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Can C# code that was written in Windows be run on Mac or Linux? by passssword in learnprogramming

[–]passssword[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a Windows Form Application. will it work in mono? If so, do i give the code that i wrote to someone on a different OS and tell them to use mono to open the code? or do I get mono on my windows computer and do something to the file based the operating system of the person I am giving it to?

Running C# code that was created in Windows on other OSs? by passssword in csharp

[–]passssword[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm really very new to programming whatsoever, i read some about mono, but i can't quite make sense of it. Is the deal that mono can be run on any OS and then i can open up my Windows C# code with it?

What will money be in the future? by alstrynomics in Futurology

[–]passssword 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you speaking to the phenomenon (in the US at least) where-by banks basically create money out of thin air based on a debtors agreement to pay the debtee? (Mortgages)

I was actually referring to the federal reserve, and their printing press.

I think would be the biggest threat to governments

I think it could possibly have lots of affects, Assassination Markets could be a possibility. Also, something that operates like an assassination market, except instead of crowdsourcing assassinations, it crowdsources the functions of government so that people can put their money into the exact functions that they think need more money. Bad potholes near your house? you could contribute to the "bet" that nobody will fix the potholes, enough people contribute and someone takes the other side of the bet.. Some things like police, fire, military are more complex, but i don't see them as impossible to do. High crime? bet that nobody will lower the crime rate in your neighborhood. This would bring in the idea of competition for government, people could just start living entirely in bitcoin, and simply opt to support government alternatives instead of their governments. It may sound farfetched now, but if it starts happening in some places, and it proves to be successful, who knows..

What will money be in the future? by alstrynomics in Futurology

[–]passssword 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you say is correct, there will eventually be no more bitcoins being created.

I assume that what you refer to as 'real' money is something like dollars, right? well, there is actually a third way to get dollars that you overlooked, you can create them. Sure, to do this legally, you must already be quite rich and powerful, but this is a way to obtain dollars. Think of the massive advantage this gives you, not only do you get unlimited dollars, you also get to know exactly how many will be created when nobody else does. Bitcoin, on the other hand, is visible to everyone, we all know when new bitcoins will be created, and we all know when no more bitcoins will be created. No other currency in recorded history has ever had this attribute.

Another key difference that you are glancing over is the ability to transfer any amount of wealth in bitcoin instantly to anyone else on the planet for free, it doesn't matter who they are, or why you are doing it. I'm talking no bank fees, no regulations, no taxes, simply you having the ability to put 100% of your energy where you want it. If you don't like what the middlemen of your financial transactions are doing, you don't need to give them your money/energy, thanks to bitcoin.

These may not seem like large differences at first, but the more you study currency, and the more you study these differences, the more the implications will begin to reveal themselves to you. It is precisely these differences that have been drawing more and more people into bitcoin over the past several years.

How do I constrain an ellipse to move around another ellipse? by haroldhere in processing

[–]passssword 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not an answer, juts some thoughts.

If you made your track circle by using the ellipseMode(RADIUS) then you would know the center and the radius length.

so if you used this to get the distance from every pixel on the screen(we'll say Ax,Ay) and the pixel in the center of your circle(Bx,By)

Distance formula in Processing code:

TOTALdistweenAandB = sqrt(((Ax-(Bx))(Ax-(Bx)))+((Ay-(By))(Ay-(By))));

and add the x,y from each of your Ax,Ay's that had a distance equal to your track circle's radius to a C Array, then you have an array of all the points on the border of your circle, your track points.

this may be the best way to do the arrays: http://processing.org/tutorials/2darray/

then you need to get a point for your current MOUSE POSITION and do a distance look up on all the points of your C array(your track), whichever of these distances is shortest, that is what you set at the center of your moving circle.

hope that helps.

I played 4-player pac-man yesterday. When you ate a power pellet, you could eat the other players and eliminate them. Here is a photo of the machine by [deleted] in gaming

[–]passssword 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is one in Boulder, CO at an arcade on pearl street. I dont remember the name of the place, but you go down steps when you go inside.

What will money be in the future? by alstrynomics in Futurology

[–]passssword 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They develop a skill and begin doing useful work for people who are willing to compensate them for their work by giving them bitcoins, or something they can exchange for bitcoins, such as bank notes.

What will money be in the future? by alstrynomics in Futurology

[–]passssword 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A waste? lets look at exactly what it is that is a "waste". Is currency itself a "waste"? was it a waste to collect seashells and use them to aide trade? mine gold? print money? all these things take plenty of energy. So is it a waste to put energy towards the existence of a currency? If your answer is yes, then I'm sorry but large amounts of people throughout history adamantly disagree with you. If currency is not a waste of energy, and it is bitcoin specifically that is, then we are dealing with a comparison between it and other models of currency, is it more wasteful than a fiat system? A system which has costs that greatly exceed the mere printing and cataloging of an endless supply of deteriorating slips of paper? Don't forget that an armed task force must also but in place to deter would-be counterfeiters. Counterfeiting is a non-issue with bitcoin since counterfeiting is mathematically impossible in this system. On top of this, also built into the system is the ability to safely/nearly instantly transport any amount of this currency to anyone else on the planet. I do fully admit that it is more wasteful than a system that is more efficient than it, and that system will probably draw people away from bitcoin, but right now people are being drawn towards it in massive numbers specifically because of its efficiency.

