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To get the theoretical share of 51%, at current bitcoin rates you'd either need to invest $128USD per coin to have a controlling share of the 11M currently in circulation, or datamine the remaining quantity, which is theoretically more expensive than simply buying them based on electricity cost.

So provided a country is willing to sink about $720M into sinking bitcoin permanently, it's possible. Doubtful it would happen, though.

Well, I don't know you or her, but if she's leaving you little flirty messages in a minecraft game and she's seeing someone else, it sounds like she's jerking your chain. Some girls get off on attention from guys.

Go out and make some new friends. Take up a hobby, join a social group, team sport or something. If you feel lonely and isolated, get out of the house and start to meet people instead. Plenty of fish in the sea, don't sweat the ones that get away.

Either that, or they're watermelons.

If you're gonna play expansionist, you'll wanna pick up the cybernetic trait. It's a big middle finger to the limits of expansion when you can simply spread onto barren planets and support your population with pure production.

So in terms of traits, what does everyone like?

My personal list:

Physical positive traits are Efficient Metabolism, Fertile and Smart. Your colonies will grow fast when you settle them even without an extensive freighter network to transport colonists to new planets, and your research will progress swiftly. Negative traits are Repulsive and Timid, because diplomacy is for weaklings and ground combat is for losers who don't know the joy of nuking their enemies from orbit.

Sociological positive are Industrious and Meticulous so you have 25% bonus income from tax and a high rate of production. Negative trait here is wasteful, since the 25% penalty on maintenance is offset by Meticulous, and you gain a net 3 points for no great loss.

History and Tradition positive traits are Cybernetic, the big expensive trait that eliminates your dependence on food. Negative traits are Small and Polluted Homeworld, since you don't care about the fertility penalty and you're going to be a rapidly expansionistic empire. With the bonus point you have left you can get a nice prototype flagship to explore the galaxy with when you start.

Seriously, walk into a pharmacy and ask one of the staff what diet shakes they have available. Check the ingredients list for whatever you're after and then bulk it up with some matodextrin and fiber. The extra maltodextrin will probably improve the flavor, but like I said, the effect isn't like having a meal. You don't feel satisfied after eating one, just not hungry anymore.

Edit: Just did a quick search on eBay, plenty of listings for Optifast in the USA, though none I could find for OptiSlim. Not surprising since it's an Australian brand generic. - Source

It appears these are different to the Australian ones, apparently the OptiFast 800 range contains choline. - Source

Didn't check the full list of ingredients but again they're intended as a full meal replacement so I doubt there's much missing.

Does eating 3 serves of OptiSlim contain the same nutrients as soylent? Nope. What it does contain are nutrients that are clinically proven to contain everything the body needs to survive, plus a lower amount of carbohydrates to reduce weight. My formula mixes in the carbohydrates again and adds fiber to maintain bowel function. It might not be as exact or precise as soylent, but it doesn't need to be. Anything you don't need is eliminated through the urine or synthesized by the body. If you're really paranoid, add a multivitamin to be safe.

What I'm basically pointing out is that this is just one guy reinventing the wheel. It might be a slightly better wheel, but for the time and effort you put into it, why not just go buy one somebody else already made? It'll still do the job you want it to do. Personally I think this guy just enjoys playing chemist in his kitchen.

Did that, he reported consuming 2629 kcal/day. If we use the OptiSlim as a baseline product at 220kcal/serve, that's just under 12 sachets per day to equal his consumption. So total cost to equal his soylent using a ready-made off the shelf product is $15.72 per day, or between $450 to $500 a month. His figures indicate the cost of manufacturing it yourself are around $150 a month. So it's somewhere in excess of $300 a month for the convenience of buying it from the pharmacy instead of making it at home, with the option of a wider variety of flavors to choose from.

Edit: Just a thought, if you were looking for a good in-between area to save money, take three sachets of the OptiSlim and mix it with 2000kcal of maltodextrin. Presto, it's what he's taking without the bother of measuring out amino acids, protein or minerals.