Raina & Kohli tied for first in a bet pool with >2 options (I'm assuming). The rule was applied exactly as it's described.

"On 5 December 2013, China Central Bank barred financial institutions from handling Bitcoin transactions, moving to regulate the virtual currency. The People's Bank of China said financial institutions and payment companies can’t give pricing in Bitcoin, buy and sell the virtual currency or insure Bitcoin-linked products, according to a statement on the central bank’s website. On 16 December it was speculated that the People's Bank of China had issued a new ban on third-party payment processors from doing business with Bitcoin exchanges, however a statement from BTC China suggests this isn't accurate, and rather payment processors had voluntarily withdrawn their services. Trading bitcoins by individuals is however legal in China." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_Bitcoin_by_country

Hello American, Canadian, Middle-Easterner, European, Afrikaner, or Russian. It may surprise you to know geography is the greatest factor in determining rate of pay* and that almost half of all people live on less than $2.50/day, which includes a great many employed people.

*Except for Internet weidos using magic Internet money, I guess.

https://bitcoinaverage.com/#USD

direct link to ad on their site in case they cycle slots: https://bitcoinaverage.com/img/primedice.png

I'm pretty sure this is a textbook example of irresponsible advertising.

Freeciv's almost entirely in C which'd be very difficult for this game to be coded in, I imagine. Probably nothing can be taken unless there's some way to convert some of Freeciv's assets to whatever this is written in.

You know, I'm so cynical now, I see a government trying to mandate banks keep gold in reserve (or a gold-backed currency) as crony capitalism looking to pump the gold market for politicians' & "business leaders'" gain. I guess any possible action looks like crony capitalism if you think long enough.

Not likely. If someone could bend down and pick up pennies consistently all day, they could ideally make significantly above minimum wage. (very, very ideally)

Assume it takes you 3 seconds to bend down and pick up $.006 once you have a rhythm down. You'd collect $.12/minute or $7.20 per hour. This sounds crappy, but it's worth noting you'd really have no enforceable tax liability, so if you've already maxed out your EITC working a regular job for the year, this could be an exceptionally fantastic part-time job. Plus you get to pick your own hours and have no boss less Coinstar.

Sats are more difficult, though, since you'd probably want to sweep them (or organize a sendmany), which could add an extra few seconds to the process. -So now all we need is a street filled with kilosats. ETA: I guess if they're physical coins, no extra time's added since you could use the coins as-is.

ETA2: This would make for an interesting prison/labor camp. Instead of breaking rocks, just spread $50 in near-worthless coins on the ground for recess.

Probably. I don't think I've ever heard of an actual success story where a gambling addict turns his life around by playing poker. I'd guess there's a selection bias among people who choose to play poker where they're probably much less likely to be addicts. Poker takes a long time to play through in most instances, especially if there's an initial buy-in and last man standing takes all (well, unless you do something really dumb, I guess) -- with a large table, you can still have high stakes and a relatively low buy-in. $20 can last you a couple hours and still feel engaging, no problem.

ETA: OTOH, poker tends to punish greed, so... maybe.

How is the name pronounced? You have the "A" in "Ass" capitalized, so "Bad Ass Sex," I'd guess? Is the sex badass, or is it bad anal sex? Sex with people who have bad asses? -And then what does that mean - are we talking rectal prolapse or they're saggy or something? Inquiring minds want to know.

True enough. When I was younger, I decided it'd be good life experience to live in a dilapidated warehouse for a handful of months. Eventually, I came to the realization that there are no true squares or triangles (or any other hard-angle shapes) and that geometry was mostly a load of shit. Those're the kind of mind-blowing, utterly useless epiphanies anyone can experience with no mental stimulation and unlimited free time.

Hm? I think we're working toward the same goal. I'd love to hang out in Canada during the 60*F-low Summers. Electrical warmth in the short-term means natural warmth in the long-term.

Then I'd guess you're either JRO or mixmastermine or Nefario or Pirate (ugh) or... actually, I think my first BTC transaction was trying to try LSD which I was scammed out of. Probably should have learned then... Hm.

Oh, wait - I bet you're that asshole from RC&Me which conveniently closed shop with a disappearing staff while never filing bankruptcy proceedings after I placed a significant order for test batteries. -Or you work for Frontier... -Or you're the wallet-stealing plumber.

Meow

Here's a dump of PMs in HTML format I've verified as being in the account which I guess is important for some reason (not following this and have 0 interest). I don't find the few PMs I've scanned which weren't from account sales PMs to be compromising to an unreasonable extent. https://mega.co.nz/#!rtckxQTC!tcLBdOnQerR10z1k2RgYhGTccLykzHlyCIEZr2rI5RA

ETA: Outside the pw, which should probably be changed again.

Is pooping in someone's pants some kind of popular scam in third-world countries? -Like you borrow someone's pants and then return them soiled?

Hmmm... Maybe Jobs was trying to salvage his legacy. It'd make for a fantastic documentary if true. Does Apple continue on with ApplePay if Jobs created Bitcoin?

I guess, if it weren't for >367k born every day.

Doesn't that sound trivial?

It took me about two hours to figure out how to write this. I tried "gut feeling" for a good while, testing and realizing I messed up. Then, I tried writing down my logic in Notepad. Over and over and over, simulating the results and still messing up because my timing was off.

Finally, I settled on:
"IF
   Speed = 0x
      Set tempspeedcarryover to speedcarryover

IF
   Speed =/= 0x
      Set speedcarryover to speed
      Set tempspeedcarryover to 0x

IF
   Speed = 0x
      Set speedcarryover to 0x

ALWAYS
      Set speed to tempspeedcarryover"

Here's my "simulation" of it:
User has 0x speed. User has 4x speedcarryover.
   Tempspeedcarryover set to speedcarryover (4x).
   Speedcarryover set to 0x.
   Speed set to tempspeedcarryover (4x).
Next instance.
   Speedcarryover set to speed (4x).
   Tempspeedcarryover set to 0x.
   Speed set to tempspeedcarryover (0x).
Next instance.
   Tempspeedcarryover set to speedcarryover (4x).
   Speedcarryover set to 0x.
   Speed set to tempspeedcarryover (4x)
Next instance.
   Speedcarryover set to speed (4x).
   Tempspeedcarryover set to 0x.
   Speed set to tempspeedcarryover (0x).


That was great! I finally figured it out. -But Construct doesn't accept my goofy brain syntax. -So I started trying to figure out this elaborate way of checking things with 5 or so events, then an event with sub-events, and every time, it failed after the first time-flow change.

In the end, two hours of chain-smoking and brow-furrowing gave the final product:

 

Maintain a commercial branch & implementation of OpenBazaar (FLOSS) and do a profit split with them? (by "commercial," I mean figure out a way of charging usage fees)