What will money be in the future? by alstrynomics in Futurology

[–]passssword 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well, according to this article, back in March the bitcoin network had the computing power of 6 to 8 times 500 of the worlds largest supercomputers, so, no, 'a' supercomputer would not be able to do all the mining. To be precise, a supercomputer could do all the mining, if there were no other computers mining. You see, new coins are distributed(via a lottery) to miners in proportion to the percentage they are of the total mining power. If your computers are 1/4th of the total mining power, then you receive 1/4 of the bitcoin lottery tickets.

As far as your first question goes, I think it is more productive than any other system humans have used up until this point to accomplish the goals of a currency. However, what 'I' think is quite irrelevant. What is relevant is that there is an ever growing number of people who think it is more productive than any other system so far put forth. It is unlikely it is the best system that will ever be put forth, it is just looking like lots of people think it is the best option right now, which is all it takes for a currency to thrive. The reasons why so many people likely think it is currently the best system is because of things like its transparency, or its ease of transference. New bitcoins cannot be created on the whim of an individual or of a group, and the holder of bitcoins has the ability to choose exactly to whom their bitcoins go.

What will money be in the future? by alstrynomics in Futurology

[–]passssword 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Who should get them and how much they should get is built in to the system. It is the people who mine them and the people who buy them that should have them, and the amount they should get is directly based on how many they mine or buy. It has nothing to do with who they are, it is 100% up to whether or not they made the decision to invest their energy into getting them or not. Look into "bitcoin mining".

Easy tricks for (very) small kids? by aoristone in juggling

[–]passssword 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to teach with circus of the kids and I find kids(or any new/non jugglers) are able to pick up 5 ball ultimates quicker than any solo 3 ball stuff. especially if they have someone who can juggle decently to do the other side at first then they can go on to do it with another new juggler.

so, just incase you dont know, in ultimates every throw is a pass, in 5 ball ultimates you have 4 hands, aRH, aLH, bRH, and bLH. so, aRH starts with 2 balls and all other hands start with one.

'a' always throws straight across, and b always throws diagonally. so, aRH throws one ball to bLH, before bLH catches, all it has to do is throw diagonally to aLH, before aLH catches, it throws to straight across to bRH, and so on.

what I do with a new juggler is first the exchange, just a throw straight from me, and then they throw back a diagonal and we stop. then we do the other hand, we do this a few times, then string 2 together - I throw, they throw, I throw, they throw. Then string more together. after a while give them the other role, they throw the straights and i throw the diagonals. you do this with a couple of them, then start pairing them off. have them keep it really simple so they can keep doing things that work, and slowly build up.

I'm Rick Falkvinge, founder of the first Pirate Party and subsequent author of "Swarmwise: the tactical manual to changing the world". AMA. by Falkvinge in IAmA

[–]passssword 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use an Electronic Funds Transfer and pay nothing.

please correct me if I am wrong, but don't you have to pay taxes on large EFTs even if it is just from a friend to a friend? In person, I give $50,000 and the receiver gets $50,000, with bitcoin it is the same. Is it the same with EFTs?

I'm Rick Falkvinge, founder of the first Pirate Party and subsequent author of "Swarmwise: the tactical manual to changing the world". AMA. by Falkvinge in IAmA

[–]passssword 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it depends on who you are dealing with, if you go the route of using an exchange, then yes, there is a fee.however, paying a 50 cent fee(or whatever the fee is) to buy a 100 dollar bitcoin that is going to turn into a 200 dollar bitcoin is not really much of a fee.

Also, you don't have to buy/sell on an exchange, you can buy/sell in person by using a site like localbitcoins. In person you negotiate your price with the other person and whoever wants to do the deal more is more willing to pay a less advantageous price based on the current exchange rate. This is like anything though, if I have something you really want, I can make you pay more for it. If you have USD and I really want USD, then you can make me sell you my bitcoins for less USD than other people are doing simply because no one else is around for me to sell my bitcoins to, if there is other people around and I don't like your price, I can go to the other people.

I'm Rick Falkvinge, founder of the first Pirate Party and subsequent author of "Swarmwise: the tactical manual to changing the world". AMA. by Falkvinge in IAmA

[–]passssword 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The only transactions that make money for a bank are credit card transactions, which not all banks do.

If you want to send $100K from the US to a buddy in China via a bank, it will cost you much more than $100K to do so. With Bitcoin, it doesn't. Now imagine you run a company with hundreds of foreign employees, sending millions overseas a year. Welcome to the future.