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KolmogorovComptoday at 7:02 PM1 replyview on HN

It will be interesting to see the uptick in stars if any.

The real gold in this thread however is the link to https://github.com/zloirock/core-js/blob/master/docs/2023-02...

Seriously, it's a wild (and heart-breaking) story about js-core maintainer adding a similar line for funding, receiving many hateful answers, while in debt and even going to prison, then not being able to leaveRussia, just for the sake of continuing to maitain his FOSS lib.

I've posted it as a separate entry because it definitely needs more visibility.


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scandoxtoday at 9:50 PM

The thing about the two women crawling on the road at night is the stuff of nightmares. I once saw two women - a mother and daughter - drunkenly rolling on the road at a major junction late at night. There was no way on earth a driver coming the other way would have seen them. I had to get out of my vehicle, run across and pull them out of the road. You can imagine their delight and gratitude /s. It was truly scary.