Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting computations?

Re:Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting com... by pjungwir on Monday August 03, 2015 @01:19PM (#9997906)

Are they a 501(c)(3)? If the OP's marginal combined tax rate is, say 50%, then donating $8k in credits would be like $4k in their pocket.

EDIT: Of course OP should talk to an accountant first. . . .

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Re:Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting com... by JoshTriplett on Monday August 03, 2015 @01:27PM (#9997986)

The Internet Archive is indeed a 501(c)3, and this is a great idea. It also fits very well with the request in the PS.

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Re:Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting com... by sirsar on Monday August 03, 2015 @01:36PM (#9998076)

The Internet Archive is a different entity than ArchiveTeam. I'm skeptical that running AT instances (which scrape websites into archives which then get hosted by IA) counts as a donation towards the IA.

From archiveteam.org:

    Archive Team is in no way affiliated with the fine folks at ARCHIVE.ORG

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Re:Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting com... by JoshTriplett on Monday August 03, 2015 @02:29PM (#9998593)

Granted, but you could contact archive.org and ask how $8k of AWK credit could be donated and used productively. I'm certain they'd have a valuable use for it.

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Re:Ask HN: $8k on AWS in August for you, any interesting com... by adhambadr on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @04:33AM (#10008547)

id rather spent my time writing infinitely nested while loops then talk to my accountant about one more topic

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