Randall Ahren
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3 hours ago, diamond Marchant said:
Second Life is not "eLearning" and is not a "game" in the sense of having goals, rules, competitions, and winners/losers.
The Office really nailed it. There are plenty of losers.
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1 hour ago, Silent Mistwalker said:
Thanks for the completely unnecessary lecture on something you admit you don't know and can't be bothered to learn. Some of us do remember because we have been keeping tabs on things for decades.
What you said "it just happened because at the time there weren't any federal US laws prohibiting online gambling."
That is not true and misleading. There was the Federal Wire Act in existence well before that prohibited electronic transmission of information for sports betting across telecommunications lines and deemed applicable to online gambling on sports events. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act came about in 2006 specifically directed on online gambling on games of chance, but did not require compliance until around 2009 or 2010. Moreover, there was a plethora state laws and laws in other countries addressing online gambling, all of which would have to be accounted for in assessing the legal risk of permitting online gambling in SL.
Lastly, your reply to me was rude and insulting. I will not be responding to you again.
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32 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said:
There wasn't any approval, it just happened because at the time there weren't any federal US laws prohibiting online gambling.
I don't think that's right, but I cannot be bothered to check precisely when various federal laws involving gambling where enacted.
Legal isn't there to approve initiatives. Legal is there for plausible deniability. If something bad happens, legal says it was a rogue actor (employer, resident, or whomever), acting in violation of company policy and appropriate action has been taken, i.e., the employee fired, the resident account terminated, and a training program implemented to deter such future conduct.
Sometimes acting against the advice of legal results in good outcomes. Look at Uber and AirBnb for example. There are many laws requiring licensing for taxis and short-term rentals, but those organizations managed to expand rapidly enough they were able to violate many laws and still succeed. If Uber management had required legal approval for all of its decisions, Uber wouldn't exist today.
Tech companies have to move fast and break things (like laws).
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28 minutes ago, Coffee Pancake said:
We do know .. and they don't.
How do you know? I remember when gambling was permitted in SL. Who approved the start of that, legal, engineering, product development, or executive management?
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58 minutes ago, Innula Zenovka said:
I assume that Linden Lab's legal department, assisted by external counsel when necessary, are familiar with US employment law and have approved this mentorship programme.
In many organizations, engineering and marketing will roll out new programs and initiatives without consulting legal. It's not supposed to work that way, but legal does not run the organization and is seen as a stodgy department that just says no to all new ideas. Therefore, legal often learns of a new program after it has already been started and then starts doing damage control.
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On 6/8/2023 at 2:02 PM, Coffee Pancake said:
Please. Hire these people. Make them contractors. Minimum wage. Make them work under dedicated accounts with the last name Mentor.
Actually, not paying the mentors can be a violation of the Fair Standards Labor Act in the US because the wage (zero) is below the federal minimum wage.
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On 6/8/2023 at 2:02 PM, Coffee Pancake said:
Please. Hire these people. Make them contractors. Minimum wage
The mentors should pay Linden Lab a recurring fee for the privilege of mentoring. There should also be an application fee for applying to be a mentor. Linden Labs needs more revenue and this is another way to get it.
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1 hour ago, Krystina Ferraris said:
I thought this was a happy post about inclusion, diversity, acceptance and most importantly about celebrating all these and more during Pride in SL.
I can’t see how arguing about flags and colors helps but maybe I’m wrong.
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins.
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On 6/5/2023 at 12:08 PM, diamond Marchant said:
update... will be available "Apple soon", which means early 2024... anticipated price is US$3,499.
That's reasonable for SL. A gaming rig with an RTX 4090 costs about that much. You need that super computing power in a busy sim to get all those flying body parts to rez into complete avatars.
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The Lindens are off counting their money after that last fee jacking, and plotting how much they're going to increase fees next year.
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3 hours ago, Mariusz Ivanovic said:
Keep charging more for everything LL...raising fees to ridiculous levels grabbing as much $$ as you can while not even providing the bare minimum to basic features. Is nobody else not ANGRY over this stuff
That's the slum lord business model. Collect the rents and fees, while skimping on repairs and maintenance.
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He explored SL for a good long time and had way more patience then I would have. He started at an infohub and there were a few idiots afk or brain dead. He found one person at a sim and they poofed just as he started to approach them. It was a fair representation of what a noob would experience upon joining SL.
He actually did get a response in IMVU. He asked "what's cooking" and after 48 seconds someone responded "chicken."
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That video is not going to entice anyone to visit SL. He visited several different regions and was not able to converse with a single actual resident.
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Create events is working for me. I just created a test event:
Time: 12/31/25 11:30 pm Duration: 10 minutes Location: 
The Science Circle on The Science Circle
Host: Randall Ahren Category: Discussion Cover: L$100 Let me know what event you want to have and will edit it for you so it's your event.
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8 hours ago, Persephone Emerald said:
But how do folks feel about them sponsoring events or sims that might seem morally or ethically sketchy?
Sexual depravity and debauchery is SL's economic niche. That's why SL has survived all these years. Sexual depravity is not allowed in Fortnite or Roblox, which keeps those platforms from driving SL into extinction. Almost anything of an adult nature goes in SL because that's what keeps the platform going.
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17 hours ago, Aethelwine said:
I am afraid the buyer beware at your own risk is the way Linden Lab operates, it seems to be a USA thing.
I thought buyer beware was a European custom, originating during Roman times, which is why it's often stated in Latin: Caveat emptor.
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On 4/26/2023 at 12:48 PM, Eileen Mornington said:
Good conversation is a must.
Good sex appreciated but not required.
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On 4/22/2023 at 6:22 PM, LegionXCIV said:
Nothing intimate or sexual, just a friend who wants to do ballroom dancing as friends.
Maybe there won't be sex, but, by God, there'll be dancing!
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10 hours ago, EliseAnne85 said:
SL's main game, somewhat like in life, is to try to make money.
Agreed. There is another main game in SL, also highly popular in life, which is to seduce as many people as possible.
Edit: The popular RL Tinder app was replicated in SL as Thundr to support the seduction game.
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On 4/14/2023 at 10:30 PM, animats said:
how many have even tried to make a game it can do?
There have been many attempts, such as blood lines, sail boat races, zombie shooters, greedy greedy, and skippo.
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27 minutes ago, animats said:
the two big SL new user problems: "What do I do now?". (The other being "how do I fix this %#&* clothing problem.)
More like the one big user problem: boring AF
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20 hours ago, Avinami said:
Does anyone have any destinations they can recommend or perhaps a similar VR?
Evidently, not. However, I can suggest some destinations with 30 or 40 avatars present and they all stand around or dance AFK and it it is boring AF.
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9 minutes ago, oliviarodrigovirtual said:
so its all fake?
Most of it. Try hiding your groups and your Russian background. People don't need to know that.
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New book about SL: "Making a Metaverse That Matters"
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The author should add a chapter about how you can turn satisfied customers into angry ex-customers by raising prices every year, while providing the same crappy service without any significant improvements.