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5:19:34
jackdaniel
beach: hey. the payment system seems to be ready; there are still a few things missing - most notably opt-in newsletter
5:23:06
beach
So, the reason I am interested is that I am seriously considering whether the time is ripe for external SICL funding.
5:23:39
beach
I am pretty sure I could gather up some monthly contributions. However, I still don't know who would be able to do the work.
5:24:06
beach
Your situation is that you are alone, and you work half time for an external customer and half time with McCLIM, yes?
5:24:44
beach
In the past, you had an employee, right? I guess you didn't have enough customers to support that employee.
5:25:48
jackdaniel
if I understand correctly the funding system clf works on is meant to be easy rolled by any cl project
5:27:39
jackdaniel
I don't know; I think that this is rather an opportunity question: when you have a capable employee you could take jobs that you are not able to undertake due to time limitations
5:29:02
beach
I think you understand my conundrum; I could likely gather up some financing, but the main obstacle is to find someone able to do the work.
5:29:32
beach
I have my salary so I don't need the money, and it would not be right for me to take it anyway.
5:30:03
jackdaniel
I think that I've mentioned it earlier, but the bounty program was a very moderate success
5:30:45
jackdaniel
I mean that bounties that required more insight were left untouched; easier ones required additional assistance
5:31:34
beach
I would be more interested in something like what you are doing with McCLIM, i.e., steady work by someone who will learn more and more over time.
5:32:07
no-defun-allowed
Just to mention it, I am looking for part-time work, but there is likely not much more that I can do than what I usually do (which is not an awful lot).
5:34:42
jackdaniel
speaking of, I'm already working locally with a single mirror as default, but I need to address a few regressions compared to all-mirrorred variant
5:35:09
no-defun-allowed
As I am now only a part-time student, I only get government funding if I actively look for work. And my initial impression with an organisation that helps one find work was not very good, so I would prefer not to be stuck with that.
5:35:42
no-defun-allowed
But I don't think I would be of too much help for the projects you have planned but not commenced.
5:36:50
beach
I am looking for someone to gradually take a big chunk of the implementation work that I now do with SICL.
5:37:31
beach
jackdaniel: Some performance regression is to be expected, since more work is done by McCLIM and less by the X11 server.
5:38:41
jackdaniel
because we'll need to render things like paths and such at our own capacity (xrender only composites things)
5:38:57
beach
no-defun-allowed: I don't understand this funding model you are talking about, but I am willing to discuss part-time work for you.
5:45:19
no-defun-allowed
Why I am looking for work shouldn't be so important. But I should think about what I will do for longer. Thanks for the offer though.
5:47:21
beach
I will, of course, try to find some other solution in the meantime. So the offer might disappear, unless, of course, I start a fundraiser.
5:48:40
beach
Perhaps the only way out is to take a relative newbie to train, but I don't think I have time for that.
5:50:25
no-defun-allowed
And, I should mention, I am only planning to either work or continue finding work, until I continue with full-time study, so until July.
5:51:13
no-defun-allowed
But, depending on the workload next semester, I may have sufficient time or I may not.
5:52:27
no-defun-allowed
(I admit, I feel a bit dirty asking for a job after infrequent volunteer work, but...let's say "external factors" are telling me to find a job.)
6:18:38
beach
no-defun-allowed: I got the distinct impression that you were not interested in part-time SICL work, but now I get the opposite impression. Which one is it?
6:19:50
no-defun-allowed
I am interested in part-time work, I am just bothered as I was fine with volunteering before. Sorry.
6:22:23
beach
Since I don't have a company or anything, how are you going to show that you have work in order to get the government funding?
6:23:02
no-defun-allowed
I get funding if I have evidence that I was looking for work, not if I have work.
6:26:20
beach
Let's put it this way: I can spend 1k€ per month for some time. You can work as much as you think that money is worth.
6:27:40
no-defun-allowed
I have about 10 hours of university attendance per week (commencing next week), and some other time will be needed for assignments and other study, so I would have to think about how much I can work with that in mind.
6:28:54
beach
Well, it sounds like you would have 50% available, which is more than the 1k€ will pay, so I suggest you just stop when you reach that limit.
6:39:16
no-defun-allowed
I think I should take a read over it first, but after that I could maintain register allocation.
6:39:24
jackdaniel
beach: when you argue that following an "estabilished" coding style in common lisp (i.e when participating in #lisp discussion), I think that you could link your code as an example
6:40:03
beach
no-defun-allowed: It is not finished. I stopped when I had to do the FIXNUM-DIVIDE-INSTRUCTION.
6:41:16
beach
jackdaniel: I'll think about it. The "not modest" part is an obstacle. Also, I don't want to show code that is half baked, so it would have to be carefully selected.
6:46:36
beach
How about you email me the information. I don't suppose you use IBAN down under, so I am not sure what information is relevant.
6:46:56
beach
But at least account number, account name, bank name and address, any SWIFT or similar.
6:49:07
no-defun-allowed
Australian banks use a BSB (bank, state, branch) system, but I will have to check what information is required.
6:52:49
no-defun-allowed
By the sounds of things, I do have to disappear briefly for dinner, and after I will send an email with my information.