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bitcoins for immigrants.
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Mon, 30 Dec 2013 00:02:37 -0500
parents 8fa830f0bed4
children 0653ed4b00a3 79d17299ada0
files org/ideas.org
diffstat 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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     1.1 --- a/org/ideas.org	Sun Dec 29 18:38:46 2013 -0500
     1.2 +++ b/org/ideas.org	Mon Dec 30 00:02:37 2013 -0500
     1.3 @@ -31,8 +31,22 @@
     1.4  getting credit.
     1.5  #+end_quote
     1.6  
     1.7 +- bitcoins for immigrants :: A common case with Mexican immigrants
     1.8 +     (illegal or not) is that they want to send money they've earned
     1.9 +     in the US back to their families in Mexico. They currently do this
    1.10 +     through things like Money Gram or Western Union, and they get
    1.11 +     fleeced in the process with fees. Bitcoin could greatly reduce
    1.12 +     the cost of sending money from America to Mexico, but I don't
    1.13 +     believe that it's currently used for that among Mexican
    1.14 +     immigrants currently due to lack of knowledge. I bet you could
    1.15 +     set up physical locations like those obnoxious Western Union huts
    1.16 +     in places like Texas, Arizona, etc, and greatly undercut
    1.17 +     them. Or, perhaps some educational seminars about bitcoin might
    1.18 +     be in order. There's some money to be made there because there is
    1.19 +     great demand, and it's a good thing to boot!
    1.20 +
    1.21  - reverse eye-tracking :: A painting that is actually a digital screen
    1.22 -     with a camera. It records people's eye tracks permamently. It's
    1.23 +     with a camera. It records people's eye tracks permanently. It's
    1.24       "artistic" because paintings are normally these things that you
    1.25       look at without changing, but this one is changed the second you
    1.26       look at it, recording where /you/ looked forever for others to
    1.27 @@ -441,7 +455,7 @@
    1.28  
    1.29  - UROP :: magnet gear/metal teeth tape 
    1.30  
    1.31 -- rod of moses :: device to distill urine through evaporation and
    1.32 +- Rod of Moses :: device to distill urine through evaporation and
    1.33                    easily dispose of urea crystals for use in desert --
    1.34                    produce drinkable water.
    1.35