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Couple things... 1. We are all weirdos on this bus. 2. Seeing an individual item somewhere and getting one for yourself is something people do (I do it all the time). 3. Having a neighbor acquire the same items and arranging them the same way is disturbing... that would be displeasing. Possibly creepy too. 4. Some robots are nice, like robot vacs. Data is nice too but he is not technically a robot but still manufactured.

Found this QA pin next to the railbed in SSPLakota Prairie... not sure if it is too marshy or not marshy enough. Road the rails from Lavon in the Chalets to SSPThimble Pond Farms, the current end-of-the-line in the Newbrookes. Also... the Sojisan regions now have somewhat transparent orange bumpers at a higher altitude than before. Also, it's snowing up top. They clearly not done as at least one rez zone in Sojisan NW is not turned on and some QA markers about.

Everything that Persephone said.... You get the $60 back in your account as dollars by simply selling Lindens for Dollars. There is a minimum but it is only a few dollars. If you want it spendable in RL you have to transfer it to Pay Pal or something like that... and there is an additional fee. The most cost effective way is to leave the dollars with Tilia and they will get used to pay any monthly tier or/or membership fee. Personally, I usually just spend the stipend, saving me the fee of converting dollars to lindens.

Yes, it is the same. Unchecking the "avatars can see and chat with...." option in the Land box makes you invisible to avatars OUTSIDE your parcel, but not in the same parcel at altitude. Also, banlines only go up so far, so a peeper can be in your parcel at high altitude and cam down on you. A properly configured orb can deal with this.

If all you want is 1024sqm, premium membership is a deal. Annual fee is $99. You can redeem (after fees) at least $60, meaning you are paying $39 dollars for 52 weeks. What can you rent for that? And a Linden Home gives you a zero-LI house. If you prefer, you can put a skybox on your parcel and do 351 LI there. Or you can switch Linden Homes 365x5 times a year. What's not to like?

If all that happens is 2048sqm included tier, double stipend, and doubled annual fee.... that is actually a LOWERing of prices. I don't need anything else. I have posted the math numerous times,

You might also take measures to prevent peepers from camming you from above… for example an orb.

Topaz Tea House and Bath, Airashii Mogura

Sakura's Kodokuna Josei Airfield (Lonely Woman Airfield) (actually is just an unbuilt space)

Is the blue fairy ad the photo on the start page of www.secondlife.com or something else? I have always thought that photo was not a good choice (no issue with the fairy, just think it is a poor image). Here are some better ones 🙂

Oops... Sometimes there are Newbrookes on BOTH sides of the shallow river, as is the case in SSPSiddhartha

On www.lindenlab.com they list the management team in this order... Second Life (and engineering and legal) are at the bottom. I sympathize with the lawyer. On www.tilia.io the first thing you read is... We know about Second Life and Sansar. What is Upland? On www.upland.me the first thing they say is... Any thoughts?

Confirmed... the shallow river that runs thru SSPObladi is the divider between Newbrookes and Chalets

Why is this phrase popping in my mind...

I wish Mr. Feuling success in his new job. The best marketing person I worked with defined marketing as the "right stuff"... right product, right time, right place, right branding, etc. Linden Research, being private, is somewhat of a black box... but on the outside we see a payment processing company (Tilia) whose main customer (Second Life) is captive, as they share an Executive Chairman. It looks like Mr. Feuling was hired (or contracted, not sure) by Mr. Oberwager to do marketing things that will result in increased revenue for Linden Research. However, it is not clear that Mr. Feuling is well suited to conceiving the "right product" in the metaverse/virtual world space. He may turn out to be just a barker for the current state of affairs, which we "weirdo pervs" both love and hate. (Coffee should trademark that phrase)

I am delighted by my 512 (Topaz Tea House and Bath Open home with Tea, Coffee, Whisky, Treats, PG Bath) - Feels very private with views of Sujisan in the back. Got this on my 5th roll 😄

Sakura - House - Benibara - 512 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Airashii Mogura/138/17/33 Topaz Tea House and Bath

More Newbrooke Railway.... a map and Abnor building

More detail on the railway connector between Newbrookes and Chalets - SSPDrama LLama to SSPQueeg The connector regions are separated from the Chalets by a narrow shallow river, which is waist deep and navigable. The station is in SSP Drama LLama, just beyond the "train elevator" in SSPBoomp. Note the double tracks merge to one track. The railroad crosses the shallow river in SSPPierless.

Seems so. Premium Plus may be the latest financial engineering effort to this end. Premium members who currently pay no tier may be lured into Plus to get 1024 of additional included tier. Of course they are paying for that extra 1024, thankfully at a low rate. Anyone currently paying tier will see (and pay for) 1024 more headroom. This is not always bad of course and many will appreciate it. Linden Lab likely expects to see an increase in revenue.

So this innocent question turned into YAET (yet another existential thread) by the second comment, which is fine as it shows what is on people's mind. To me, SL is in its golden age and I will keep riding this ride as long as it is there. SL's demise is like earthquakes in California... you KNOW it's coming, just not when. The best we can hope for is that the knowledge and wisdom that it fostered, much of which appears in this forum, is not lost. There will be another virtual world where “there is no manufactured conflict, no set objective” and hopefully we will make our way there.

Why is tier organized and priced the way it is? The numbers reveal all... The key numbers are the rate for the first 1024 (when you have no tier), the rate after you have a region of tier, and the repeating rate beyond a region. These are all APPROXIMATELY THE SAME NUMBER.. 3.22 cents per square meter in this analysis! This is the "sustain rate" that Linden Lab needs to maintain a sustainable margin and make their financials look good. The rates from 512 to 16384 are the "sweet spot" where tier is more profitable. Beyond a quarter region, marginal rates decline so as to converge to the sustain rate. The sustain rate also allows land barons to operate profitably, which Linden Lab probably enjoys. Why is Linden Lab introducing Premium Plus? I speculate that the "sweet spot" needs to be made less sweet. Premium Plus gives residents the "sustain rate" for 2048 sqm, which should cause more residents to own land and perhaps, stick around longer.

Kinda did already. See Premium Plus Membership is a Good Deal.

In real life, it is not uncommon for the same product to have different prices. For example, a person sitting next to you on a plane may have paid a different ticket price. Usually, the seller has good reasons. In Second Life, we pay Linden Lab a fee called tier that allows us to possess land. However the cost per sqm varies based on how much tier we acquire. Why? Also, why do the tier levels increase by a power of 2 for the first quarter region, then by quarter region chunks, making it likely that we will be buying more than we need? Why this complexity? The data and line graph below shows shows the price differences. The data is annualized. Group bonus is omitted for simplification. An annual premium membership of $39 is used because $60 of stipend can be redeemed for dollars at today's exchange rate. The blue line shows the average cost per sqm for each tier level. The orange line is the marginal cost, computed as increase in cost to go to the next level divided by the increase in sqm. The last orange data point is the cost for all tier above a region, in 1/4 region chunks.

People into land vehicles are using the well scripted ones. Many free or cheap ones are very difficult and put people off. Aircraft are fun because you can go almost anywhere as long as regions are connected. Sailing is wonderful because many boats provide a very realistic sailing simulation. Also vehicle users tend to be in groups that have vehicle events and parties. It is very social. And, we have little zen games too, like GTFO for freight hauling and BelliBin for trash collection.