mninm

I have no real idea what the ins-and-outs of 1099-K and so I could be completely wrong.

However, it seems like there may be some sort of threshold listed in the reporting requirements.

Would it be legally possible to allow your users to use the enhanced functionality of your platform up to the edge of that threshold?

Cutting off access to the premium services that the sellers of erotic coo-coo clocks (or whatever) have come to value might incentivize them enough to overcome the 1099-K hurdle. You could make the process gentler by constantly displaying the amount of revenue left that they can transact before being cut off.

Be careful though. Cutting off access will equally incentivize users to bypass the restrictions you've put in place by creating multiple accounts, etc.

Lacking the above you could also try to focus on the part of your platform the sellers do want to use and sell a premium tier to sellers that has features that would make them stand out to buyers. For example premium users could have flair (think something akin to a verified checkmark) next to their listings in searches and the ability to post an extra video of their clocks.

A mercenary satellite is a wild concept. It raises an number of ethical questions.

It also feels like another step down the path toward a cyberpunk dystopia. I'll add it to the list with robotic policing and subscription based airbags.

Colleges often make deals with local businesses. If you look around you may find that the student council, or student affairs, or somebody can hook you up with cheap movie tickets, coupons for pizza, etc.

At the college I attended I found that administrative guidelines were not as inflexible as they seemed on their face. I can't remember the number of times I was wait-listed for a class but was able to get in anyway because I showed up the first day and asked the professor if they could help me out. Generally my strategy to any bureaucratic problem I encountered was to work my way up the food chain until I found someone that was empowered to help me.

Back in the 90's I remember my family got a new Compaq (I think) PC. On it it came preloaded with this great dos tutorial that was essentially a fake terminal that would walk the user through DOS commands letting them try various things in a safe environment and let them see the effects.

It was definitely effective in teaching my young self the basics of DOS and was a big step on my path to becoming proficient with a computer.

gopher://worldofsolitaire.com/

This gopher hole is a good example of how Gopher doesn't have an notion of cookies. You can see what is either gamestate or some sort of session id encoded in the URL.

Another way to do this kind of thing is to generate "parallel universes". It involves generating enough gopher "directories" AKA "pages" to encode every possible game state and then link them together like you would a "Choose Your Own Adventure". Essentially trading dynamic page generation for hard drive space.

You can see an example of the "parallel universes" approach used in the easter egg text adventure game located at:

gopher://GiantGopher.com:70/--/Winnifred_Huck

Thank you for making free software!

Cool gameplay loop! Lots of short jumps makes it easier. Maybe change it so that every time a paddle is hit the player gets 10 points but looses a point every time they jump.

I was trying to figure out what font they are using and when I was inspecting the page I found the comment below. I have nothing in particular to say about it. I just thought it was interesting.

  <!--
                                ...
             s,                .                    .s
              ss,              . ..               .ss
              'SsSs,           ..  .           .sSsS'
               sSs'sSs,        .   .        .sSs'sSs
                sSs  'sSs,      ...      .sSs'  sSs
                 sS,    'sSs,         .sSs'    .Ss
                 'Ss       'sSs,   .sSs'       sS'
        ...       sSs         ' .sSs'         sSs       ...
       .           sSs       .sSs' ..,       sSs       .
       . ..         sS,   .sSs'  .  'sSs,   .Ss        . ..
       ..  .        'Ss .Ss'     .     'sSs. ''        ..  .
       .   .         sSs '       .        'sSs,        .   .
        ...      .sS.'sSs        .        .. 'sSs,      ...
              .sSs'    sS,     .....     .Ss    'sSs,
           .sSs'       'Ss       .       sS'       'sSs,
        .sSs'           sSs      .      sSs           'sSs,
     .sSs'____________________________ sSs ______________'sSs,
  .sSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS'.Ss SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSs,
                          ...         sS'
                           sSs       sSs
                            sSs     sSs
                             sS,   .Ss
                             'Ss   sS'
                              sSs sSs
                               sSsSs
                                sSs
                                 s
  
                       YOU ARE YOUR OWN GOD.
               YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
                       MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
    -->

What I realized years ago is that the upvote on Stack Overflow don't mean "I tried this and it works for me" or "I'm an expert and this is the answer". No, the upvotes on Stack Overflow are along the line of the upvotes/likes one would find on Reddit or HN. More like "you sound confident" or "I was looking for this but I haven't tried it yet"

Plus the report is referring to incidents of contact with contaminated surfaces not some random individual surface.