I was confused as well, because I just had chatted with someone about whether the aoe2 monk conversion ability on certain buildings was hardcoded or not (they can't convert i.e. Town Centers, Monasteries) ... turns out it at least used to be, no idea about now.
One of the most hyped use cases of blockchains is event ticketing.
We had a close look. It cannot solve most problems it claims to solve. The only thing it might be useful for is digital collectible tickets. This may be interesting for a tiny fraction of events and attendees.
How do I resell my ticket? How can a company give lifetime tickets to all future shows? Do you have an API so I as a new indie startup can find people who have bought tickets to similar shows and give them special offers?
If you sell it to me as an NFT, how do I know it‘s not a fake NFT ticket or even a fake event?
All potential solutions to that question have one thing in common: An event has by definition a centralized entity, which is the organizer. Everything that a blockchain supposedly solves in event ticketing is after all a solution due to digitization, not decentralization.
I don't like NFT too but have some knowledge about it.
> If you sell it to me as an NFT, how do I know it‘s not a fake NFT ticket or even a fake event?
This is actually not a problem at all:
- It's not likely you'd buy ticket for some event that you don't know/not interested.
- The event official (which you already know) should publish these info for query:
- The blockchain
- The contract address
- The NFT token ID
If you bought a proclaimed ticket NFT but it's fake, the only possibility is the official that you trust is a fraud.
Ok, so I‘ll have to check with the event official.
How often do you actually know who that really is? Let‘s say Beyoncé is coming to the arena closest to you. Are you aware of who actually organizes that event and is in charge? Ticket buyers most often don‘t know and don‘t care.
Plus, if I have to go to the central entity and check all that data, where is the benefit of going decentralized?
Hey, no matter how you buy a ticket, it'd have to be verified by the official eventually.
> How often do you actually know who that really is? Let‘s say Beyoncé is coming to the arena closest to you.
Interesting, so you are saying either:
- Beyoncé official publish nothing about the event
- We have no way to look up the ticket info
Not likely IMO especially if we are talking stars like Beyoncé.
> Plus, if I have to go to the central entity and check all that data, where is the benefit of going decentralized?
Well, de-centralization is nothing about convenience, and it's not just about ticket-selling.
I totally agree that blockchain & web3 is not mature at all comparing to how it is now, and I don't think it's going to be success unless they find a way to generally interact with real-world technically and legally.
I have seen many trends, frameworks and „best practices“ come an go. The app our company provides is based on very basic tech, with little js, and server-rendered pages. But you know what? Our clients love it, we are profitable, and we keep growing while being able to keep the dev team small and flexible. Just ignore the hype and focus on what your users actually need and want.
In German language, the word Zugzwang is also often used figuratively to describe a situation in which you are forced to take (unwanted) action due to external circumstances.
Example from recent news: Most online shops offer Black Friday deals. The ones that don‘t are „under Zugzwang“ to join them.
I know this is an English forum, but for this German learner, could you write out the whole example sentence? (I’d mostly like to see which preposition is used. My dictionary says “jmnd. _in_ Zugzwang bringen” but your sentence has a different usage.)
Both work. "Die Black Friday Deals bringen andere Händler in Zugzwang" or "Durch die Black Friday Angebote der großen Händler stehen auch kleinere unter Zugzwang"
"Ich stand unter Zugzwang" is just as correct as "Das neue Produkt der Konkurrenz bringt uns in Zugzwang", although being "under" Zugzwang sounds more common to me. You could also say "Das Produkt sorgt für Zugzwang".
"Unter Zugzwang stehen" and "in Zugzwang bringen" both sound natural to me, but "für Zugzwang sorgen" doesn't. (It's not incorrect, but it's not a common combination.)
I am in the event ticketing business. It currently feels like a new provider appears every other day as the entry bar is very low. The tricky parts start when you realize how diverse event organizers‘ needs actually are.
Nonetheless, as a result there are many user-friendly alternatives to the few big names available nowadays. But it‘s a slow moving market and it will take some more time for them to win the trust of large organizers. I am sure, though, the change _will_ come.
I run an independent, localized wedding registry platform. Couples pay a one-time activation fee. A friend and I built the site some years ago and never really changed anything. All we have to do is to reply to 1-2 support emails per month and keep Google ads running. On average it generates a profit of about 1,5k per month.
My NLP is not top notch :D. I figured that getting the parsing intuitive would be doable given the relatively narrow field, but I was proven wrong :) The result is that you need to learn the syntax a bit before it feels intuitive.
Regarding your specific examples: You need "in _zone_ new york" ATM. I think 'weeks' is missing simply as the result of an oversight :/ Thanks for the QA.
