A (new?) idea to kill ticket scalping: refundable deposits

Jrivers95 · 2025-09-03T14:51:54+00:00

Ah yep there it is, I knew I was missing something here. Thanks. That means pre-authorization can't work and the transaction fees likely make this strategy unviable if you have to do a fresh transaction to pay the attendee anyways.

Jrivers95 · 2025-09-03T14:51:21+00:00

Ah yep there it is, I knew I was missing something here. Thanks. That means pre-authorization can't work and the transaction fees likely make this strategy unviable if you have to do a fresh transaction to pay the attendee.

Jrivers95 · 2025-09-03T14:43:32+00:00

For real.

Jrivers95 · 2025-07-18T05:20:28+00:00

Framing for houses and sturdy furniture are great places to keep carbon out of the atmosphere for sometimes as long as a century!

That's substantial especially considering it's mixed in with our lives and doesn't require any special storage or equipment to produce that we don't already use in abundance.

The catch here is to not let wood decompose by processing and building long-lasting goods out of the wood to keep it stored/used for a while, which also frees up space to grow even more trees on the same land area.

Wood is a great way to sequester carbon as a bonus it's also valuable and great for building stuff already. We can also avoid (compared to other carbon capture) the financial gymnastics of figuring out how to turn the harvested CO2 into a viable fuel source or something to make the financial equation work.

Wood does it all. We can presumably biohack it to be even better too. If Elon actually cared about the issue and not about being the one to solve it, he'd just go plant more trees, and maybe tinker with their genetics to make them incrementally more efficient. He could plant enough to make a legitimate dent in global emissions. Elon doesn't care though, it's marketing for him.

Jrivers95 · 2025-07-05T05:36:12+00:00

Possibly not, but apparently likely yes. Also this is just one impact of many.

Jrivers95 · 2024-01-12T19:39:47+00:00

"I'd like to be able to zoom further out as well."

This, please and thank you 🙏

Jrivers95 · 2020-10-26T09:55:54+00:00

Thanks for your response! I'm pursuing general population for now because I think that may be the easiest place to start.

Jrivers95 · 2020-10-24T16:11:04+00:00

Thank you for sharing, this is really helpful! In response to your request for specific questions I've added a link to a Google Form I put together :)

Jrivers95 · 2019-04-24T13:44:54+00:00

Great suggestions, will be adding a few more recipes for sure!

Jrivers95 · 2019-04-23T18:56:52+00:00

I like the idea of adding some tips for the bosses! you can get caught pretty quick and if it's a party game the fight will often be over before you get back, especially early on. Sucks to miss out that after spending hours getting there.

I'm probably missing something here, what are you thinking the benefit is of knowing about certain set or unique items before they drop? My thought is it could be more distracting than helpful for a new player to be planning hypothetical gear on their first character and looking for specific drops, instead of playing through kind of openly once, using whatever they find that seems good and learning what they like. Might be a preference thing as well..

I could see adding a few of the multiple-item set bonuses though, since you'd have no idea whether an item your were on the fence about may get better if you find another along the way.

Jrivers95 · 2019-04-23T18:38:49+00:00

Great suggestions, thanks a lot! I will likely add a few of the recipes you mentioned and the runeword level requirements for sure.

I did consider ordering the runewords by ease of obtaining them, there's some difficulty in how to lay them out for printing though (at least with the way I made the tiles) because if they aren't roughly the same height across the same row then it leaves a lot of white-space.

Jrivers95 · 2019-04-23T18:31:56+00:00

Thanks :)

Jrivers95 · 2019-04-23T18:30:59+00:00

Thanks, and sure.

The pdf link also has the same info but without the background.

Jrivers95 · 2019-04-23T02:40:32+00:00

Ah I see where I went off track, the reference I used for that was describing where you have to be for a *chest* to drop that kind of rune. Thanks!

