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    Should more game elements be added to Second Life?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, Phil Deakins said:

    No, I never sold any systems, or used bots on other people's land. Being a programmer, I just enjoyed doing it. To be honest, I only got into it in the first place to outrank a store that was outranking me for low prim furniture when their furniture wasn't low prim, and the traffic they were getting to outrank me with was due to a club on the same parcel, and not the store itself.

    I earned over a million L$ a month for some time with that low prim furniture business, which I genuinely stumbled into. It totally amazed me. It was good and worthwhile hobby at the time :D

    I'm still programming (scripting) but not bot systems :)

     

    Then, I shall think of you as "less ebil" than prior!

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    Should more game elements be added to Second Life?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Phil Deakins said:

    I created a number of bot systems and, with all but one of them, that was what they were for - the pleasure in doing it - fun. When many people enjoyed going to clubs and such, I enjoyed creating bot systems. Even the system that was just for the traffic was enjoyable to make. For significant periods of time, it was my hobby here. I haven't done it for years now, and, not being a clubber, or fisher, or explorer, I haven't found anything that comes anywhere near it in terms of an enjoyable SL hobby.

    Not sure why I thought you also sold bot systems, guess I conflated some other reason you earned "millions of L$"!

    Oh my Gawd! - Totally unOfficial Pet Peeve Thread.

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    22 minutes ago, Ceka Cianci said:

    I hate tailgaters, I have a bumper sticker that say's I brake for tailgaters..

    I can spot them coming up on me , because it seems like there are so many bad drivers where I live..

    They get up on me, I brake and then drive 5 below the speed limit. then turn the music up and forget they are even there.

    Can't stand them..  If I can't see their front end, I'm getting a new bumper..

    Ironically, gator tails are delicious.

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    Oh my Gawd! - Totally unOfficial Pet Peeve Thread.

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, Cinnamon Mistwood said:

    I'm now an SL teenager at 13 and I just learned how to use gestures.

    Oh..now you'll be making silly fart noises, and the classic "whoo!!!" (from Japanese comedian "Hardo Gai"), and gesture-triggered animations and particles, and giving people "the finger", etc. etc. etc.!  

    Oh, to be young(er) and more easily entertained again!

     

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    Tipping DJs in Bellisseria

    in Linden Homes

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, diamond Marchant said:

    Totally agree. It is absurd but the covenant says what it says. (I have no worries about marketplace as those transactions are not considered to be in world.)

    But what if the DJ isn't even on your parcel / in Belli? You're just paying them somewhere else for whatever happens to be playing on their stream, which your parcel happens to be set to. What then, huh? Huh?

     

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    Tipping DJs in Bellisseria

    in Linden Homes

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, Nika Talaj said:

    Everyone is free to simply give money to Belli performers and hosts directly.    People should. 

    I like this. Tip Jars don't really serve a purpose (if the performer is present), except to "give the 'house' a cut".

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    PPLH pipe dream?

    in Linden Homes

    Posted

    Just now, Matthieu Quander said:

    That was more hyperbole than sarcasm, but to answer your question, no, I definitely don't know what sarcasm is.  

    Wait..are you being sarcastic right now?

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    Should more game elements be added to Second Life?

    in General Discussion Forum

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    10 minutes ago, Rowan Amore said:

    The example I gave was from back in 2009-2010.  He'd enter the Match Fishing contest and some were 1000L for first prize.  He could make 5000L in a day doing basically nothing.  He also would sometimes set 4 or 5 avatars at one club that had contests 24/7.  Votes would get the win.  1st prize was usually 250-500L.  He'd take 1st, 2nd, and 3rd while running them overnight.   He actually paid for a large rental with the money he made each week.

    Now, it's not so easy to find places to make that kind of money in contests.  Probably because other people did the same things.

    Ironically..if the original point of the games was to increase traffic, then he was "helping" the game hosts!

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    MARKETPLACE BROKEN AGAIN

    in Merchants

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, Arduenn Schwartzman said:

    Another personal update.

    Over the past day and a half, my sales suddenly significantly shot up again and the listing enhancement report does report click-throughs, but not impressions. It's as if the impressions report has been disconnected from the actual ads showing, but the click-though numbers are indicative of the actual ads showing.

