Contract work related to format Code for Vipul Naik

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Task payments due for tasks related to format Code by type and year

Task typeTotal in year 2024Total in year 2023Total in year 2022Total in year 2021Total in year 2020Total in year 2019Total in year 2018Total in year 2017Total in year 2016Total in year 2015Total across years
Coding 0.00 628.44 341.64 433.75 757.01 1,563.32 2,986.00 3,142.00 835.00 0.00 10,687.16
Preliminary research 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.40 0.00 650.00 1,175.00 0.00 1,836.40
Data entry 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 110.33 775.26 440.00 0.00 0.00 1,325.59
Total 0.00 628.44 341.64 433.75 757.01 1,685.05 3,761.26 4,232.00 2,010.00 0.00 13,849.15

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Task payments due for tasks related to format Code by type and month

MonthCodingPreliminary researchData entryTotal across task types
2023-12420.000.000.00420.00
2023-083.800.000.003.80
2023-06173.930.000.00173.93
2023-057.710.000.007.71
2023-0123.000.000.0023.00
2022-12300.000.000.00300.00
2022-0429.570.000.0029.57
2022-0112.070.000.0012.07
2021-12326.120.000.00326.12
2021-0738.000.000.0038.00
2021-0662.030.000.0062.03
2021-017.600.000.007.60
2020-12435.000.000.00435.00
2020-0712.160.000.0012.16
2020-0514.540.000.0014.54
2020-045.410.000.005.41
2020-01289.900.000.00289.90
2019-12528.840.000.00528.84
2019-11125.000.000.00125.00
2019-090.0011.400.0011.40
2019-080.000.001.271.27
2019-0718.040.000.0018.04
2019-0634.720.000.0034.72
2019-0591.000.00109.06200.06
2019-04208.690.000.00208.69
2019-03439.330.000.00439.33
2019-0242.470.000.0042.47
2019-0175.230.000.0075.23
2018-12263.000.008.76271.76
2018-110.000.0053.9853.98
2018-1050.000.0082.57132.57
2018-090.000.00107.95107.95
2018-08215.000.009.00224.00
2018-07554.000.0017.00571.00
2018-0655.000.00396.00451.00
2018-05114.000.00100.00214.00
2018-04320.000.000.00320.00
2018-03390.000.000.00390.00
2018-02350.000.000.00350.00
2018-01675.000.000.00675.00
2017-121,362.000.000.001,362.00
2017-1140.00350.00150.00540.00
2017-10835.000.000.00835.00
2017-09200.000.000.00200.00
2017-08325.000.000.00325.00
2017-07340.000.000.00340.00
2017-0640.000.000.0040.00
2017-040.000.00230.00230.00
2017-030.00300.0060.00360.00
2016-120.00170.000.00170.00
2016-11335.0080.000.00415.00
2016-10230.00925.000.001,155.00
2016-09150.000.000.00150.00
2016-0840.000.000.0040.00
2016-0180.000.000.0080.00
Total across months10,687.161,836.401,325.5913,849.15

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Full list of tasks in reverse chronological order (107 tasks)

WorkerTask venueTask typeTask receptacleCompletion datePayerPaymentTopicTime spent (hours:minutes)Effective pay per hourNotes
Issa RiceTimelines wikiCodingTimelines wiki hosting and maintenance and feature enhancement2023-12-31Vipul Naik420.00Timeline contentThe total payment of $420 breaks down as follows: $220 on hosting cost (excluding actual spending on hosting, that has been reimbursed separately) (this is up from $180 last year, with the increase mostly reflecting inflation adjustment) and $200 for a combination of: the periodic updates to the main page table, as well as custom improvement work including work on the switch to GA 4 and the update to the main page table logic to pull from GA 4 (this is up from $60 last year, due to both inflation adjustment and the additional GA 4 work that had no equivalent last year).
Issa RiceAI WatchCodingAI Watch2023-08-02Vipul Naik3.80AI safety0:2011.40Spent 20 minutes at $11.50/hour. Work done 2023-08-02. See https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/commit/f5e5b50245fb91c5fdaf594e0c0696b874021c1f for the change.
Issa RiceAI WatchCodingFilter out non-AI stuff from AI Watch2023-06-28Vipul Naik3.11AI safety0:1611.66Spent 16 minutes at $11.50/hour. Work done 2023-06-21 and 2023-06-28. This includes collaboration with Vipul on not showing non-AI stuff in AI Watch. See https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/commits?since=2023-06-28&until=2023-06-28&author=riceissa for the commits.
