Please support the Common Lisp Revival 2020 Fundraiser!!!

[Hexstream]

I'm the canary in the coal mine, and I'm almost dead.

MICHAŁ HERDA (PHOE) SCAMMED TWITTER INTO LOCKING MY ACCOUNT FOR CALLING OUT HIS DOXING.

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[edit: Also see the urgent appeal, since I replaced the link at the start of the pitch to point here instead of there.]

Sorry for the mass ping, but this is extremely important and I should have done this way earlier, I just didn't think of GitHub as "social media"...

Please support the Common Lisp Revival 2020 Fundraiser!!!
The deadline is 10 december 2020!!

Here is the post on twitter and on LinkedIn.
Please spread far and wide for the eternal glory of Common Lisp!!
And please make a donation if you can afford it.

Also see my urgent appeal to LispWorks, Franz, the Common Lisp Foundation, Paul Graham, Planck EZ, and everyone else for additional context. Here is the post on twitter and on LinkedIn.

Please make sure to sponsor me from an account able to give out doublers, you should see a banner confirming this at the top (when logged in).

Also beware of prorating, which might significantly cut down your contribution if you are not careful. Any prorating will be announced on the checkout page, and you may need to sponsor at a higher tier to arrive at the amount that you intended to contribute.

I am inviting the following people (and everyone else interested) to help make the Common Lisp Revival 2020 Fundraiser successful! I simply found them on the Common Lispers list and removed a few, such as (most of?) those that I am quite sure will not be interested.

@svetlyak40wt @guicho271828 @cbaggers @telent @mbattyani @duncan-bayne @artob @mdbergmann @eudoxia0 @kingcons @ahungry @rudolfochrist @ebrasca @genworks @pcostanza @cracauer @sabracrolleton @cxxxr @thodg @delaray @vindarel @orivej @pfdietz @vseloved @xrme @easye @dimitri @michaeljforster @froydnj @antifuchs @fukamachi @rongarret @Slids @lukego @macdavid313 @chaitanyagupta @slyrus @marijnh @froggey @ahefner @marcoheisig @bhyde @kaygun @lispnik @pkhuong @gwkkwg @borodust @fiddlerwoaroof @danlentz @sjl

[Hexstream]

@dlowe-net @thephoeron @orthecreedence @pmai @zkat @ralt @melisgl @jmercouris @mmontone @scymtym @jimka2001 @PuercoPop @luismbo @tpapp @pvlpenev @can3p @sellout @mpsota @gregcman @quasi @CodyReichert @csrhodes @fare @ruricolist @snmsts @drmeister @vsedach @gigamonkey @Serentty @nikodemus @durrendal @jsnell @alessiostalla @billstclair @nklein @malcolmstill @robert-strandh @nzt @sebity @jorgetavares @joaotavora @kennytilton @davazp @didierverna @veddox @Zulu-Inuoe @luksamuk @ryukinix @avodonosov

[Hexstream]

@mark-watson @nhabedi @wiseman @awolven @varjagg @TeMPOraL @inaimathi

[joaotavora]

But I thought I was the chief architect of the looming Common Lisp revolution! Or was that the dear leader of the looming Common Lisp revolution? 🤔

[ryukinix]

Good luck! God bless you and the Lisp community. We are in suffering.

[mdbergmann]

I've looked through most of the links (I hope).
But it's completely unclear what should the raised money be used for.
What are the short, mid, long term goals?

[joaotavora]

I've looked through most of the links (I hope).

Hopefully, you didn't click through all of them. I did, and I regret it.

[ahungry]

@Hexstream I don't consider github social media either, so I'm confused why I'm being tagged in something I have no association with - the issue/name tagging is meant for project development, not for what appears to amount to begging.

If I donated the minimum ($5/month) to you, why shouldn't I donate it to all Quicklisp contributors? At that point, given there are thousands of them, it'd likely cost me over $5000/month to support, which is not realistic.

Could you let me know where I can find the list of people you sponsor/donate to that have contributed to Quicklisp, or CL?

[Hexstream]

@ryukinix Thank you. We sure are! Things will get better. (And they will get better much faster if I get at least some minimal funding...)

@mdbergmann I am dedicating most of my life to Common Lisp Open Source. You may like to consult my roadmap for my most concrete and immediate goals. A core goal of the fundraiser is to enable me to concentrate almost all my energy on Common Lisp Open Source instead of having to divert energy elsewhere due to financial concerns.

@ahungry

I'm confused why I'm being tagged in something I have no association with

The association is that you are using Common Lisp, and are thus presumably potentially interested in helping Common Lisp succeed, and one of the most direct ways you can do that is by helping fund me with this fundraiser, since that would dramatically increase my productivity at very low cost, so that I can contribute even more faster due to giving me a better quality of life through improved finances. Also, GitHub will double your contribution, which is extra nice and cost-effective.

the issue/name tagging is meant for project development

A major reason why I am soliciting funding is to accelerate the development of my relevant Common Lisp Open Source projects.

what appears to amount to begging

I am working tirelessly to improve the state of Common Lisp infrastructure (notably including community resources), which will eventually lead us to a more dignified state where top Common Lisp Open Source contributors like me (and obviously others) no longer need to resort to anything even resembling begging to get funding. Also, I'm not sure if it counts as "begging" since I have already delivered tremendous value to Common Lisp Open Source. I think it's fair to expect at least a little payback at some point.

