| ▲ | ForOldHack 5 days ago | |
This is literally a brilliant idea. This guy needs a Macarthur grant now. Even if he rewrites half of all the broken shit we have, (and takes all of 20 years to do it) the world will be a better place. Except for _ which will always be a ___ hole. | ||
| ▲ | keepamovin 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
There's enough money on HN (the demographics) that some wealthy benefactors in a WhatsApp group could just donate it to him. No excuses, get behind ICs. Of course, back in Renaissance days it was the ICs/artists job to court benefactors -- though sometimes they did approach unsolicited. Maybe he already has patronage but he doesn't want to flash it around... | ||
| ▲ | ForOldHack 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Redmond. This guy should have had a Macarthur grant a decade ago. The list of brilliant stuff he has done is longer than my arm, and I have long arms. | ||
| ▲ | melvinroest 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Just writing a comment here to support this idea as much as I can on HN. I also upvoted all the comments mentioning that he should have a grant. In my opinion, he really should have. | ||
| ▲ | throwaway2037 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
As I understand, he was born in France, so probably a French national. According to Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Fellows_Program), he needs to be a citizen or resident of the US to qualify. Bummer. Better idea: Get some crypto-bros to donate 5-10B USD in Bitcoin into a foundation so we can create the international version. | ||