Issa RiceOrg WatchCodingN/A2023-06-27Vipul Naik39.33Organizational structures and dynamics3:2511.51Spent 205 minutes at $11.50/hour. Work done 2023-06-20 to 2023-06-27. This includes the addition of a check and work on an archival script. See https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/commits?since=2023-06-20&until=2023-06-27&author=riceissa for the commits.
Issa Riceanalytics.vipulnaik.comCodingSwitch analytics projects to GA 42023-06-25Vipul Naik111.02Analytics7:2914.84Spent 449 minutes at $11.50/hour with a 5-hour minimum, plus $25. Work done 2023-05-21 to 2023-05-22 and 2023-06-21 to 2023-06-25. See https://github.com/riceissa/analytics-table/commits?since=2023-05-21&until=2023-06-25&author=riceissa for the commits.
Issa RiceTimelines wikiCodingServer script updates2023-06-02Vipul Naik20.47Timeline content1:4711.48Spent 107 minutes at $11.50/hour with a 1-hour minimum and 2-hour maximum. Work done 2023-06-02.
Issa RiceOrg WatchCodingN/A2023-05-21Vipul Naik7.71Organizational structures and dynamics0:4011.57Spent 40 minutes at $11.50/hour. Work done 2023-05-13 and 2023-05-21. This includes additions to README.md and a fix to a page title. See https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/commits?since=2023-05-13&until=2023-05-21&author=riceissa for the commits.
Issa RiceTimelines wikiCodingTimelines wiki hosting and maintenance and feature enhancement2023-01-02Vipul Naik23.00Timeline content1:3514.53Work on improving the efficiency of the daily backup process. Spent 95 minutes at $11.50/hour with a 2-hour minimum. Work done 2023-01-02.
Issa RiceTimelines wikiCodingTimelines wiki hosting and maintenance and feature enhancement2022-12-31Vipul Naik300.00Timeline contentThis includes hosting and maintenance costs of $20/month (total $240) and main page updates at $5/month ($60).
Issa RiceOrg WatchCodingN/A2022-04-27Vipul Naik7.79Organizational structures and dynamics0:499.54This includes work on tweaking the dark mode previously implemented, as well as other minor fixes. Work done 2022-04-10 to 2022-04-27.
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingAdd theme changer2022-04-10Vipul Naik18.81Philanthropy1:599.48Work done 2022-04-10 at https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/pull/140 extending dark mode, previously developed for AI Watch / Org Watch, to the donations list website.
Issa RiceContract work for Vipul NaikCodingImplement arbitrary income feature2022-04-02Vipul Naik2.97Taxes0:218.49Work done 2022-04-02 at https://github.com/vipulnaik/contractwork/pull/25 to implement additional functionality for the tax guidance page; this functionality was mainly for Issa's own use but Vipul promised to cover the time cost.
Issa RiceOrg WatchCodingLimit display on the AI Watch and Org Watch homepages to top 300 + ties with the 300th2022-01-30Vipul Naik12.07Organizational structures and dynamics1:169.53Work done 2022-01-30. Work on https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/issues/98
Issa RiceTimelines wikiCodingTimelines wiki hosting and maintenance and feature enhancement2021-12-31Vipul Naik300.00Timeline contentThis includes hosting and maintenance costs of $20/month (total $240) and main page updates at $5/month ($60).
Issa RiceOrg WatchCodingImplement optional dark mode on AIW / OW2021-12-29Vipul Naik19.28Organizational structures and dynamics2:029.48Work done 2021-12-19 to 2021-12-29. Most of the work was for https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/issues/99 for initial work on dark mode for AI Watch and Org Watch.
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingSeparate out reset and read by table in Makefile2021-12-24Vipul Naik6.84Philanthropy0:439.54Work done 2021-12-24. Work at https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/pull/139 for https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues/138
Issa Riceanalytics.vipulnaik.comCodingOn top-pages.php, print the h-index for every month2021-07-10Vipul Naik38.00Analytics0:4748.51Work done 2021-07-10. Payment at max($38, $9.50/hour * time spent).
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingShow original currency info in notes column2021-06-16Vipul Naik24.03Philanthropy2:329.49Spent 2 hours 32 minutes at $9.50/hour. Work on https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/pull/135 for https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues/134 (currency info display). Work done 2021-06-09 to 2021-06-16.