    This suggests that there's definitely change going on in the MP website code.

    Nice store, awesome items!

    Should more game elements be added to Second Life?

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    If you "game the system", then:

    - It's a game!

    - You are taking advantage of "gaming elements"

    - You are increasing the user count, helping SL / LL Stats

    - If you have PIOF on file, it means basically, you "pay for stuff" (or COULD), so you support SL / LL

    - If you have multiple avatars online at once, you are efficiently utilizing the SL / LL capabilities, unused capacity, and underutilized infrastructure.

    So, THANK YOU!

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    PPLH pipe dream?

    in Linden Homes

    Posted · Edited by Love Zhaoying

    8 minutes ago, Lydia Amethyst said:

    Do you guys not know what sarcasm is? 

    I guess not! I thought you were just using hyperbole. 

    ("Sarcasm" is usually when you say one thing, but you actually mean something else.)

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    Voice Cloning Scams

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted · Edited by Love Zhaoying

    Here's a great one, it says they could be recording your voice when you speak if you answer the phone. 

    Edited to add: This is also "more than just half the story"...

    That example is something discussed earlier in this thread, it's just the first article I found on it. Quote:

    If you answer a phone call from an unknown number, let the caller speak first. Whoever is on the other end of the line could be recording snippets of your voice — and later using it to impersonate you in a very convincing manner. 

    That's according to the Federal Trade Commission, which is warning consumers to beware of scam artists who are secretly recording people's voices in order to later pose as them and ask victims' relatives for money. 

    Source:

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-scam-voice-cloning-rising/

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    Voice Cloning Scams

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    Another example, quote: 

    "All [the scammer] needs is a short audio clip of your family member's voice — which he could get from content posted online — and a voice-cloning program," the commission warned. "When the scammer calls you, he'll sound just like your loved one."

    Source: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1165448073/voice-clones-ai-scams-ftc

    I think that is telling a lot more than "half the story".  It means ANYWHERE online.

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    Voice Cloning Scams

    in General Discussion Forum

    Posted

    I thought this was pretty specific, quote: 

    "Most people in the modern age have some form of an online identity and have probably spoken in some way in some aspect that's been recorded, especially if you're under the age of 25," futurist and WAYE founder Sinead Bovell said. "So this becomes very, very challenging as we move into a future where we do have these AI generators or synthetic audio when it comes to verification and validation."

    "Experts caution that anyone with the right software can clone voices in just a matter of seconds."

    Source: https://abc7news.com/ai-voice-generator-artificial-intelligence-kidnapping-scam-detector/13122645/

    I mean, how specific do you want? Quote:

    The story of DeStefano’s ordeal arrived less than a month after the Federal Trade Commission issued its own warning against the proliferating con artist ploy. “Artificial intelligence is no longer a far-fetched idea out of a sci-fi movie. We’re living with it, here and now,” the FTC said in its consumer alert, adding that all a scammer now needs is a “short audio clip” of someone’s voice to recreate their tone and inflections. Often, this source material can be easily obtained via social media content. According to Kambhampati, the clip can be as short as three seconds, and still produce convincing enough results to fool unsuspecting victims.

    Source:

    https://www.popsci.com/technology/ai-vocal-clone-kidnapping/

    I am trying to post articles about the "same story" - which all the stories seem to mention "social media".  So, they could be getting it from Facebook or TikTok videos, for instance.

    Let me know if you want more, or I can search for "more specific" information!

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    Voice Cloning Scams

    in General Discussion Forum

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    54 minutes ago, EliseAnne85 said:

    It's interesting to note that your news story did not comment on where the voice sampling is occurring.

    So many news stories are like that.  They give you half a story.  

    I think, when you add in the AI factor - "modern" voice clones, they only need a very small sample. So, it could come from anywhere.

    Would you like me to search the news stories until I find one that mentions a suspected source? I can do that!

    I was just too lazy before to keep searching until I found the original BBC story I heard on the radio (since it did not popup as new in the Google search).

    Videos was not my initial preference.

    Tell ya what - I'll click "submit" on this reply and search a little.

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