ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 months agoA night at the theater with Neil deGrasse Tysonfedia.ioimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1524arrow-down112
arrow-up1512arrow-down1imageA night at the theater with Neil deGrasse Tysonfedia.ioZeroCool@slrpnk.net to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down4·edit-28 months agoTyson once scammed a ton of money from people for a video game that never even got started being made.
minus-squareMonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoA $350,000 kickstarter that eventually failed sounds so much less dramatic, don’t it ?
minus-squareKata1yst@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoDoesn’t Kickstarter not pull funds until the project’s success?
minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoThey pull once it’s fully funded. If they waited until the product was delivered the money wouldn’t be much of a “kick starter” for development.
minus-squareKata1yst@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoYes, sorry. That is what I thought, I just phrased it very poorly.
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·8 months agoGuys a hack that got lucky on personality. He’s a celebrity “scientist” that hasn’t done anything in decades.
Tyson once scammed a ton of money from people for a video game that never even got started being made.
A $350,000 kickstarter that eventually failed sounds so much less dramatic, don’t it ?
Doesn’t Kickstarter not pull funds until the project’s success?
They pull once it’s fully funded. If they waited until the product was delivered the money wouldn’t be much of a “kick starter” for development.
Yes, sorry. That is what I thought, I just phrased it very poorly.
Guys a hack that got lucky on personality. He’s a celebrity “scientist” that hasn’t done anything in decades.