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingExplore the creation of graphical timelines for donors; Rename "Open Philanthropy Project" -> "Open Philanthropy"2021-06-04Vipul Naik38.00Philanthropy3:0012.67Spent 3 hours for max($38, $9.50 * number of hours). Work on https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues/125 and https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues/129 started last year (2020-12-16 to 2020-12-18) and wrapped up 2021-06-04.
Issa RiceOrg WatchCodingOrg Watch2021-01-04Vipul Naik7.60Organizational structures and dynamics0:489.50Spent 48 minutes at $9.50/hour. Work done 2021-01-04. Work on https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/issues/53 and https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/issues/56
Issa RiceNoneCodingBackups2020-12-31Vipul Naik105.00Wikipedia/BackupPayment for maintaining the process that does daily backups of Wikipedia content, at $2/week for 52 weeks, from 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31, with an extra dollar because of the extra day beyond 52 weeks
Issa RiceTimelines wikiCodingTimelines wiki hosting and maintenance and feature enhancement2020-12-31Vipul Naik300.00Timeline contentThis includes hosting and maintenance costs of $20/month (total $240) and main page updates at $5/month ($60).
Issa RiceOrg WatchCodingOn an organization page, have a programmatically populated section for "similar organizations"2020-12-14Vipul Naik30.00Organizational structures and dynamics1:1424.32Work done 2020-12-14 at a rate of max{$30, $9.50/hour * time spent} on https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/issues/52
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingN/A2020-07-13Vipul Naik12.16Philanthropy1:179.48Work to fix a backend script. Work done 2020-07-10 to 2020-07-13.
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingImprove the way we deal with renamings for donors and donees2020-05-19Vipul Naik14.54Philanthropy1:329.48Work done 2020-05-18 and 2020-05-19
Issa RiceAI WatchCodingAI Watch2020-04-19Vipul Naik5.41AI safety0:349.55Work done 2020-04-11 and 2020-04-19 at $9.50/hour. This comprises work on https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/issues/20 (2020-04-11), https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/issues/21 (2020-04-19), and https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/issues/22 (2020-04-19).
Issa RiceContract work for Vipul NaikCodingMove to a safe query structure for all the queries at contractwork.vipulnaik.com2020-01-21Vipul Naik50.00Safe query3:1015.79Work done on 2020-01-20 and 2020-01-21. Payment determined as max{$125, $8.50/hour * 3.17 hours}
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingMove completely to a safe query structure on donations.vipulnaik.com2020-01-20Vipul Naik75.00Philanthropy3:2422.06Work done on 2020-01-20. Payment determined as max{$75, $9.50/hour * 3.41 hours}
Issa RiceTimelines wikiCodingTimelines wiki maintenance and feature enhancement2020-01-15Vipul Naik125.00Timeline content2:5343.35Work done on 2020-01-15. Payment determined as max{$125, $8.50/hour * 2.88 hours}. Issues worked on are https://github.com/riceissa/timelines-wiki-main-page-table/issues/6 https://github.com/riceissa/timelines-wiki-main-page-table/issues/7 https://github.com/riceissa/timelines-wiki-main-page-table/issues/8 https://github.com/riceissa/timelines-wiki-main-page-table/issues/9 https://github.com/riceissa/timelines-wiki-main-page-table/issues/10 https://github.com/riceissa/timelines-wiki-main-page-table/issues/11
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingExplore the creation of graphical timeline for donors, donees, and donor-donee pairs based on intended_funding_timeframe_in_months2020-01-08Vipul Naik39.90Philanthropy4:129.50Work done on 2020-01-08. See https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues/125#issuecomment-572384312 for a summary of the work done. This is part of a multi-month effort on the issue
Issa RiceNoneCodingBackups2019-12-31Vipul Naik105.00Wikipedia/BackupPayment for maintaining the process that does daily backups of Wikipedia content, at $2/week for 52 weeks, from 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31, with an extra dollar because of the extra day beyond 52 weeks
Issa RiceTimelines wikiCodingTimelines wiki hosting and maintenance and feature enhancement2019-12-31Vipul Naik240.00Timeline contentThis includes hosting and maintenance costs of $20/month (total $180), main page updates at $5/month ($45), and $15 to cover the half month.
