If You Were A Billionaire What Would You Do With Your Money?

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Geekbabe

Moderator Emeritus<br>Elite Member
Oct 16, 1999
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www.theshoppinqueen.com
A trust fund for my son who lives with Autism as his daily challenge. Money to pay off my daughter & SIL student loans. Money for my other daughter. Donation to Mass General Cancer Center Patient Care fund….lastly a modest new place to live
 

Ajay

Lifer
Jan 8, 2001
16,094
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136
A trust fund for my son who lives with Autism as his daily challenge. Money to pay off my daughter & SIL student loans. Money for my other daughter. Donation to Mass General Cancer Center Patient Care fund….lastly a modest new place to live
You baller!
 
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Gizmo j

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Nov 9, 2013
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Here is a charity called "one laptop per child"

I would like to do something similar but for "gaming" laptops.

I would buy the cheapest gaming laptops that has both a GPU and SSD and is fully in stock, such as the one below and give them out for free

 

VirtualLarry

No Lifer
Aug 25, 2001
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10,194
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Intel, with their xe2 tech based igpus, fast ddr5 ram, and XEss scaling tech, May we'll be on the verge of producing power:efficient gaming PCs.


What about internet?
 
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Gizmo j

Golden Member
Nov 9, 2013
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Maybe I'll go to my old elementary school and give every kid a gaming laptop.
 

AdamK47

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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I would buy all the properties around you and fill it with coriander plants
I'd build and launch satellites into space with sun blocking shields to block all of the sun on those properties... Being a multi billionaire and all.
 

sdifox

No Lifer
Sep 30, 2005
97,309
16,389
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I'd build and launch satellites into space with sun blocking shields to block all of the sun on those properties... Being a multi billionaire and all.
You know people grow plants without sunlight now right?
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
68,788
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www.anyf.ca
They do have the opposite service, you can sign up for extra sunlight. Maybe one service could compliment the other, by stealing sunlight from one place and giving it to the other!


Buy stocks in mylar manufacturers.
 
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lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
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They do have the opposite service, you can sign up for extra sunlight. Maybe one service could compliment the other, by stealing sunlight from one place and giving it to the other!


Buy stocks in mylar manufacturers.
Is this satire? I can't tell what satire is anymore. Someone writes something as comedy, and they soon get outdone by reality.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
68,788
12,783
126
www.anyf.ca
Is this satire? I can't tell what satire is anymore. Someone writes something as comedy, and they soon get outdone by reality.
It's "real" but super unfeasible. EEVblog made a video on it.


Long story short the idea of taking light from a relatively small area in space and then spreading it over a larger area on Earth means the wattage of energy is just spread out so thin that it's basically pointless. The cost and energy involved in actually executing this is also ridiculous when you'd get more energy by just adding a couple extra solar panels on the ground or adding a storage battery.
 
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IBMJunkman

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At one time I would have put on a concert. I would have Elton John, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, Sting, Tina Turner and ZZ Top. I would ask for 4 or 5 songs from each artist. And any duets, etc they might want to do. It would be in the smallest venue I could find in the U.S. or Italy. With a JBL sound system. I would fly in friends from around the U.S. and Italy. Probably a total of about 40 people.

Instead of paying the artists I would make large donations to their favorite charities. I hope that would be a better inducement than plain cash. And of course I would have to pay for an organizer.

This idea was back in 2008. Tina is gone. 1/3 of ZZ is gone. Elton has quit. Phil has a disability. Suppose I could still go with Billy, Sting, Eric and the newish ZZ.

Heck. If I had a billion I would open 4000 FDIC insured savings accounts getting 4% interest.
 

FelixDeCat

Lifer
Aug 4, 2000
29,773
2,326
126
It's "real" but super unfeasible. EEVblog made a video on it.

Long story short the idea of taking light from a relatively small area in space and then spreading it over a larger area on Earth means the wattage of energy is just spread out so thin that it's basically pointless. The cost and energy involved in actually executing this is also ridiculous when you'd get more energy by just adding a couple extra solar panels on the ground or adding a storage battery.

This reminds me of an old song...

Damn billionaires. Always trying to steal my sunshine.

 
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