Re: New Initiative for Donations

2018-10-28 Thread Laeeth Isharc via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Friday, 26 October 2018 at 06:19:29 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Friday, 26 October 2018 at 05:47:05 UTC, Neia Neutuladh wrote: On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 02:38:08 +, Joakim wrote: As with D, sometimes the new _is_ better, so perhaps you shouldn't assume old is better either. There's no assuming

Re: New Initiative for Donations

2018-10-28 Thread Paolo Invernizzi via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Sunday, 28 October 2018 at 13:06:53 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote: Banks are special because of the payments system and because of lending. In October 2008 Gordon Brown was within two hours of shutting down the banking system and declaring a state of emergency. If that had happened nobody

Re: New Initiative for Donations

2018-10-28 Thread Laeeth Isharc via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Saturday, 27 October 2018 at 14:33:43 UTC, Neia Neutuladh wrote: On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 10:54:30 +, Joakim wrote: I see, so you want other taxpayers to bail you out for your mistakes, interesting. One of the major points of having a government is to create these regulations that make it

Re: New Initiative for Donations

2018-10-27 Thread Neia Neutuladh via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Sat, 27 Oct 2018 10:54:30 +, Joakim wrote: > I see, so you want other taxpayers to bail you out for your mistakes, > interesting. One of the major points of having a government is to create these regulations that make it less likely for individuals to suffer from the actions of other

Re: New Initiative for Donations

2018-10-27 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Friday, 26 October 2018 at 17:20:08 UTC, Neia Neutuladh wrote: On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 06:19:29 +, Joakim wrote: On Friday, 26 October 2018 at 05:47:05 UTC, Neia Neutuladh wrote: On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 02:38:08 +, Joakim wrote: As with D, sometimes the new _is_ better, so perhaps you

Re: New Initiative for Donations

2018-10-26 Thread Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Friday, 26 October 2018 at 02:38:08 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Thursday, 25 October 2018 at 22:35:40 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote: And yet it's still by far the most common payment method. So what if it isn't trendy. Deal with it. In the US maybe, not in most of the world, where they're still

Re: New Initiative for Donations

2018-10-26 Thread Neia Neutuladh via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 06:19:29 +, Joakim wrote: > On Friday, 26 October 2018 at 05:47:05 UTC, Neia Neutuladh wrote: >> On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 02:38:08 +, Joakim wrote: >>> As with D, sometimes the new _is_ better, so perhaps you shouldn't >>> assume old is better either. >> >> There's no

Re: New Initiative for Donations

2018-10-26 Thread H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 02:38:08AM +, Joakim via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: [...] > On Thursday, 25 October 2018 at 23:10:50 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: [...] > > Common fallacy: new == better. > > As with D, sometimes the new _is_ better, so perhaps you shouldn't > assume old is better

Re: New Initiative for Donations

2018-10-26 Thread Kagamin via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Friday, 26 October 2018 at 02:38:08 UTC, Joakim wrote: In the US maybe Well yeah, online commerce is USA-centric because anything else doesn't generate revenue.

Re: New Initiative for Donations

2018-10-26 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Friday, 26 October 2018 at 05:47:05 UTC, Neia Neutuladh wrote: On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 02:38:08 +, Joakim wrote: As with D, sometimes the new _is_ better, so perhaps you shouldn't assume old is better either. There's no assuming going on. Cryptocurrencies are worse than credit cards for

Re: New Initiative for Donations

2018-10-25 Thread Neia Neutuladh via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Fri, 26 Oct 2018 02:38:08 +, Joakim wrote: > As with D, sometimes the new _is_ better, so perhaps you shouldn't > assume old is better either. There's no assuming going on. Cryptocurrencies are worse than credit cards for everything that normal people care about, and they're better than

Re: New Initiative for Donations

2018-10-25 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Thursday, 25 October 2018 at 22:35:40 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote: On Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 10:25:17 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 10:18:51 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: On Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 10:12:50 UTC, Joakim wrote: Any effort underway to take

Re: New Initiative for Donations

2018-10-25 Thread Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 10:25:17 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 10:18:51 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: On Wednesday, 24 October 2018 at 10:12:50 UTC, Joakim wrote: Any effort underway to take Bitcoin Cash, Ether, or Ripple as donations? The current payment options