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by tertius 2023 days ago
Ah, so those who responded to you were correct in their assessment?

Be honest about it before you start asking questions to trap the person you're asking.

It goes a long way.

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You need to elaborate now because I don't understand what you're saying? What was their assessment? What is the trap?

I just asked how he's getting his money. Then I explained how other people who ran a similar project got their money. Then I explained how there's no real harm in explaining where money comes from, because managing money is a skill in itself which few people possess.

Nevermind. Maybe Xeno was just joking when he said OST would be his "full time job" and he'd pay his instructors 100k every year. Someone would have come up with a decent answer by now if OST was a serious enterprise. As it is, I'll check back in a year and see how they're doing.