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingFix regex for donor and donee document list matching2019-12-19Vipul Naik8.84Philanthropy0:569.47Fix for a regex bug https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues/126 at the request of Vipul; all work done within one day 2019-12-19
Issa Riceanalytics.vipulnaik.comCodinganalytics.vipulnaik.com2019-12-15Vipul Naik175.00Analytics20:068.71Work done from October 25 to December 15, 2019. The work was on issues https://github.com/riceissa/analytics-table/issues/2 https://github.com/riceissa/analytics-table/issues/3 https://github.com/riceissa/analytics-table/issues/4 https://github.com/riceissa/analytics-table/issues/5 and https://github.com/riceissa/analytics-table/issues/6 of which the bulk of effort was on the last issue; this makes available the top viewed pages by month for each site. Payment calculated as max($175, 20.10 hours * $8.50/hour)
Issa RiceTimelines wikiCodingTimelines wiki maintenance and feature enhancement2019-11-30Vipul Naik125.00Timeline content5:0524.59Work done between November 28 and November 30, 2019. Rate determined as max($125, 5.05 hours * $8.50). Issues include https://github.com/riceissa/timelines-wiki-main-page-table/issues/3 https://github.com/riceissa/timelines-wiki-main-page-table/issues/4 and https://github.com/riceissa/timelines-wiki-main-page-table/issues/5
Issa RiceDonations list websitePreliminary researchExplore the creation of graphical timeline for donors, donees, and donor-donee pairs based on intended_funding_timeframe_in_months2019-09-18Vipul Naik11.40Philanthropy1:129.50Exploratory work related to graphical timelines. The results are recorded in the comments on https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues/125
Issa RiceAI WatchData entryAI Watch2019-08-16Vipul Naik1.27AI safety0:089.53See https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/commit/02f2358640ad027f7906c9e7fe3179f13aedea81 for the commit
Issa RiceDevec/Demography data portalCodingNone2019-07-04Vipul Naik18.04Global development1:519.75Some work on https://github.com/riceissa/devec-demography-data-portal/issues/2 Work was done on 2019-07-04 at standard rates for Devec/Demography data portal of $9.75/hour
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2019-06-30Vipul Naik14.06Philanthropy1:299.48See https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/commits?author=riceissa&since=2019-06-01&until=2019-07-01 for the work done. Work was done between 2019-06-20 and 2019-05-30
Issa RiceWikipedia ViewsCodingWikipedia Views country breakdown2019-06-05Vipul Naik20.66Wikipedia2:268.49Work done on 2019-06-04 and 2019-06-05 for some residual cleanup and fixes related to https://github.com/vipulnaik/wikipediaviews/issues/22
Issa RiceAI WatchData entryAI Watch2019-05-22Vipul Naik109.06AI safety11:299.50See https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/commits?author=riceissa&since=2019-05-01&until=2019-06-01 for the work done. Work was done between 2019-05-02 and 2019-05-22. Although all the time spent is counted under AI Watch, some of the work was for the related Org Watch
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2019-05-13Vipul Naik69.92Philanthropy7:229.49See https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/commits?author=riceissa&since=2019-05-01&until=2019-06-01 for the work done. Work was done between 2019-05-01 and 2019-05-13
Issa RiceWikipedia ViewsCodingWikipedia Views country breakdown2019-05-09Vipul Naik21.08Wikipedia2:298.49Work done on 2019-05-08 and 2019-05-09 for https://github.com/vipulnaik/wikipediaviews/issues/22
Issa RiceOrg WatchCodingOrg Watch2019-04-30Vipul Naik41.96Organizational structures and dynamics4:259.50Work mostly involved adding display support for organization documents, adding a table of contents, and miscellaneous UI tweaks. See https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/commits?author=riceissa&since=2019-04-01&until=2019-05-01 for the work done. Work was done between 2019-04-01 and 2019-04-30
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2019-04-28Vipul Naik166.73Philanthropy17:339.50See https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/commits?author=riceissa&since=2019-04-01&until=2019-05-01 for the work done. Work was done between 2019-04-08 and 2019-04-28
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2019-03-27Vipul Naik33.09Philanthropy3:299.50See https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/commits?author=riceissa&since=2019-03-01&until=2019-04-01 for the work done. Work was done between 2019-03-10 and 2019-03-27
Issa RiceOrg WatchCodingOrg Watch2019-03-27Vipul Naik106.24Organizational structures and dynamics11:119.50Work involved finishing up some pending issues filed in https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/issues See https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/commits?author=riceissa&since=2019-03-01&until=2019-04-01 for the work done. Work was done between 2019-03-17 and 2019-03-27
