xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

So I was looking into the GNU Taler project and it looks like it doesn't address any of the actual flaws in crypto. It's not even a digital currency. It's a decentralized payment system where the customer is anonymous, but the merchant is not, and the payments are still in fiat currencies. It only exists because of concerns about muh tax evasion, which isn't surprising given that RMS is the most pro-taxation person on Earth. However, I see a few problems with that reasoning:

1. Not everyone who uses crypto is a tax evader. You can even use XMR and still pay your taxes.
2. I never see Stallman complain about people setting up cash-only businesses to evade taxes, and Stallman is pro-cash.
3. It's increasingly harder to use crypto to evade taxes due to KYC laws anyway. It's still possible but it requires perfect OPSEC.
4. Since it's simply a payment system and not a currency, it doesn't address the issues of debanking or fiat currencies losing their value due to inflation.

Despite all that, I think it's a good enough tool for decentralized and anonymous payments for white-market businesses. Honestly, anything is better than relying on payment processors.

@beardalaxy Yeah, but that implies that I am romantically in love with my fans.

@beardalaxy My least favorite holiday.

I wish I had my dungeon crawler game finished by now, so I could give it to you guys as a Christmas present, but alas.

@lina It's literally just the instance where the worst Poast users migrate to. At least *some* Poast users have merit and not just being TND edgelords.

@PurpCat My parents took us to other places besides the store like the park or library. I'm actually nostalgic for K-mart more than anything. I remember my mother taking me there for birthday shopping during my early childhood.

@beardalaxy I'm trying to think what people can add to SF64 PC Port that can't simply be added to the N64 version. Replacing the graphics with the ones from the 3DS version sounds like a no-brainer, then I also remember that there was the multiplayer deathmatch that nobody cares about and they can bring that online with more features.

@Forestofenchantment Depends. I haven't used anything CPU intensive yet. Mine isn't designed for gaming.

Using an UMPC feels so much better than a smartphone.