These buyout deals are pretty common, but I wasn't expecting it to be tied up in a failed Madoff scheme.

I likely making fun of @siggy47 for hiding when everyone knows it's him up there.

This is a real photo of him playing hide and seek as a kid

True, but presuming it's @siggy47 has been a running gag since I started "This Day on Stacker News"

I hear so many Boomers say "I was going to buy [gold, Apple, various collectors items] and now I'd be rich."

For the younger generations, don't be looking back 30 years from now making those same comments. If you believe in something, act on it.

Fixed: 10k, 9k, 8k, etc.

Wow. I assumed this was a done deal.

What specific thing from the Senate blew this up?

It's not unreasonable for him to be the most likely single option at each of those spots

I don't recall, entirely. Probably something to do with incentives.

2k to rewards

Probably best to keep it somewhere where that's not a risk.

That's only like 5% of all the comments. I bet it feels like more to the rest of you.

Yeah, but I had a nicely aesthetic rewards schedule. I'd have to think up an aesthetically pleasing way to divvy up 62k, which might actually be a fun exercise.

That last bit's a little harsh. There are other types of over-regulated, tourist-infested places in Europe.

Since I don't know exactly what rolling it over would mean, 7k is headed to rewards.

I'm sure I read it and just forgot.

I don't think it's them. Neither of them were hiding when I checked recently, but I don't see either of them today.

Hopefully you meant the rewards pool, because I just zapped it 5k for you.

I had this sitting in a tab for two days, because I wanted to respond, but it looked long and I didn't feel like reading that much.

Ultimately, though, @kepford already knows full well my views on these things and they're almost identical to his. It's a fascinating topic that really is best served in detail, as you elude to.