Issa RiceTimelines wikiCodingTimelines wiki hosting and maintenance and feature enhancement2019-03-20Vipul Naik300.00Timeline contentThis includes hosting and maintenance costs of $20/month (total $240), plus monthly updates and ongoing improvements to https://github.com/riceissa/timelines-wiki-main-page-table at $5/month (total $60)
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2019-02-26Vipul Naik42.47Philanthropy4:299.47Most of the focus was on adding various kinds of donation statistics that are particularly useful for large donors who have made lots of donations. Work was done between 2019-02-02 and 2019-02-26
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2019-01-21Vipul Naik75.23Philanthropy8:518.50Most of the focus was on writing code to process grants lists for a number of foundation donors. See issues #89 to #107 (not all of them were completed or worked on within the month of January). Work was done between 2019-01-10 and 2019-01-21
Issa RiceNoneCodingBackups2018-12-31Vipul Naik113.00Wikipedia/BackupPayment for maintaining the process that does daily backups of Wikipedia content, at $2/week for 56.5 weeks, from 2017-12-02 to 2018-12-31
Issa RiceDonations list websiteData entryDonations list website2018-12-27Vipul Naik8.76Philanthropy1:028.48Most of the focus was on adding metadata for a number of donees. Work was done between 2018-12-05 and 2018-12-27
Issa Riceanalytics.vipulnaik.comCodinganalytics.vipulnaik.com2018-12-15Vipul Naik150.00Analytics12:5511.61Setup work for a public website https://analytics.vipulnaik.com that records Google Analytics data for a number of websites. Pay for this was set as max{$150, $8.50/hour * Time spent}. 12.92 hours were spent on the first phase of work, so the $150 was binding. Work done 2018-11-26 to 2018-12-15. GitHub repository at https://github.com/riceissa/analytics-table
Issa RiceDonations list websiteData entryDonations list website2018-11-29Vipul Naik53.98Philanthropy6:218.50Most of the focus was on adding metadata for a number of donees. Work was done between 2018-11-06 and 2018-11-29
Issa RiceContract work for Vipul NaikCodingContract work for Vipul Naik2018-10-24Vipul Naik50.00Graphical presentation1:5925.21The availability of graphs was extended to a number of other pages on the contract work website. Pay was set at max{$8.50 * number of hours, $50}. Since the work was completed in less than 2 hours, payment of $50 was selected. GitHub issue https://github.com/vipulnaik/contractwork/issues/17 and pull request https://github.com/vipulnaik/contractwork/pull/18
Issa RiceDonations list websiteData entryDonations list website2018-10-22Vipul Naik66.44Philanthropy7:498.50Most of the focus was on adding metadata for a number of donees. Work was done between 2018-10-05 and 2018-10-22
Issa RiceOrg WatchData entryOrg Watch2018-10-17Vipul Naik16.13Organizational structures and dynamics2:097.50Work done primarily between 2018-10-06 and 2018-10-17
Issa RiceDonations list websiteData entryDonations list website2018-09-21Vipul Naik39.10Philanthropy4:368.50Work on MIRI top donors updates and BERI grants. Work done between 2018-09-01 and 2018-09-21. See https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/commits/master/sql?author=riceissa and check the September 2018 commits for more information
Issa RiceOrg WatchData entryOrg Watch2018-09-19Vipul Naik68.85Organizational structures and dynamics9:117.50Work done primarily between 2018-09-13 and 2018-09-19 adding data for The Good Food Institute and Effective Altruism Foundation and making other minor edits; see https://github.com/riceissa/aiwatch/commits and check the September 2018 commits for more.
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2018-08-30Vipul Naik215.00Philanthropy25:188.50Work on a bunch of issues related to importing grants databases for different donors into the donations list website. See comments made in August 2018 on http://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues for more information. Dates of work ranged from August 5 to August 30
Issa RiceComputing data projectData entryComputing data project2018-08-27Vipul Naik9.00Computer science1:127.50Addition of some more provider data (Amazon Lightsail) and other related work. Work done on August 27
Issa RiceOrg WatchData entryOrg Watch2018-07-31Vipul Naik17.00Organizational structures and dynamics2:177.45A little bit of work adding more data for some already added orgs. Work begun end of July and continued in August; this payment is for the part of work till the end of July
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2018-07-31Vipul Naik146.00Philanthropy17:118.50Work on a bunch of issues related to importing grants databases for different donors into the donations list website. See comments made in July 2018 on http://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues for more information.
