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WCDT Strips 4321-4325 (3-7 August 2020)
Farideh:
--- Quote from: Tova on 07 Aug 2020, 00:58 ---Just to throw one more variable into the mix, maybe the mentions of 'substrate' in the comic are actually references to software substrate.
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Then again, Bubbles threatened to tear out Corpse Witch's substrate.
N.N. Marf:
Marf Opportunities would like to issue a friendly reminder to everyone to place your bets now! Hurry while the odds are good!*
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 07 Aug 2020, 17:34 ---
--- Quote from: N.N. Marf on 07 Aug 2020, 17:19 ---
--- Quote from: Farideh on 07 Aug 2020, 16:15 ---Do we place bets in Internet points?
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That's right*. And payout is always in internet points (INP), but we also accepts bets placed in some various other currencies, including but not limited to the Canadian Tire Dollars (CTD 1 = INP 44), Personal Favor Credits (PF¢ 1 = INP 651), Deer Bucks (DRB 1 = INP 846), Dihydrogen-Monoxide Moles (H2O mol 1 = 602214076E15 INP), soul fragments (FMS** 1 = INP 18,941), Clams (CLM 1 = INP 735), hours manual labor (HLM*** 1 = INP 7959), pounds dough (DGH £1 = INP 184808), or classified military secrets (CMS 1 = INP 30). If you would like to place bets in another currency not listed, feel free to ask---we might be able to come to an arrangement.
*While supplies last.
**Conversion rate of a freshly matured soul based on the Creative/Industrial Poll using last year's data. Your specific conversion rate may vary. (Hey, I don't make the numbers. Everyone knows a soul loses half it's value each time it meets someone new!)
***Official name Heures du Labeur Manuel.
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I feel like there's some arbitrage to be had here. You can buy dihydrogen monoxide from Canadian Tire using Canadian Tire money, right?
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We at Marf Opportunities set our currency conversions based on our proprietary evaluations to ensure our ability to continue servicing our customers with the same level of dignity they have grown accustomed to over the years. If you find an external currency conversion service better serves your needs before placing your bets, we welcome and encourage you to utilise their superior services if they better fit your need. For the sake of enhancing clarity and business relations, we would like to remind players that all winnings are to be paid out in INP.
--- Quote from: Gnabberwocky on 07 Aug 2020, 22:08 ---If I'm allowed to bet on my own survey, I'll put all seventeen of my spare INP on option 2b. I've also got a Clam stashed away, but that's for emergencies only.
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All bets placed in the listed currencies will be honored.
--- Quote from: Gnabberwocky on 07 Aug 2020, 22:08 ---Incidentally, what's the conversion rate on Sven Is Not A Mooch (SiNaM)?
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Unfortunately, due to recent deflationary trends, Marf Opportunities is not presently offering conversions from SNM. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 08 Aug 2020, 09:52 ---I will put 6.347 Internet Cookies on Clinton at first saying no, he's not interested, but then Renee convinces/bullies him into giving it a chance even if it's just as friends/to discuss their mutual attraction to Brun and by the end of that whoops Clinton is interested.
1 Internet cookie is 10 internet points, unless it's chocolate chip, in which case it's 10 but in binary.
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It really is something to marvel: the foremost currency in this day and age, and yet it still obstinately holds on to the old weights.** As we are undoubtedly all aware, CC¢ 1 = INP 102, SGR¢ 1 = INP 103, X3C¢ 1 = INP 105, OM¢ 1 = INP 107, INP¢ 1 = INP 1011***, OMR¢ 1 = INP 1013. Storied history be damned!* **** The average customer is tired and confused all these numbers.* ** You'd have to be one smart cookie to follow all that!* **
*Marf Opportunities disclaims any and all liability incurred by anyone for any reason, including, but not limited to, the fitness for use or merchantability of any information that the reader may have.
**Marf Opportunities is a strong proponent and steering member of Decimalize for Efficient Business Transactions: How much will it save you in the long run?
***as has been so aptly noted for us by Penquin47, with the generic-cocurrency fee effective since July 31 2020, 11:59:59 pm UTC, implemented by The Galis Memorial Intracurrencies Act of 2003, it may as well be INC 1 = INP 1010!
****Marf Oppertunities is 100% compliant with The G. Wells Jr. Memorial Public Memory Act of 1985.
Tova:
--- Quote from: Farideh on 08 Aug 2020, 21:58 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 07 Aug 2020, 00:58 ---Just to throw one more variable into the mix, maybe the mentions of 'substrate' in the comic are actually references to software substrate.
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Then again, Bubbles threatened to tear out Corpse Witch's substrate.
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Nice one, I'd forgotten that detail.
Farideh:
There are a LOT of details in this comic 😊
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: Farideh on 08 Aug 2020, 21:58 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 07 Aug 2020, 00:58 ---Just to throw one more variable into the mix, maybe the mentions of 'substrate' in the comic are actually references to software substrate.
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Then again, Bubbles threatened to tear out Corpse Witch's substrate.
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I'm still wondering if the AnthroPCs and other pre-Singularity A.I.s used the same sponge lattice substrate as the post-Singularity A.I.s we've met or if they use something more akin to our own world's technologies.
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