Hail All! I am @KLYE - Developer, Top 25 Witness, Nerd and Deviant MS-Paint Artist. AMA (Ask Me Anything)
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Why did you came with name @klye?
Followed, Resteemed and Upvoted.
My legal (or slave name as I like to call it) is Kyle.
Switch the Y and the L around and you get KLYE.. It was actually part of my DJ name which is "M R KLYE" ... Which is like "I am Kyle" but more handicapped sounding.
Thank you for your reply :)
No worries man..!
What brand of toilet roll do you use @klye? [Man I love these AMAs! UV/RS] :)
No name brand.. It's softness is somewhere between diamonds and sandpaper.
Cheers @klye ;) I dug deep within the #philosophy tag for this one! Ha ha! Cheers dude ... watch out for sandy bits!
Inquiring minds want to know :)
@ned nearly got this one, so I saved it for the next AMA victim! LOL :))
What's your favorite Star Trek series?
Oooh. Tough one.. I was a fan of Deep Space 9 as well as a die hard Picard fan.
Haven't watched it in years though. I don't watch much TV or Movies these days.
Good answer. I love DS9 but Picard is THE man. Thanks for answering my silly question, and so quickly.
All good sir. Thanks for asking and keepin' me on my toes!
Dude the only correct answer to that question was "Star Wars."
Star wars is dead to me after seeing the new disney offering out there..
The first 3.. or last 3.. The originals were my favourite and what I grew up with for star wars. Jar Jar binks and Anakin can immolate themselves in a vat of hooker swank and rabies.
LOL!
Describe what it was like using mspaint for the first time.
I remember it like it was yesterday...
The excitement of crudely drawn bitmaps all over the screen.. Absolutely heavenly when you get into it really. MS-Paint is what true artists use. Pencils, Crayons, Paint and Charcoal art mediums are all for noobs in comparison.
When I started out here and was trying to find my role here some interesting art was made..
Taken from an early KLYE post: https://steemit.com/crypto/@klye/how-to-milk-a-steem-whale
#letmeshowyouhowtowhackoffwhales
whoa! Not what I was expecting... This is silimar to my first mspaint masterpiece.
That tag really inspired me... I remember seeing a book called "I will teach you how to be rich." I hated the title since it was literally the cockiest title I had ever seen. I read more into the author and he is actually a nice guy.
I still hate the title though, and I've hacked it into something more appropriate for our accommodations.
https://steemit.com/fakebook/@rubenalexander/fake-book-i-will-teach-you-to-steem
WOnderful artwork sir! I approve
Can you make me an avatar that captures my essence?
Of course! Should I draw you like one of my french girls with a dick or what?
I've been neglecting my artistic side now that I'm focused more on coding but will gladly do you a avatar portrait. :)
I'll leave it up to you :)
Dat beard tho. <3
Been cultivating it for quite a while now!
10 / 10 would bang
Hahahaha! No offense @bacchist! That was just too funny!
What is your favourite thing to draw in Paint?
Yeah, it's probably dicks, but besides that :)
Well, You know I have an affinity for drawing dicks on everything in MS-Paint..
My next favourite is whale balls or portraits of users here on STEEM or other sites.. I actually have a sweet gallery with all my old art in it..
NSFW: http://imgur.com/a/sFhLx
Haha, that's pure gold!
You should make a drawing timelapse video.
You wouldn't believe how much some of those portraits were worth in commissions.. The dick tree in that album features a guy called AK and he gave me 1.6BTC to draw his dick the biggest of them all.. Bitcoin was around $400 USD back then..
I've not got anything other than my word and art to back it up but I have a sneaky suspicion I might be the highest paid dick doodler in crypto when I was in my prime.
pubes obv
Hi Klye, what the latest with streams app project? Its something I would love to see and would be happy to donate. :)
https://steemit.com/streams/@thirsty/introducing-streams-a-music-streaming-platform-for-the-steem-blockchain
Those guys sadly never paid me a damn dime for any of the work I did for them.. Initially the deal was dev work for BTC.. Then thye started paying me in thirsty shares which are worth less that the effort to dump them for the fraction of a cent they were worth last I checked..