Issa RiceComputing data projectCodingComputing data project2018-07-29Vipul Naik408.00Computer science41:539.74Basic setup and initial data entry to do comparison across different cloud providers for compute, storage, and network. Payment for work done throughout the month. Check https://github.com/riceissa/computing-data-project/commits for the dates that work was done
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2018-06-30Vipul Naik55.00Philanthropy6:278.53Work on a bunch of issues related to importing grants databases for different donors into the donations list website. See comments made in June 2018 on http://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues for more information.
Issa RiceOrg WatchData entryOrg Watch2018-06-30Vipul Naik396.00Organizational structures and dynamics52:487.50Work on a new site: Org Watch https://orgwatch.issarice.com/ building on the same code and data format used for AI Watch https://aiwatch.issarice.com/ The idea of the new site is to expand coverage to organizations and positions outside AI safety. Work at a pay rate of $60 per 8-hour day, or $7.50/hour
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2018-05-31Vipul Naik78.00Philanthropy9:088.54Work on a bunch of issues related to importing grants databases for different donors into the donations list website. See comments made in May 2018 on http://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues for more information.
Issa RiceAI WatchData entryAI Watch2018-05-29Vipul Naik100.00Organizational structures and dynamics16:006.252 days (total 16 hours: May 28 and May 29) of work to add more data and summarization tools for people at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute: https://aiwatch.issarice.com/?organization=Machine+Intelligence+Research+Institute
Issa RiceDevec/Demography data portalCodingDevec/Demography data portal2018-05-28Vipul Naik36.00Global development3:439.69Helping Vipul set up devec hosting, and some bugfixes and improvements in the process. See https://github.com/riceissa/devec-demography-data-portal/commits for more details
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2018-04-30Vipul Naik250.00Philanthropy29:438.41Work on a bunch of issues related to importing grants databases for different donors into the donations list website. See comments made in April 2018 on http://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues for more information.
Issa RiceWikipedia ViewsCodingWikipedia Clickstream2018-04-25Vipul Naik70.00Wikipedia7:548.86Work done on April 21 and April 25, 2018. The work built on previous work with the clickstream dataset to streamline the monthly update process, now that the Wikimedia Foundation is publishing the datasets every month. See https://github.com/vipulnaik/wikipediaviews/issues/21 for the issue specifics
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2018-03-31Vipul Naik70.00Philanthropy8:128.54Work on a bunch of issues related to importing grants databases for different donors into the donations list website. See comments made in March 2018 on http://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues for more information.
Issa RiceTimelines wikiCodingTimelines wiki hosting and maintenance and feature enhancement2018-03-20Vipul Naik320.00Timeline contentThis includes hosting and maintenance costs of $20/month (total $240), plus payment for additional work, such as automating the main page table and making sure it is updated: https://github.com/riceissa/timelines-wiki-main-page-table
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2018-02-28Vipul Naik350.00Philanthropy41:008.54Work on a bunch of issues related to importing grants databases for different donors into the donations list website. See comments made in February 2018 on http://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues for more information.
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2018-01-31Vipul Naik675.00Philanthropy79:208.51Work on a bunch of issues related to importing grants databases for different donors into the donations list website. See comments made in January 2018 on http://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues for more information.
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2017-12-30Vipul Naik260.00Philanthropy30:188.58Work on a bunch of issues related to importing grants databases for different donors into the donations list website. See comments made in December 2017 on http://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/issues for more information.
