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Comment · 7 months ago
Your cancel journey is incredibly inspirational and I will share it on.

But actually, I'm writing to tell you that many of the OTHER things you have done have had a huge positive impact. Gitlab foundation, for example, has been extraordinarily impactful on our organization and many others.

This is the way!

Comment · 7 months ago
If it's a warning, it's a warning that also delivers the thing it's warning about.
Comment · 7 months ago
Edit: I did it. Paid them $0.51 to clean room `copyleft`, just to see what would happen. A clean package is now sitting on my desktop, custom-built (I presume) and fully documented. Deleting it now, for obvious reasons. But is it still satire if they actually provide the literal service they're satirizing?

How far do they take the satire? If you pay them do they actually generate output?

Comment · 2 years ago
I'd be interested in analyzing ATC transcripts to quantify the frequency of communication errors like that in day-to-day operations. Express permission, followed by an explicit (and matching) read-back, to enter a runway should be easy to identify (and the opposite as well). I see liveatc.net has audio archives, and tailstrike.com has transcripts of select accidents.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
I use the AAAsummarize.io chatgpt plugin to summarize youtube videos. Has worked really well for me.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
That's not constructive. Please refrain from attacks like this on HN. AWS Organizations is changing the name of the “master account” to “management account”. It makes sense for OP to update their docs accordingly, to remain consistent with AWS's naming system.
Comment · 5 years ago
How exactly does that work with the MIT license? If someone sponsors and gains access to the repo, they're permitted to fork and redistribute the code, right?
Comment · 6 years ago
Several.

FastForward is probably the largest and furthest along in organizing around Tech Nonprofits specifically, with a pretty solid base of alumni success stories(https://www.ffwd.org/).

I'd also look at Visible Connect, which is tech nonprofit focused. Full Circle Fund, if you're in the Bay Area. Since you mentioned you're in Education, you should also look at the Aspire Accelerator, which isn't exclusively tech nonprofit but includes many tech nonprofits.

You could also consider YC which has taken a few nonprofits.

Comment · 6 years ago
It's GREAT that you're in this position! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I went through this as well. 10 years ago I was at the peak of a career but missing purpose. I rededicated my life to serving other people. It has given me a whole new lease on existence, and I can't recommend it enough. It really feels better to give than to receive!

The short, overly simplistic answer is that all you need to do to rededicate yourself to a life of helping people is to listen and learn to what they need. Volunteering is a good way to learn about people who need help, but it's not the only way. Volunteering in person can be tough right now because of COVID, but there are some things you can do online, and if you have a bit of patience you could wait until in-person volunteering picks back up again and then establish some goals for yourself (e.g., "volunteer at least 3 days each month for 6 months")

Outside of volunteering, you could take time to listen to and learn about people who you think might need help. Depending on your geography, those might be different folks.

If the things above STILL don't work for you, you could do something that is maybe slightly more dangerous, but still can work. Flip it around and look for things to be outraged by. Things you can't stand. Mass deforestation. Racial injustice. Human trafficking. 1000 other injustices to choose from. And then get active! (Be cautious with this one -- rage alone isn't productive -- you have to mix your outrage with your proactive strengths and positive energies too!)

In my case, I ended up discovering my passion for helping low-income youth prepare for careers, which became my full-time focus and it's been a true privilege to work on.

Comment · 6 years ago
Seems good for managing yourself, but what are you all using to collaborate with your colleagues. For example I want my team to be able to assign me tasks (I'm CEO). Right now they do that in Asana.
Comment · 6 years ago
What is it called?

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