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mircea_popescu: benkay: just because someone's doing it doesn't mean
to not do it. <<< it does. except it has
to be someone, and it
that case it wasn't someone, just no-one.
mircea_popescu: the reason
the microlending works, in shitholecreek, detroit or bungagunga, kneya is
that
the lender also holds political power
mircea_popescu: fluffypony "
The problem is
that
the cost of
transacting makes it impossible for people outside of
that country
to get involved." <<
that's in no way
the poroblem. i wouldn't micrlodend in fucklandia under any circumstances.
mircea_popescu: bitcoinpete:
this week's couple has saved $2.7M and
the post decided
that
this was only 2/5 stars of readiness <<
this is fucking nonsense, srsly.
mircea_popescu: bitcoinpete: "The end result is
the first of its kind: <<
these fucktards.
they really imagine
that if you put a "delicious" label on canned shit it'll be a delicious can of shit.
ozbot: Iepurasule, ai basca ? pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
thestringpuller: mircea_popescu: you will be
the first
to
try
these cookies. r&d is refining
the recipe
mircea_popescu: you'll be happy if i sell her
to a dozen other dudes,
too,
ThickAsThieves: but i'll only stay of
there's a context of humans
to share
the experience
ThickAsThieves: when it comes
to multiplayer, i find access
to people
to play with being very high on my list
pankkake: yeah,
that made me lol. I always
thought
the game was free, and you had
to subscribe
pankkake: more
to
the point,
the selling point of an online game is usually world access, not binary client access
mircea_popescu: i dun
think it was ever more
than a few dozen people on
fluffypony: ThickAsThieves: look, it's been around for 12 years, so part of
the PS community is historical
ThickAsThieves: do people play Planeshift
tho? more importantly who makes money around it?
KLYE: Thank you for
the advice Cazalla. :D
mircea_popescu: pankkake so you hate altcoins or just
the altcoin makers ?
pankkake: but it doesn't mean you have
to altcoin it
BingoBoingo: pankkake: You mean like what altcoins are. People dicking around on
their own chains?
mircea_popescu: pankkake but if everyone does
then... everyone has
to be alone neh
pankkake: I mean run a competing universe,
the point wasn't being alone
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo well yeah but i
think he meant besides
that
fluffypony: ThickAsThieves: I guess PlaneShift is about
the biggest
cazalla: KLYE: if i wanted
to get into porn, i'd skip cams and produce content along
the lines of insex, clearly a demand but payment processor issues fucked it, no issues
there with bitcoin
pankkake: unless anyone can run its own server/world,
the game isn't really open source
ThickAsThieves: as in,
they dont get financed because
they dont make money
ThickAsThieves: indeed, but doesn
the chicken come before
the egg in
that regard?
BingoBoingo: Bitcoin is
totally open source and a game.
mircea_popescu: open source can't
traditionalyl afford
to pay financier fat cats
to look at
the stuff
ThickAsThieves: are
there any open-sourced games with profitable
thriving economies?
fluffypony: because pretend-compliance didn't stop anyone from losing money
to Neo&Scamee
fluffypony: KLYE: I'm South African, so I can't comment on Canadian regulation, but I
think it's important
to make
those points clear in your reply
to FastLoans4You
KLYE: I'll piggyback on
them until my serverside and web clients are done.. After
that
the plan is
to smash
them. :D
KLYE: MFC is going
to be obsolete once klyemax launches
KLYE: And by
that
time we will have proven
the studio profitable and have solid revenue streams.
ThickAsThieves: and
that you have control over how much profit you share
KLYE: BTC isn't considered currency in Canada as far as I know, It's considered a grey area. And until phase
two when
the Klyemax IPO hits an exchange I do not
think we have
to worry about
the MSC.
mircea_popescu: anyway, my entire point is
that your "well you could squeeze
the balls harder, get more $$$" is not actyually a valid argument.
KLYE: Did my last message go
through
mircea_popescu: anyway,
to come back
to some
track. i don't believe in forcing people
to pay, my idea of peddling games is not modeled on peddling heroin.
ThickAsThieves: i mean what, we have WoW and Final Fantasy, maybe GTA, as long
term successes
mircea_popescu: see,
the less control a
thing attempts
to project,
the more difficult
to kill it gets.
ThickAsThieves: a
transcendant game is not something i have much confidence in
Duffer1: fluffypony i agree, i used "BB" instead of bingoboingo
to respond
to him, i should have said: Bingoboingo, i believe Loans is Minerpart
fluffypony: I don't
think BingoBoingo is minerpart, BingoBoingo is
too rational
ThickAsThieves: it's possibly bad in
that
this is a situation you could control if you chose
to
ThickAsThieves: so while
this may be good as an excercise in competition,
ThickAsThieves: well i can make
TATlora.io and get my own designers and pay
them a better cut
than you
fluffypony: we just have
to make
the prospectus available
fluffypony: but
there's no requirement
to register it
fluffypony: what's really funny is in South Africa we also have
to have a prospectus if we want
to make shares publicly available
ThickAsThieves: the whole dedicated community of players
to consume designs
thing
fluffypony: mircea_popescu:
the regulations were wrt
the IPO
mircea_popescu: fluffypony you gotta comply with some regulations
to camwhore now !?
ThickAsThieves: however,
this is a business, so i'm
trying
to sort it out
fluffypony: BingoBoingo: sure, so I
think him putting a picture up of KLYE and bringing up
the homeless/begging
thing is ridiculous, but I
think it's worth his while speaking
to
the regulatory issue raised - you're either claiming compliance or you're outrightly stating defiance
ThickAsThieves: well you lose all walls for your garden and
throw it into
the middle of
the highway
mircea_popescu: prolly someone will figure it out first,
then write a guide,
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves i imagine you should be able
to. it may be complicated but i don't
think so. it's defionitely not deliberately obfuscated.
ThickAsThieves: if client is open source,
then i could just hack in my own HUDs and music? or is it
to be compiled in such a way
to make
that impractical for most?
fluffypony: KLYE: meh, ignore
the
trolls. WRT "FastLoans4You" I
think you need
to make it clear
that you haven't claimed
to meet regulatory compliance with Canadian law.
mircea_popescu: ThickAsThieves i don't see why niot.
the client is open source anyway.
mircea_popescu: bitcoin is a fucking game currency
trying
to spill over into irl.
ThickAsThieves: so u can customize my hero, why not
town music, HUD, mayve even environments
ThickAsThieves: and
thus a more segmented relationship with designers as businesses