Issa RiceDevec/Demography data portalCodingDevec/Demography Data Portal2017-12-14Vipul Naik165.00Global development17:449.30Work on setting up the interface of the Devec/Demography data portal, from 2017-12-08 to 2017-12-14. Launch of the portal is pending review by Vipul
Issa RiceComputing data projectCodingComputing data project2017-12-09Vipul Naik250.00Computer science29:238.51Basic data entry and setup for a project to track computing prices over time. The project was paused for a while without producing a complete launchable product or website. Work was from 2017-11-18 to 2017-12-09
Issa RiceDevec/Demography data portalCodingDevec/Demography Data Portal2017-12-07Vipul Naik475.00Global development52:289.05Continued work on data porting to SQL; this extends the previously mentioned work ending 2017-10-30 of importing datasets and cleaning them up. This entry counts the part of the work after 2017-10-30 and till 2017-12-07
Issa RiceNoneCodingBackups2017-12-03Vipul Naik212.00Wikipedia/BackupPayment for maintaining the process that does daily backups of Wikipedia content, at $4/week for 53 weeks
Issa RiceDevec/Demography data portalCodingDevec/Demography Data Portal2017-11-17Vipul Naik40.00Global development4:478.36SQL query optimization work on 2017-11-16 and 2017-11-17 related to the Devec/Demography data portal
Issa RiceDevec subwikiPreliminary researchDevec subwiki2017-11-16Vipul Naik350.00Global development121:292.88Continuation of preliminary reading in development economics work; this covers the batch of reading from 2017-10-07 to 2017-11-16. A previous payment was added for work from 2017-09-06 to 2017-10-06
Issa RiceAI WatchData entryAI Watch2017-11-07Vipul Naik150.00AI safety23:516.29Phase 1 of work on AI Watch, a site to better track the people and organizations working on AI safety. As of the time of finalizing pay, 309 people were entered. In addition to data entry, Issa also designed the database schema and wrote code to render data from the database in tables
Issa RiceDevec/Demography data portalCodingDevec/Demography Data Portal2017-10-30Vipul Naik700.00Global development71:489.75Code written for data processing and cleaning related to five datasets: https://github.com/riceissa/maddison-project-data (Maddison Project), https://github.com/riceissa/penn-world-table-data (Penn World Table), https://github.com/riceissa/world-development-indicators (World Development Indicators), https://github.com/riceissa/total-economy-database (Total Economy Database), https://github.com/riceissa/fred-processing (FRED)
Issa RiceContract work for Vipul NaikCodingContract work for Vipul Naik2017-10-07Vipul Naik135.00Graphical presentation8:4915.31Code written to generate graphs of incremental and cumulative payments by various drilldowns plotted at yearly and monthly granularity. See pull requests https://github.com/vipulnaik/contractwork/pull/10 https://github.com/vipulnaik/contractwork/pull/11 https://github.com/vipulnaik/contractwork/pull/12 or look at the commits made in https://github.com/riceissa/contractwork/tree/misc-2017-10 (a fork where the commits were made)
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2017-09-30Vipul Naik200.00Philanthropy/tabular presentationSee commits from September 28 to September 30 by Issa Rice, specifically https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/commits?author=riceissa&since=2017-09-28T07:00:00Z&until=2017-10-01T07:00:00Z for the full list. This included incorporating data from the Effective Altruism Survey (separate repository https://github.com/riceissa/ea-survey-donations with 12 commits) and Effective Altruism Grants (separate repository https://github.com/riceissa/ea-grants-processing/commits?author=riceissa&since=2017-09-01T07:00:00Z&until=2017-10-01T07:00:00Z with 6 commits)
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonations list website2017-08-12Vipul Naik325.00Philanthropy/tabular presentationSee commits by riceissa from 2017-08-04 to 2017-08-12. Work was for 6.5 working days, spanning 8.5 calendar days
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingDonee deduplication, donor similarity, notes column expansion2017-07-22Vipul Naik300.00Graphs and data cleaningSee the branches https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/tree/donee-deduplication https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/tree/donor-similarity and https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/tree/notes-col-expansion for the relevant commits. Some commits done directly in master. Worked for about 5.5 working days (starting July 15, 2017)
Issa RiceWikipedia ViewsCodingGraph legend2017-07-07Vipul Naik40.00GraphsUpdate to graph.py utility at https://github.com/vipulnaik/wikipediaviews/blob/master/python/graph.py to show legends optionally at the bottom of graphs. Also incorporated by Vipul Naik in the code in two other repositories: https://github.com/vipulnaik/bart/blob/master/python/graph.py and https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/blob/master/python/graph.py -- see also https://github.com/vipulnaik/wikipediaviews/pull/19 for a bug fix to the push
