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Sunday, 7 January 2018
quote [ We’ve all passed by homeless people in the street and wondered if there was anything we could do to help them, but what if helping them was as simple as pulling out our smart phone and punching a few buttons? ]
I really like this idea, although I changed the title from "Hacking Amazon Prime..." to "Using Amazon Prime..." since the word, "hacking," is overuse and miss-used way too often. Also, we could use more positive SE posts.
I like the idea of making the barrier to giving as low as possible. This article almost made me give in and get a damned Prime subscription. Instead, I just keep an extra $20 bill folded up in the back of my wallet for whenever I see someone in need. By pre-designating that money, it makes it easy to give away. If I lived in a big urban area, I'd quickly be broke, but as is, it only happens now and then.
In college, I had a friend who kept fresh fruit and canned goods in his car to give away. Later when he was living without a vehicle in Baltimore, he'd usually carry a few apples or oranges to give. It's definitely not following the philosophy of Effective Altruism, but it helps assuage my middle class white male privilege guilt. https://www.effectivealtruism.org/ (Edit) I just found these on Amazon.
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midden said @ 8:01pm GMT on 7th January
Seriously, though, do we have any wealthy SEers? And and how many of us actually throw in a few bucks now and then?
I set the search parameters for
midden said @ 8:05pm GMT on 7th January
Seriously, though, do we have any wealthy SEers? And and how many of us actually throw in a few bucks now and then?
I set the search parameters for
(edit: looks like using the "less than" symbol in isolation, or perhaps followed by the dollar sign, cuts off the rest of a comment.)
... less than $7000. A Dodge van with under 100k miles on it should last a long time, plus parts & service are reasonable. I thought the '97 Ram 1500 looked pretty sweet, other than the questionable color choices.
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midden said @ 8:01pm GMT on 7th January
Seriously, though, do we have any wealthy SEers? And and how many of us actually throw in a few bucks now and then?
I set the search parameters for
(edit: looks like using the "less than" symbol in isolation, or perhaps followed by the dollar sign, cuts off the rest of a comment.)
... less than $7000. A Dodge van with under 100k miles on it should last a long time, plus parts & service are reasonable. I thought the '97 Ram 1500 looked pretty sweet, other than the questionable color choices.
