Oh thank Dog!!!

Honestly, it is explained well in the books, if you pay attention. Asimov was many things, but above all, he was incredibly smart. If you let him have his one conceit (that Psychohistory is possible at all), his sociological reasoning for the fall of the empire and the loss of technology are actually very well thought…

Yeah, I don’t think people realize that the books, if adapted accurately, would be extremely dull television. They’re philosophical adventures where most of the action consists of people having conversations or arguments.

I too loved the books. I’m enjoying the series for what it is, and not basing its worth on its consistency with the source material. It’s more “inspired by” Asimov’s books, and that’s AOK by me.

the shuttle in return of the jedi was identified as ‘tydirium’ by the imperial officer asking for their pass code thingy. ‘invictus’ was a shuttle in one of the more recent SW comics.

also, if you’ve ever read the william henley poem (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51642/invictus) that ‘invictus’ is generally…

During the Tulip Mania, people did not only spend horrendous amounts of money on Tulip bulbs, but also on paintings that depicted what the tulip would look like in the future. I imagine NFTs to be closer to that.

“I paid 3.6 million dollars to own a jpg!”

And here I am remembering that crypto exchange that shut down because one dude vanished with the admin password, and god knows how many wallets became useless

You thought the Diablo 3 auction house worked fine at launch? What? You think Blizzard felt they were making too much money and decided to remove it because all those expensive cars wouldn’t fit in their driveways anymore, or...? I mean, you went straight for THE example of how it’s a bad idea to make that particular…

Oh, are you one of these persons that bought a JSON file for 300$, and now need somebody else to join the a Pyramid Scheme so instead of you losing 300$, you make 30.000 $? 

Oh, by all means, hit me with the complex stuff.

Yeah, no, the inability to monetize your in-game goods is a feature, not a bug. There are tons of examples of grey markets to monetize in-game assets and they are consistently a cesspool and make the game worse, even before crypto is involved.

No, due to how they require excessive amounts of resources to mint while providing no value above what existing things get us.

No, I understand it. I’ve heard people actively working in the field admit they don’t, though, which should scare you.

Oh, I am painfully aware of how many crypto games exist and keep popping up. They are all bad, make no sense and/or could be done just as easily without any reliance on crypto at all.

It is not the same as all online media, though. Your licensor and your host are the same in traditional server-based online media. cryptobros love to point out that you can mint NFTs for things that are hosted independently, which means nobody is liable for your license pointing to nowhere and you holding the token is…

I don’t think I’d go that far. Like a fake deed for the Brooklyn Bridge, the NFTs never actually had value, someone was just conned into thinking they did. And they never had value for the same reason - the thing they were associated with isn't actually what is being sold.

I’m guessing it’s because of potential scams. If someone makes an NFT game on Steam, sells a bunch of NFTs, then takes the money and runs, it’ll make Steam look bad. I don’t think the people who got scammed would have any recourse against Steam, but it’s not worth the negative attention.

“Isn’t all life ephemeral” is a wild defense of NFTs.

“It’s pretty funny that Steam thinks that NFTs contain real value”