Issa RiceDonations list websiteCodingComma sorting2017-06-18Vipul Naik40.00DonationsFixed sorting tool we use in JavaScript so that it can sort tables while also using comma separation for greater ease of reading numbers. The commits were all made in https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/tree/comma-sort and https://github.com/vipulnaik/donations/commit/f7f99b4f0db39d3147d72a5a7f8f30f856fa4e9f was the last commit
Issa RiceDonations list websiteData entryBill and Melinda Gates Foundation2017-04-23Vipul Naik230.00Foundation grantsProcessed Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grants from IATI at https://iatiregistry.org/publisher/bmgf to generate data for insertion in donations database. Code available at https://github.com/riceissa/gates-foundation-iati-processing -- run the commands there and then pass the generated SQL to the donations database
Issa RiceDonations list websiteData entryLaura and John Arnold Foundation2017-03-22Vipul Naik60.00Foundation grantsProcessed Arnold Foundation grants to generate data for insertion in donations database. Code available at https://github.com/riceissa/arnold-foundation-grants and insertion code can be pasted from https://github.com/riceissa/arnold-foundation-grants in MySQL
Issa RiceNonePreliminary researchUnderstanding different editing patterns on Wikipedia2017-03-11Vipul Naik100.00WikipediaAdded functionality to wikidossier to compare multiple users and do multiple namespaces for a single user. The interface is not yet public. However, you can visit https://github.com/riceissa/wikidossier for the underlying code. The last commit covered by this pay is https://github.com/riceissa/wikidossier/commit/ae343d95b27bb0cb65fcf886f96591cabd6d25ca (2017-03-11)
Issa RiceNonePreliminary researchUnderstanding different editing patterns on Wikipedia2017-03-03Vipul Naik200.00WikipediaResearch produced profiles of different kinds of Wikipedia editors, and an interface to generate a report on the trajectory of Wikipedia editor. The interface is not yet public. However, you can visit https://github.com/riceissa/wikidossier for the underlying code
Issa RicewikiHowPreliminary researchOptimize Your Amazon S3 Costs2016-12-03Vipul Naik170.00Amazon Web ServicesInvestigated comparison of different cost plans by Amazon and when each one is optimal
Issa RiceNoneCodingBackups2016-11-28Vipul Naik100.00Wikipedia/BackupSetup for periodic backup of all important Wikipedia content for easy recoverability
Issa RiceWikipedia ViewsCodingHelp pages2016-11-21Vipul Naik25.00WikipediaList of help pages in all language Wikipedias
Issa RiceWikipedia ViewsCodingSpecial pages2016-11-20Vipul Naik40.00WikipediaList of special pages in all language Wikipedias
Issa RiceWikipedia ViewsCodingdistrib.py2016-11-19Vipul Naik40.00WikipediaCode to show bar or line plot for distribution of Wikipedia pageviews
Issa RiceNonePreliminary researchN/A2016-11-15Vipul Naik80.00United States migration/Survey researchInvestigation into correlation between estimates of foreign-born and unauthorized population and state-level values of the population
Issa RiceWikipedia ViewsCodingWikipedia Clickstream2016-11-04Vipul Naik130.00WikipediaProcessing of Wikipedia clickstream data set for use in Wikipedia Views. Successfully integrated in Wikipedia Views 2016-11-25
Issa RiceWikipedia ViewsCodinggraph.py2016-10-13Vipul Naik80.00GraphingAdd graphing capabilities to Wikipedia Views
Issa RiceWikipedia ViewsCodingTag entries in different languages2016-10-04Vipul Naik150.00Wikipedia ViewsWrote code to translate tags en masse to new languages. Code still exists, plan is now to incorporate into Wikipedia Views itself to avoid need to run separate code
Issa RiceLessWrongPreliminary researchRevisiting the great decline in Wikipedia pageviews2016-10-03Vipul Naik925.00WikipediaStarted on it at ~$100/day pay, slowed down, then we realized a lot more toolkit improvements are needed before we can push out the post
Issa RiceNoneCodingWikipedia tag page list translation2016-09-30Vipul Naik150.00WikipediaCode to translate pages in bulk from one language to another, executed for various language pairs and lists. The completion date is approximate. The payment was finalized on November 8 2017, and will be included with the 2017 tax year
Issa RiceNoneCodingModel for estimating the value of a Wikipedia page2016-08-29Vipul Naik40.00Wikipedia/Contract workInitial work piloted on a small subset of timelines, gives an estimate of the total money due based on attributes of the timeline
Issa RiceWikipedia ViewsCodingpageviewQueries.inc2016-01-31Vipul Naik80.00API integrationAdd ability to query Wikimedia API for pageviews