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Well, there's always a chance something is going to break when you are making a listing. It's kind of like having a wall outlet that only shocks you sometimes you plug or unplug something. It doesn't shock you every single time but it's broken all the time because it can shock you. When making listings I always back up my description in a text editor because I don't know if saving the listing is actually going to work or if it's going to throw an error and delete everything I typed in.

"Marketplace Broken All The Time" is literally the thread title. I see now, the OP is talking about creating listings. Not search and/or buying things.

That sounds like Second Life. SL in some ways reminds me of my old car I use for certain weekly trips. It is old with high mileage and rusting out but I keep up very basic maintenance, licensing and insurance to keep it on the road but do nothing that will extend its life otherwise. Basically driving it till it drops. It makes me money but not enough to make it worth any real investment in it.

It's not that it doesn't work all the time, it's that it randomly stops working when trying to do something and throws a 5xx or 404 error. Specially if you are making listings.

Peeve: Setup music gear. Thought I'd revisit some old sheet music. Music stands are too short, ordered a sheet music stand that is just tall enough. Sheet music is not well lit, and lamp is not direct enough. Stand does not have built-in page holders; Pages do not stay down, and cheap sheet / book music clips don't work. Ordered music stand light and music clips. It's never-ending!

I don't care, I'm not pleading it in court. I know what I see for over six years of absenteeism with a direct neighbour and friend. Which is why I was careful to add words to contextualise my opinion that you seemed utterly unable to read in your rush to mansplain abandoned land.

Not true. As late as last week, the LL management page showed some of these people responsible for SL and Tilia. if not just Tilia alone. The point is Tilia was entirely removed from job positions. (https://lindenlab.com/about)

Re-reading the title, I assume the laptop was not "locked shut", and the OP wasn't trying to "pick it open" by "picking the lock"..

I tried to say something similar, Zal's response was precious. Thank goodness at least one other person has common sense!

A while back, Chalice Yao posted a neat little snippet with explanations on the VVO forums. Her example uses two llRotBetween calls to essentially rotate the pointer object like a turret. I've modified it slightly to work as a hud demo. /* https://www.virtualverse.one/forums/threads/kept-simple-rotate-object-towards-another-object.178/ 1. rez a cube prim 2. drop this script into it 3. wear prim as hud 4. update script's target variable to have UUID of prim to point at 5. click hud */ key target = "e178c14a-dcc4-77ca-fad6-99dbc4850e38"; integer toggle = FALSE; default { state_entry() { llRequestPermissions(llGetOwner(),PERMISSION_TRACK_CAMERA); llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast(LINK_THIS, [ //make prim look like a simple arrow PRIM_TYPE, PRIM_TYPE_PRISM, 0, <0,1,0>, 0.0, <0,0,0>, <1,1,0>, <0,0,0>, PRIM_SIZE, <0.1,0.1,0.05>, PRIM_COLOR, 0, <0,0,1>, 1.0, PRIM_COLOR, 1, <0,1,0>, 1.0, PRIM_COLOR, 3, <1,0,0>, 1.0 ]); } touch_start(integer total_number) { if(toggle = !toggle) llSetTimerEvent(0.1); else llSetTimerEvent(0.0); } timer() { vector vTarget=llList2Vector(llGetObjectDetails(target,[OBJECT_POS]),0); //target position vector vPos=llGetCameraPos(); //our position float fDistance=llVecDist(<vTarget.x,vTarget.y,0>,<vPos.x,vPos.y,0>); //XY Distance, disregarding height differences. llSetLinkPrimitiveParamsFast(LINK_THIS, [ PRIM_ROT_LOCAL, (llRotBetween( //rotation between pointer's local "forward" orientation and difference to target <1,0,0>, llVecNorm(<fDistance,0,vTarget.z - vPos.z>)) * llRotBetween(<1,0,0>,llVecNorm(<vTarget.x - vPos.x,vTarget.y - vPos.y,0>)) )/llGetCameraRot() ]); } } The demo assumes you want the prim to point it's "forward" face towards the target which is denoted by the <1,0,0> normal vector. Positive X is considered forward for objects locally. (<0,1,0> is left, and <0,0,1> is up)

Or to divest themselves of a specialist and highly regulated product that, while potentially lucrative, is expensive and arduous to maintain, so they can concentrate on their core business?