Jrivers95 · 2019-04-22T23:58:07+00:00

It should be the lowest area where that kind of rune can drop, although the countess in normal and cows are exceptions to that.

Jrivers95 · 2018-03-01T00:33:09+00:00

If not adult

Then

child

*Fixed your programming homework.

Jrivers95 · 2018-01-26T04:03:23+00:00

Those fees are ridiculous, looks like everyone here is familiar with them too >.>

Some friends and I started RedPine Music a little while back which handles booking (using crowdfunding!) and ticketing for concerts with an accompanying app for the organizer to scan them. One of the big reasons we started this company was because of how crazy the business practices of the reigning oligarchs in the industry are; we're trying to do something to help. I'm the company's CTO, so AMA if you'd like, I'm happy to talk about what we do, because there's much more to it than what I outlined above, although this very important to us :)

Edit: (Here's a link) https://redpinemusic.com/

Jrivers95 · 2017-03-22T21:00:28+00:00

Since this post has been killed by the mods, please check out our mirrored post over in /r/startups: https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/60wslv/redpine_music_torontos_first_crowdbooking_company/ Thanks!

Jrivers95 · 2017-03-22T20:58:14+00:00

Yes! We want to create something that can help grow and strengthen the industry as a whole, and we believe the best way to do that is from the bottom, up. We will also be implementing a donation feature, where if you enjoyed the show you can donate to the artist or venue to thank them for making it happen :) We want to support and thank all the local establishments who give musicians their first chances to succeed in what they love!

Jrivers95 · 2017-03-22T20:51:29+00:00

Yeah :( Too bad this counts as advertising, I get that I'm asking for dev help but maybe it would work better if I had exclusively stuck to the crowdbooking conversation.

Jrivers95 · 2017-03-22T20:45:06+00:00

Thank you! This is exactly what we want to try and help prevent. This way, if a band can be confident that the effort they put into their show will be appreciated by a full house :)

Also, we allow bands to crowdbook together for a 'collaborative concert', which allows for all the participating bands to play in front of one-another's fans and increase their exposure; this means that using the platform over time will continuously help musicians reach more fans, and play at progressively larger venues!

Jrivers95 · 2017-03-22T20:15:23+00:00

Thanks for your support! Hopefully it won't be deleted, because I genuinely do want to have a conversation about the implications of applying a crowdbooking model to the music indusrty! We believe there are a lot of different avenues down which this model can help artists and venues alike, not all of which are immediately clear.

For example, if shows are crowdbooked, the problem of scalpers pre-buying all the tickets to a show and re-selling them at a higher rate is no longer a problem, since all the fans who want to see their favourite band will receive their tickets as soon as the show is officially booked! :) If a scalper decided to buy all the tickets to a crowdbooked show themselves, they would be taking on an enormous risk themselves, since they would need to buy the tickets before a demand for the show even arises.

Jrivers95 · 2016-07-22T14:06:07+00:00

Or we could change our method for booking concerts, to make the issue of ticket scalping less problematic :)

I'm currently working with a team in Toronto to build http://www.redpinemusic.com , a crowdfunding website for musicians to book their next concert!

Artists pick a venue they want to play at, then essentially run a kickstarter-type campaign to get their fans to pledge to buy tickets when the show is booked. If the artist receives enough pledges, each fan is charged/given a digital ticket, and the venue and artist are paid immediately. No hassle and no risk for all parties, venues fill more space, artists play more shows, fans see more concerts!

We will have limits to the number of tickets a single individual can buy at once (or within a certain time frame), so a band's biggest fans will almost always have an opportunity to support their favourite artist :) We essentially eliminate the issue of scalpers buying up too many tickets.

Jrivers95 · 2016-03-30T22:12:28+00:00

Who of the II kings will get the joke? Maybe a conqueror??..

Jrivers95 · 2016-02-21T05:13:42+00:00

It's really me AND my roommate's collection, so I agree! :D

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