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   by tonylampada 13y ago

   FreedomSponsors CEO here. Thanks for mentioning our site! I'd like to add that our funding model is different from BountySource: Sponsors are only required to pay after the issue is resolved. Also our entire codebase is Free and Open
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   FreedomSponsors has a new design(freedomsponsors.org)

   5 points by tonylampada 13y ago|0 comments
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   by tonylampada 13y ago

   So... what exactly do I have to type on my command line to see how much RAM can actually be used by applications?
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   Python builtins(python-builtins.com)

   1 points by tonylampada 13y ago|0 comments
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   How fast is BigTable?(google.com)

   1 points by tonylampada 13y ago|0 comments
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   Deployment via Dropbox? That's a first.(blog.freedomsponsors.org)

   1 points by tonylampada 13y ago|0 comments
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   Improvements to our production environment(blog.freedomsponsors.org)

   1 points by tonylampada 13y ago|0 comments
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   by tonylampada 13y ago

   Hi, author here. No. Fortunately, they don't make Ask toolbar for Ubuntu. ;-) My point is Amazon is using deceptive practices to push Amazon Prime - which are actually very similar to to the strategy employed by crapware like the Ask t
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   by tonylampada 13y ago

   http://www.freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/175/new-libreoffic... Just pointing out :-)
10. 40.▲
    by tonylampada 13y ago

    > BromBone uses a real web browser to download your web pages. We run all that fancy javascript, make all your AJAX calls, and save the result. Makes me wonder why Google itself doesnt do it like that. Maybe Google should buy BromBone...
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    by tonylampada 13y ago

    My thanks to the hackernews folks who changed the original link (Y)
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    by tonylampada 13y ago

    Author here. Seems like Hackernews traffic "DDOS'ed" the original blog. I made a clone of the post in my personal blog (hosted on wordpress). http://dicasdolampada.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/goodb
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    Goodbye Google Analytics. Hello Piwik(dicasdolampada.wordpress.com)

    219 points by tonylampada 13y ago|78 comments
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    Quine Relay - I'll give you 20 to explain it(freedomsponsors.org)

    1 points by tonylampada 13y ago|0 comments
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    by tonylampada 13y ago

    This is truly baffling! I had to run it on my machine, and it really works as advertised. For the curious who can't (or don't want to) install the compilers for all those languages, here's a zip file with all the intermediat
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    by tonylampada 13y ago

    So Percona is able to create a customized fork of MySQL for you? won't that create a maintenance problem in the future? I mean, you won't be able to get official update releases anymore.
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    by tonylampada 13y ago

    Oracle might not accept bug fixing donations. But it should accept bug fixing patches from an independent developer. And that developer might accept a bug fixing donation. That's where a service like http://freedomsponsors.o
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    by tonylampada 13y ago

    http://freedomsponsors.org is a crowdfunding platform for Open Source projects. This is how it works: 1) Someone places a bounty for a problem (tipically an issue registered on an issue tracker) 2) More people might want to spon
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    by tonylampada 13y ago

    This looks like a great project. I hope it grows and gets widely adopted.
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    by tonylampada 13y ago

    True. I hope crowdfunding will help change that. This site list looks like excelent material for http://freedomsponsors.org
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    by tonylampada 14y ago

    http://instacod.es/68568 :-)
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    FreedomSponsors is now accepting Bitcoins(blog.freedomsponsors.org)

    8 points by tonylampada 14y ago|1 comments
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    Advanced samplers for GEGL to be crowdfunded(libregraphicsworld.org)

    2 points by tonylampada 14y ago|0 comments
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    by tonylampada 14y ago

    In case anyone here is interested in contributing to my Django app - https://github.com/freedomsponsors/www.freedomsponsors.org . - That's another free software application intended to make free software even better, one difference is that
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    Python for the impatient(abiens.snv.jussieu.fr)

    7 points by tonylampada 14y ago|2 comments
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    by tonylampada 14y ago

    There's one on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDlWk_Z7JPQ
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    by tonylampada 14y ago

    I'm working on FreedomSponsors ( http://www.freedomsponsors.org ) - a micro-crowdfunding platform for open source projects. People can place money bounties related to the projects' issues, and pay after they're resolved. Currently, payments
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    by tonylampada 14y ago

    @jameszol, please add http://freedomsponsors.org to your list ;-)
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    Show HN: FreedomSponsors - like Bountify, but post paid, and for FOSS projects(blog.freedomsponsors.org)

    2 points by tonylampada 14y ago|0 comments
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    by tonylampada 14y ago

    http://freedomsponsors.org (disclaimer - I'm the founder) has a bounty system like that. One difference is that users are encouraged to place bounties for existing issues on open source projects issues - the main goal on FS is to kickstar