"Well I suck at maths, and general complicated stuff like that but it sounds like a really good idea, if you could get it to work. Good luck!"
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So I’ve a had a concept. I don’t know if it’s brilliant, or crappy, or brilliant crap, but I need to get it out there and see if others think it’s brilliant crap. Here goes. The idea…Continue
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Sophie R replied to Dana Wood's discussion Brain Crack"I'm not sure if this would really work out, but the penny-thing sounds like it would make an amazing charity project. We could create an organization where we try to help kids in need, and every day for an extended period of time nerdfighters…"
Kevin "Nighthawk" N replied to Dana Wood's discussion Brain Crack"Actully a form of this has been tried a few times, communism. And in the end it seemed like the greed of someone always won out."
Tailor Dresden replied to Dana Wood's discussion Brain Crack"Sounds nice, but others have commented that after the cold hard arithmetic it is a net loss machine for all parties.
How to take the underlying concepts of low cost to a broad base has been the issue of taxes and welfare for…"
Dana Wood replied to Dana Wood's discussion Brain Crack"that's what i would require a mathmetician (how do you spell that?) for. i suck at that kind of stuff, and the legal stuff, i do ideas, application eludes me"
Ryan Gatts replied to Dana Wood's discussion Brain Crack"So, how do you determine the proportion? Rather, how much time do you see passing between a participant starting to pay in, and getting their first pay-out?"
Dana Wood replied to Dana Wood's discussion Brain Crack"that's why i suggested an increasing number of slots corresponding to the growth of the payout amount"
Ryan Gatts replied to Dana Wood's discussion Brain Crack"Sorry, this math doesn't keep. You have accurately described a lottery with a more regular payout. Let's do the numbers (I'm going to ignore administrative costs at first for the sake of clean numbers and you waaaay overestimated the…"
Oliver Anan replied to Dana Wood's discussion Brain Crack"I fail to see the benefits.
Even if you have legal contracts people DO bancrupt and people will "disapear" just after receiving the pot.
And legaly enforcing such a minor claim is hard.
And gambling one someone to die does not sound good…"
Dana Wood replied to Dana Wood's discussion Brain Crack"as for missing payments, that's why it's only $3 a month, i found two in my purse this morning $3 isn't much. and the faking a bad month thing occured to me, that's why i didn't include emergency payouts, it's nice to…"
Dana Wood replied to Dana Wood's discussion Brain Crack"i kind of intend it as a savings account with not interest. because anyone like me that lives from paycheck to paycheck really does have a hard time saving on their own and yes there would have to be regulation, but again, i suck at all the legal…"
peahat replied to Dana Wood's discussion Brain Crack"My mom actually does something similar to this with her coworkers, except that nobody expects to get their money back if they die or drop out. They just give a bit of money to the pot and take turns recieving the pot every month. I think sometimes,…"
Dana Wood's discussion was featuredBrain Crack
So I’ve a had a concept. I don’t know if it’s brilliant, or crappy, or brilliant crap, but I need to get it out there and see if others think it’s brilliant crap. Here goes. The idea itself is simple. It can be hard these days to save money. Especially as so many of us, myself included, live mostly from paycheck to paycheck. But the kindness of a friend sparked something. They gave me a little money, completely out of the blue. In the grand scheme of things, it isn’t much, but it…See More
Dana Wood replied to Dana Wood's discussion Brain Crack"well of course it would require signed contracts specifying exactly what would be done with the money, when, and by whom. it would also have to be much more extensive than this and legally binding. but i don't know the laws that would apply or…"
Dana Wood replied to Slam Poet's discussion Vegetarian/ Meat Eaters"meat, but only a little and i have rules
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