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  • Open source (nor foss) doesn’t really assure protection from the capital and/or consumerism…

    On the other hand, making an ambitious game takes money and markets rarely pay for fully open projects

    yep, hence why imo is better to not be fully open from day 0. The free software movement reached his peak, now it’s time to evolve into something better. A software made by squeezing the open libraries and then the devs and then the consumers to then have most of the earnings kept in the company bank to get numbers going up for the capital is totally doable even while having the most free license.

    As you say tho, it can help with accessibility and longevity.

    I just would like to not see ‘‘solarpunk99’’ in some years made in the worst possible way. I’d rather have toxic games but made in a solarpunk way than ‘‘solarpunk’’ games made by the capital to sell us another commodified idea



  • I think we should write more about solarpunk itself so I’m glad for your post, thank you

    Said that, I would have added at least one disclaimer about solarpunk games intended as games produced in a more solarpunk way: stuff like no DRM, avoiding dark patterns, being a cooperative or being owned by a foundation and much more.

    Let me underline the “just a disclaimer”, I know you wanted to focus on the content and what I said would need basically another full post

    Again, love your initiative and I hope more people will follow you 🙏


  • Does your revenue service have a way of monitoring this or would they have to verify each case manually?

    Alright, you keep not reading the article (it clearly says that every transaction has to emit both a fattura and a scontrino). And it’s not “my”(nor “ours”, i’m not involved) service.

    This happening in Sicily

    The fact that you confuse Sardegna with Sicilia shows even more that you think you know more than you actually do.

    To be clear, I don’t think that’s it’s safe from every abuse but as i said for the businesses here it’s much easier to just use cash rather than trying to use digital money.

    Sorry but really you are making this conversation less a conversation and more a ‘‘i am right and you have to show me i’m wrong’’; hence i’ll stop answering.


  • Has anyone ever found to be not compliant?

    It is very stupid to use a centralized digital coin to avoid taxes while you can just avoid declaring what you earned when you get cash instead of digital payments

    Are they checking for sanctions?

    I’m not sure what this means

    Who in this financial setup is legally required and accountable for making sure they are paying taxes?

    In your country companies are legally required and accountable for making sure their user are paying taxes? Here they are required traceability and stuff but it’s not their job to do the guardia di finanza job.

    Btw if you’d actually read the article there is a part that talks how they make everything traceable and that they also talked with the ‘‘agenzia delle entrate’’ that is the italian tax agency themselves.

    Honestly i think you are just trying to confirm your biases about italy lol; this stuff has been already regulamentated for years (circuito di credito commerciale) and the only difference that sardex has with other commercial circuits is the fact that they are a fintech and it’s actually expanding thanks to the digital capabilities

    If you wanna avoid taxes it is much easier to just rely on cash.


  • Maybe you weren’t born yesterday but you also haven’t skimmed the whole article that also talks about taxes :)

    The problem that it solves is not letting the control of who to help and who not in the hands of the banks. Like any good community currency it gives the possibility to make some debt without issues, thanks to the community trust among members

    It’s not that easy to have money from the bank without warranties here. They are not gonna lend money thinking “oh yes it’s even better if you cannot guarantee anything so we can make you homeless” because here in Italy they cannot do infinite shit lol (sorry for the phrasing I could write this better prob)










  • Maybe it’s sharing public keys in person time again

    Honestly i’d like something that focuses on this rather than trying once again to be WhatsApp/telegram but secure

    The police already can easily know my irl social circle but I still don’t want to let them know when and why I talk to them

    Simplex was in a good direction then they took vc money while having startup status and they are aiming to replace other messengers




  • Games can be one of the nice forms of entertainment like tv series or films, so i’d say yes.

    Just try to look for really good games, like zelda breath of the wild, bioshock infinite, twelve minutes, sayonara wild hearts and so on. No online games, no infinite games, no games that are more like a job than a game (where you have to grind for everything) and so on. Games that let you enjoy the gameplay, the art and the story without making you feel like ‘‘oh i have to login or i lose the fit and i have to get the daily rewards and bla bla bla’’.



  • I still haven’t played it but I have it on my list thanks to an Italian review that pointed out some healthy aspects:

    • no minimap, so you have to actually get guided by exploring interesting stuff around you; basically nullifying the “I have to go there to enjoy playing” effect
    • you get to choose your role basically just by doing the stuff you prefer; basically if you like climbing and keep doing climbing stuff eventually you will bring the character to be a climber (the story is about a travel of self discovery, no progression stats iirc)
    • no fighting, mostly like a realistic exploration lived irl