If I donated the minimum ($5/month) to you, why shouldn't I donate it to all Quicklisp contributors? At that point, given there are thousands of them, it'd likely cost me over $5000/month to support, which is not realistic.

I don't understand the argument. This is completely unrelated. If you decided to invest thousands of dollars in the Common Lisp community, then giving 5$/month to everyone is literally the least effective way to do good. That's not going to really move the needle for anyone.

Whereas if this fundraiser is successful, then that would vastly increase my productivity as a top Common Lisp Open Source contributor, thereby directly benefitting the entire Common Lisp community.

Could you let me know where I can find the list of people you sponsor/donate to that have contributed to Quicklisp, or CL?

Actually I have been sponsoring a few relevant Common Lisp people (and had to temporarily stop due to cashflow issues), although for some reason they almost inevitably end up backstabbing me in some way. If the fundraiser is completely successful then I can resume the remaining sponsorships immediately and add more, but this is incidental. This is not where my core value is. I am doing this fundraiser because I need funding to help me work on my projects faster. Asking who I am funding strikes me as a bit incoherent in this context.

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I hope this helps clarify things for some of you.

[ralt]

Just to clarify for everyone in this thread, @Hexstream "contributions" have been analyzed here by Michael "phoe" Herda (@phoe): https://gist.github.com/phoe/ccba343687dc21e3a71d0dc6db68c96e (spoiler: it's not great)

I was really confused as for why I was tagged as well and had to do some research, where I found this link among various twitter and github threads.

[Hexstream]

@ralt Michał Herda (phoe)'s "analysis" of my work is malicious, superficial and fraudulent, as I have already denounced several times. Literally the only reason I have not completely debunked him in real-time is that I'm too busy with the fundraiser. I have consistently debunked him in real-time before that. When I revealed to him that I didn't have time to debunk him because of the fundraiser, he immediately jumped on the occasion to unleash his most batshit insane attacks. He is a fraud. I have promised to thoroughly debunk him in 2021.

[CENSORED]

See the full story.

Also, he has himself publicly revealed that (and this is a direct quote you can verify) he is "already under weekly care of a psychotherapist and less frequent, but consistent, care of a psychiatrist", although [CENSORED]. As linked from my tweet, the actual place he says that is here.

[ralt]

Regardless of phoe's neurological troubles (which I doubt, but that's another issue), I'd say that you should take care of the feuds you have with at least 2 fairly well-known people in the Lisp community (I saw another twitter thread where you were saying Xach was a psychopath?) before promoting yourself for a fundraiser from the Lisp community as a whole.

In other words, clean your door, and then come back once that's done.

[samuel-hunter]

I'm probably going to regret engaging in what looks like a days-long flamewar, but...

@ralt Michał Herda (phoe)'s "analysis" of my work is malicious, superficial and fraudulent, as I have already denounced several times.

I took a casual look at your Twitter account (which I suppose you do the majority of your debunking?) and found it's not entirely convincing:

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Unfortunately as a student, I don't have the expendable income to give back to the community financially, but if I were, my judgement tells me to first go look at the libraries and development tools that supported me first.

[Hexstream]

@ralt

I said Zach Beane is a sociopath, and he has never denied or otherwise addressed this in 2+ years after I revealed it.
I'm mostly over it at this point, and we actually have a pretty good working relationship these days.

I have already repeatedly unilaterally de-escalated the situation between me and Zach Beane, and I am strongly considering moving the "PSA about Zach Beane" (which has already been gradually moved to the very bottom of the page) off of HexstreamSoft if the fundraiser is successful or at any later time where the power dynamics would change enough that I can ethically do that. Now that I am starting to be successful, obviously I don't want to start punching down or anything like that.

[Hexstream]

@samuel-hunter phoe concentrates on the one metric on the page that is obviously patently incorrect, and publicly and persistently and insistently claims that this completely invalidates all the other obviously much more credible and accurate metrics on the page. This is proof positive that he is neurologically damaged.

Keep in mind that this guy represents himself as someone who has serious and relevant things to say about me and my work. He really does not. He's just trying to quickly scam everyone while he can (while he knows I'm too busy with the fundraiser to respond), and unfortunately he is experiencing some success in that endeavor. I will completely debunk him in 2021, as promised.

[alessiostalla]

@Hexstream if you want your efforts in raising funds and producing good value for the community to succeed, I think you should reevaluate how you address others, because regardless of what you think is right or wrong, your way of communicating will only alienate people. As much as you can contribute to the community all by yourself, you need collaboration to succeed, as you already know since you're asking for resources from others. So, regardless of what you think of other people's neurological or psychological problems, if you want to maintain a collaborative stance, you'll have to be reasonably kind to them (and no, screaming to go to a neurologist asap when you don't understand them is NOT being kind to them). The choice of behavior is yours, and you'll see others reacting accordingly. I can only say that your way of addressing others that disagree with you has actually discouraged me from donating anything, regardless of any technical merits that your contributions may have, that I have no interest now to find out as I put good collaboration over technical value.

Good luck with your efforts.