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Cake day: December 14th, 2024

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  • First I tell them the proof to Fermat’s theorem.

    (For those who aren’t familiar with it: it originates from 1637, but nobody in the world was able to prove it until 1994. Therefore it was known among scientists and scholars in all the world during these centuries as one of the greatest riddles in history)

    I get world famous, instantly, with newspaper headlines everywhere.

    Mathematicians in all countries are able to verify my words, so I gain endless credibility, and I can travel to all kinds of places where they want to hear me speak etc.

    A little bit later they will find out that I am not that good at math. Well, not bad, but not good enough by far to find that proof. So there is the next riddle about me.

    Then I can tell that I am from the future. And since I have gained credibility before, they are going to listen now.









  • Edit: Given the previous rules that you must maintain a very modest lifestyle in a low-cost-of-living area,

    It said that I get money for such a lifestyle.

    But now you add that I must actually move before I even get that little money.

    You definitely want to clarify your “Question”.

    would you rather choose to opt out and not have the money at all?

    No, I would still play that game, but maybe my way of spending would concentrate even more on those where I expect something back.

    you can continue to work full time and a half

    I don’t have that.

    your basic ass lifestyle while not helping anyone.

    I don’t have that either.


  • You get to keep enough to maintain a very modest lifestyle in a low-cost-of-living area

    Don’t know why I must move to a cheap area… no, I would probably decide to stay here at least for half of each year. My lifestyle remains modest as well, but I would actually rebuild some parts of this old house.

    the rest of it has to go towards improving the world in some way.

    There’s only a small part of the world that I could actually influence so far in my life.

    With the billions, I would try to expand this radius of course, but only slowly, only reluctantly, trying to stay wise. I would focus at first on the ones that are closer to me, and mitigate their needs. You did not require me to improve the whole world after all.