you seen how much money they receive and where they squander it all?
  - sbarre 4y ago
    Can you share more information on this?
    - icelancer 4y ago
      There are fast-growing sections of their budget slated for political-like causes, not technical ones that keep the website online and accessible. They call it the Thriving Movement and it's largely based around DEI-type initiatives. "The Thriving Movement budget has increased from $14.3 million last fiscal year to $36.7 million in this budget which represents an increase of $22.4 million or 157%. It has also grown from being 13.2% of the Foundation’s overall budget to 24.5%." Not only is more money going into it, a larger share of their budget is being allocated to it, so a larger share of each donation goes into DEI initiatives. If you're the kind of person that does not think this is a valuable investment of your money, you might not be inclined to donate anymore (or to donate less than before). I personally believe a 24.5% share of the budget for what are largely DEI initiatives is not something I'd prefer to support with increasing donations, so I have scaled back my donations to them (as well as Mozilla/Firefox for the same reasons). I am sure many people agree with DEI initiatives and donate more. That's fine. We all vote with our wallet. Source: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019/Annual_Plan_2021-2022 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-...

Dwedit 4y ago

The contributors to EasyList should be getting their share of credit here. Basically every adblocker depends on them.

everdrive 4y ago
This is a great point. Does anyone know how one can contribute to easylist? It seems like something worth helping with.
- QuantumGood 4y ago
  If you mean money, I don't know. Otherwise, see https://easylist.to/pages/development.html https://easylist.to/pages/development.html