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It is my understanding that HARC has stopped funding Victor’s [1] and Hart’s [2] research.

Is that accurate? Have other groups in the list suffered from the same fate? If so, how does that fit within HARC’s long term research strategy? These sort of initiatives rarely bear fruits in a single year.

[1] http://elevr.com/elevr-leaving-ycr/

[2] I was at Dynamic Land earlier this week, and they said they were closing down for the winter, actively looking for funding, and not reopening if they cannot provide said funding.




I'm struggling to see how why Dynamic Land would be no longer be funded by HARC. Doesn't it fit the HARC goal of: "HARC’s mission is to ensure human wisdom exceeds human power, by inventing and freely sharing ideas and technology that allow all humans to see further and understand more deeply."[1] pretty well?

Maybe HARC is just a year-long thing? If so Bret/Dynamic Land team can you please put up a Patreon account and let us fund you. I will gladly give money to you as it is the most human form of computing I have ever seen and would like progress on it to continue.

[1] https://blog.ycombinator.com/harc/


Jonathan Edwards (@johnathoda) also left HARC back in June: https://mobile.twitter.com/jonathoda/status/8717849981138821...


Yoshiki Ohshima has left HARC, too, last month [1].

Has HARC been discontinued completely?

[1] https://twitter.com/yoshikiohshima/status/904134118115393536


They may just be "hosting" them. Providing support, space, etc. It's a bit unclear actually.

Actually, it looks like you're right that they're looking for funding. It seems like Microsoft is matching employee contributions to Dynamicland:

https://twitter.com/DynamicWebPaige/status/91897777013020672...




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