Fucking sucks. The idea if executed well may have had potential but I'm not sure that their development team has the required skillset or background to complete the project. Basically built a GUI and media player from scratch for the thirsty collective and got fired without pay when I got stressed out about working for free. :/
Oh dear that doesn't sound good, I hope we can cobble together some talented folks to create something like this, even just a simple version where tracks are uploaded and an upvote gets the user a free download and also adds the track to a playlist. This would revolutionise the music business because steemit rewards the artist and fans simply by voting
Perhaps when I have time to do so I might have a whack at building what thirsty hasn't been able to yet. Have to see.
I've got far bigger fish to fry at the moment. As much as I love music and the thought of making crypto powered soundcloud the truth is no one buys music anymore and it would be a bitch to monetize in my opinion.
Understood regarding your other projects and commitments and I get that nobody buys music anymore, thats the whole point of having a steem app for music because the fan doesn't have to pay anything in order for the artist to be rewarded. Surely it is already 'monetized' by being on the steem blockchain?
I get the point of the app. Can's see myself putting in development hours though for something I don't believe with be worth while.
Was going through a bad break up, had to much shit on the go and then to top it all off had pressure from Kohi to push forwards without even so much as a paycheck or anything. My time is far to valueable to put in work for people that can't even pay the developer crafting their golden goose.
It will come eventually. I've got some massive project offerings on the way in the next weeks and month.. Perhaps when I find some time I'll re-visit the idea that Thirsty set out to create but were unable to achieve given lack of funding.
Sorry, to ninja cut-in on you and @bleepcoin conversation ,but one idea ( not even sure doable ) would be to have some way of 'upvote' unlocking of content. Surprised it hasn't been done. So 'x' amount of $ has to be reached , or even 'upvotes' before the content in the post becomes visiable. Just throwing this as an idea out there to someone. I thought maybe TIPPY could be the catalyst to such a thing. Not to sound crude , but nudies and the such could be tipped /upvoted/min. amount reached whatever it might be and it unlocks. Just brainstorming because it's fun!
That is fucking genius! Not sure if we have the functionality to do so yet.. But I will certainly bring it up with the Steemit Inc boys when I get a chance.
Cool, good luck and pleased you are gonna keep it in mind, I would be glad to donate if we get to that point.
I wonder if any other steemit developers are interested?
I could likely build it myself but manpower / time is my main constraint. Got a pretty firm background in Audio engineering and theory.. That coupled with my ability to program makes that sort of project right down my alley if I ever get the time and want to create it.
Would be a 1-3 month build is my guess.
Hello @klye
What do you predict the price of Steem will be at the end of 2017?
We'll either be moon bound, laying in a smoldering crater or somewhere in between..
I do have a gut feeling though that STEEM will be worth far more than it is now one day. HODL if you can and wait for the rocket to the moon to start boarding. :)
Great AMA!
Who has been the most helpful person on Steem to you?
And whom have you helped the most?
That is a tough question! I've met so many wonderful, supportive and kind individuals on here I can't think to name just one.
I've had the whole community band togetherbehind me to get me where I am today. A bunch of my fellow witnesses have helped me, as have the long time users I've grown to call friends on here. Even Steemit Inc has sponsored my deveopment quest here on the network.
I can't simply name one person who has helped the most. As the whole damn network has been so good to me.
Sums it up pretty much right :D
Thanks for the AMA!
BTW, do you watch anime or read manga by any chance?
I don't really watch much for TV or shows often these days but a few years back a friend of mine showed Full Metal Alchemist to me.. Probably my favourite of all time.
Tried to get into other animes. Attack on Titan I watched a bit of and enjoyed but I haven't really seen much other than the 2 mentioned above that really perked my interests.
Great! Those two are on my to-watch list. You might wanna watch Death Note and Parasyte if you get some time - worth watching.
Death Note wasn't my schtick. Parasyte I'll have to check out though. Thanks for the suggestions.
:O
Fullmetal is a hard bar to surpass, that's for sure. Have you tried Bleach yet? That was my barrier to entry back in the day. Cowboy Bebop is a great one as well.
Do you prefer the DickButt , or Tippy ?
Tippy, hands down.
Dickbutt was a great learning tool but it cannot compare to the sheer power and functionality of dear tippy!