[Arm-netbook] EOMA68 / Libre RISC-V team financing

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68


On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 8:31 PM, zap <calmstorm at posteo.de> wrote:
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> On 12/31/2017 05:17 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
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>> crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
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>> On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado at elephly.net> wrote:
>>> Hi Luke,
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>>>> Just one question: is canceling support for the CrowdSupply campaign an
>>>> option if you go through with this?
>>> I’m quoting this, because I very much agree with Julie and others who
>>> oppose Bitcoin.
>>  ricardo: it's a little late... and also no longer relevant.  it's too
>> late because i had *already* - 34 days ago - used personal bitcoin
>> mined over five years ago that has absolutely no connection WHATSOEVER
>> to the EOMA68 project's (cash, USD/RMB) funds, and second it's no
>> longer relevant because it's been established that it's a long-term
>> investment not an "immediate financing of this and all possible
>> projects we ever wanted to be funded" opportunity.
>>
>>  so your opposition is noted, respected... and at the same time can be
>> disregarded.
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> I must admit, I would not trust bitcoin either, but if you think its a
> good idea to use, that's your prerogative. I just think you should use
> liberapay for the majority of your donations.  and avoid bitcoin when
> possible.

 the other difference here is - was (before i had enough information
to be able to ascertain that it was not feasible to do so):

 * when i believed that bitclub was a high-exponential curve payout
*I* intended *TO FUND* software libre projects with it

* now that i *KNOW* that bitclub is a LONG TERM investment, i am back
- once again - to being DEPENDENT on donations and sponsorship and,
once a fucking gain getting money from contract work and/or having to
consider enslavement i mean employment which i know that people will
say "you're wasting your time, you're a threat to our jobs".

 door number one: financially independent and able to fund all
projects i ever wanted to fund

 door number two: not financially independent and back to having to
listen to people telling me i'm being a fucking idiot and incapable of
making decisions.

l.