Thanks Zalificent for your pointed critique and for highlighting the significant disparities in technological access across different regions. I completely agree that the picture I painted might seem overly optimistic or disconnected from the reality faced by many, particularly in less developed regions. In response to these valid concerns, I want to emphasize that the goal is not to overlook these realities but to actively work towards bridging these gaps. For instance, my reference to the work with Thunes is part of a broader vision to leverage existing infrastructures, no matter how minimal, to extend digital reach and hence opportunity. Thunes, by facilitating transactions in places with limited traditional banking, represents just one of the ways it might adapt to the diverse capabilities of different regions. Moreover, I mentioned the mobile platform development in recognition of the trend towards cheaper and more accessible technology. While this does not solve all problems immediately, it is a step towards reducing hardware limitations that can exclude potential users. While I understand a cynicism in the face of what might appear technological determinism or even what might be called neo-colonialism, it’s also wise to guard against a tendency to stereotyping any one group of people in order to make a point. In terms of the Maasai, to explore your example, the technological realities, as for many indigenous and rural communities, are complex and vary significantly between different groups and locations. However generally speaking connectivity and access to technology is increasing and adoption is accelerating within the Maasai. In fact, they have themselves often been cited as model by which a people may maintain their cultural identity while also adapting to modern technologies where they see benefit. As an example, while they continue their traditional practices such as pastoralism and rites of passage, they also integrate technologies that can help manage their businesses and communicate with the wider world. A mobile banking service called M-Pesa for instance have become a vital part of economic transactions for the Maasai, allowing them to send and receive money without needing access to a traditional bank. This service is particularly valuable for managing finances related to livestock sales and other forms of trade.

It's a plastic laptop, it *will* crack. Had enough of them over the years to know, it's aluminium bodied laptops or nothing now.

I won't be using it myself.. My phone probably couldn't run it anyways.. Even if it could, I can't see a reason I would really.. SL is for my free time, not when I'm out and about or doing anything else.. hehehe

1. When adding related times to the MP listing, the search field does not refresh, and the search button remains inactive when entering a new term. To add more than one item, the listing must be saved first, and the editing process repeated for each related item individually. https://feedback.secondlife.com/web-bugs/p/add-related-item-one-at-the-time 2. The previous PDF document added in the 'Downloadable PDF' field cannot be deleted, nor can a new one be uploaded. https://feedback.secondlife.com/web-bugs/p/pdf-uploader-is-not-working 3.When searching for a category in the product selection field, if you enter a term and then attempt to correct it to another, the list does not display the updated results. The second issue arises when entering an exact term into the category search field, such as 'Animations > Couples Animations.' Instead of retrieving relevant results, the list is populated with unrelated items ranging from 'Home and Garden' to 'Complete avatars'. https://feedback.secondlife.com/web-bugs/p/choose-a-category-is-not-refreshing-unrelated-results 🤬🤐😡

https://www.seraphimsl.com/category/recurring-events/just-for-men/

Since we don't all live where you live, the "blunt" answer I gave my WTF reaction to just seemed kind of pointless. However, if it's in the EU, your own mishandling (and opening your laptop incorrectly may fall under that) isn't covered. A lot of people don't even read a laptop manual. Mine didn't even come with one. The EU consumer guarantee (and also the manufacturer's warranty) isn’t some get out of jail free card for any broken device. If you drop your phone in the toilet, spill a coffee on your laptop, or otherwise damage your device through your own neglect or stupidity, you’re on the hook for any and all repairs.

Even now, there is much "weeping and gnashing of teeth" - and nothing has actually changed.

"Avast, ye scurvy swab!" - Fake pirate

For anyone that can connect the dots, its obvious that LL plans to bleed Second Life dry, then sell off whatever is left to someone with more money than sence.

I'll be doing this once we know more info about the buyout. I've never even heard of thune until this thread. Sorry but unless I've consented to my data, there's a lovely GDPR instruction going in to delete my data.

since when is SL community owned or democratic governmented? it's not been that ever, we pay, we watch, see, hear and grind teeth or sheer ...but that's all

The Takeover Triumvirate is headed by a guy who specialises in "Takeover, repaint, slice up and sell". The company got rid of it's high profile Tech and Marketing VP's. The "tech improvements" we've seen have all been a bit "one guy working half a day a week on the project" with the other 4.5 days spent on general emergency hotfix patching everything else. NO "strategic investments in technology" at all. All of this suggests that the goal is to make SL more "sellable" so it can be offloaded as well, like Tilla, and Sansar, so the takeover triumvirate can move on to new targets. Absolutely! Obviously those Masai Warriors living in traditional villages in Kenya, who don't have electricity, cell phone towers, or optical glass internet cables, will soon all be logging in on their brand new Awful Mac whyPhones to sign over 3 months wages for a Premium subscription, and claim one of the "Little Boxes made of Ticky-Tacky that all look just the same" in the Bellicosian Privacy-Haters Zone. How could ANYONE doubt the "inclusive vision" of people who assume everyone has access to fancy modern tech, with a cell phone tower behind every elephant, and dozens of miles of glass cable running across the veldt to a village of 40 people.

abandoned land = GL owned. you or any other person can néver know if there's no payment for parcels that seem to be empty. That you are "convinced" lacks factual proof.