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Re:What we talk about when we talk about sideloading on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @09:31PM (#45741565)
You may be looking for something more specifically targeted, but here two somewhat relevant ways to donate money:

- https://f-droid.org/en/donate/

- https://supporters.eff.org/donate/join-eff-today

Rustem Mussabekov on 24 Oct 2023 wrote: "I'm founder of Raindrop.io. I'd like to clarify information about the origin of myself and the project. While I did live in Russia for a long time and initially started Raindrop there, I relocated to my motherland, Kazakhstan, shortly after the war began. I also moved all financial and business matters there.

I am no longer associated with Russia in any way. It would be great if this information could be added to the article."

Source: https://numericcitizen.me/when-war-in-ukraine-influences-my-...

These links have similar themes, but they are not about the same person/story as this post.
One factor may be the regulatory caps on the market share of the biggest banks: https://ilsr.org/rule/market-share-caps/
Re:DigitalOcean axes about 11 percent of workforce on Thursday February 16, 2023 @09:49AM (#34819328)
It sounds like the game content is 20+ years old, but the server was started < 3 years ago.
Re: on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @01:04PM (#30768651)
Re:Ask HN: Is Apple down? on Monday March 21, 2022 @01:30PM (#30757130)
At the bottom of that status page, it says: Looking for developer system status? Find it here: https://developer.apple.com/system-status/

The link is currently not working...

Previous discussions, for reference:

Matrix – An open network for secure, decentralized communication https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24239564

Matrix 1.0 and the Matrix.org Foundation https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20157809

Matrix 1.0 – Are We Ready Yet? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19416678

Synchronous Messaging at Mozilla: The Decision https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21835749

Automattic invests in Matrix https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23256050

Cross-signing and end-to-end encryption by default https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23107564

Running your own secure communication service with Matrix and Jitsi https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22802645

We’ve decided to rename Riot https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23611863

Re:How I built a date picker on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @11:07PM (#30096069)
Is there an interactive demo? I searched but could not find one. It would be very helpful to get a feel for how it works and appears.
Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:19AM (#29979462)
Re:Reddit Blocks Firefox on Friday January 14, 2022 @02:33PM (#29939204)
Re:Regulators Shut Down Lending Platform (YC Alum) LendUp on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @05:11PM (#29656120)
Note that LendUp spun off its credit card business (Mission Lane) in December 2018.

https://www.pymnts.com/loans/2019/lendup-credit-card-busines...

For comparison, another tree-based note-taking option:

https://gingkowriter.com/

Intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egCKZHsICm8

Source code: https://github.com/gingko/client

For those who did not notice, both Freakonomics and the study being discussed in the linked article are based on the same research, with the same author Steven Levitt.
Re:Fry's Electronics Is Closing All of Its Stores on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @08:11PM (#26258549)
From the article: "the agreed-upon waiting period expired without [DOJ's] objection"
Re:Is Everything Securities Fraud? on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @01:54PM (#25649357)
FYI, there is an open-source alternative with the less catchy but less controversial name, KeepingYouAwake. (Note that Amphetamine has more advanced features, if you need them.)

https://github.com/newmarcel/KeepingYouAwake

Re:Lambda.r Functional Programming in R on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:15PM (#25572872)
In somewhat related news, R will be adding native pipe and lambda syntax:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25316608

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