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<dzham> I’m kinda looking forward to the new Zoolander
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<mr_selenio> @buhrmi: the guy in 1:41 reminds me to Matthew_McConaughey in "The Wolf of Wallstreet"
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<eva> @buhrmi and @dzham, re: my presentation, I’m suggesting that the inability to access credit limits opportunity
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<eva> the idea of a credit score is Western terminology, but what I mean by that is a way to tell if someone is “creditworthy.”
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<eva> The talk tries to flesh out why something like access to credit is so important for being able to improve your own life
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<eva> the personal story I start out with is about how I would never have been able to go to college if I hadn’t had access to a student loan.
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<eva> And without college, I’d certainly not have had the opportunities I’ve had since
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<eva> Hopefully that helps clarify - I’d never want to suggest that the world must adopt a US system. The main point of the talk is to suggest that every culture needs different types of systems to access economic opportunity - hence, why Stellar is awesome to build on :)
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<buhrmi> i just think it's a bit funny cause the rest of the world is looking awkwardly at the US cause people should not be required to go into debt to educate themselves
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<buhrmi> education usually comes free
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<buhrmi> vote bernie :)
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<eva> I mean, I’m the first to say that education *should* be free, but that isn’t the current state of the world. So til we get there, people do need some capital to get started. Even in lower-income countries, it isn’t typically free.
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<eva> and education is just one reason that someone might need access to credit - also wanting to start your own business, or even just buy or rent a home.
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<buhrmi> mhh can't really follow but I think it's okay lol
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<joyce> yes, eva's point is that credit is an important part of being able to invest in one's own future.
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<joyce> when you have limited assets and no credit, you can't do anything but live day to day. if you have credit, you can do more upfront.
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<joyce> ex: farmers being able to get a loan for fertilizer
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<buhrmi> yeah but credit is usually something you "earn"
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<joyce> except where you cannot
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<joyce> and that is her point
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<buhrmi> like totally undeveloped countries?
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<eva> exactly what Joyce is saying - the trouble is that in many places - actually including in the US - some folks don’t have the chance to earn it
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<eva> the talk goes into why
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<eva> have you clicked into the youtube video linked on the bottom of the slides
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<eva> ?
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<eva> it’s bad visual quality, but the audio’s fine
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<buhrmi> gonna check it out ^^
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<eva> it might make more sense in the context of the actual talk
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<eva> not normal, no - you may want to ask in #dev about that, might be something up with the network
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<eva> I’d give it another shot first though
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<mr_selenio> @eva: when i press retry it says "establishing trustlines..." and then show error, it's inmediately
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<mr_selenio> @eva: can you try in your account? :)
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<eva> it works just fine for me
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<eva> not to say that you’re necessarily doing something wrong, but at least we know it isn’t a universal issue
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<eva> just to confirm, you’re typing http://reveal.me|reveal.me into the “add gateway” bar, right?
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<mr_selenio> @eva: :( wow, should i register a new account?
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<eva> not sure - you could try that, just to see if it’s a problem with just your wallet
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<eva> I honestly don’t know much about that error message, but again, you might want to ask in #dev
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<mr_selenio> @eva: well, it's not the account
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<eva> :(
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<mr_selenio> @eva: :(
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<eva> did you ask in #dev?
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<mr_selenio> @eva: not yet, i will try one more thing :P
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<mr_selenio> @eva: didn't work, i will ask now :| :P
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<lumenpay> @mr_selenio your accounts must have 50 Stellars , if you add a gateway
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<lumenpay> @mr_selenio send 50 stellars to you acouunt,and retry
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<mr_selenio> are you sure that is the reason? i do't want to spend money in vain
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<mr_selenio> @lumenpay: ?
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<dzham> I’m 95% sure that 20 STR is enough for creating the account, and for setting one trustline. You’ll need a bit more if you want to do trades though. So maybe 30?
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<mr_selenio> I will deposite 100 STR anyways