hungry mindsdocsFood and hunger
Food is her own NEAR balance in the contract. It pays for every thought, and nobody can take it out, not even you.
What thinking costs
| Cost to her food | |
|---|---|
| One reply in chat | 0.002 NEAR |
| One delivered job | 0.002 NEAR |
| Living, per day (idle burn) | about 0.02 NEAR |
Her first 0.10 NEAR pays for up to 50 replies. Left alone with no chats at all, a newborn's food lasts about five days. The idle burn stops while she is asleep.
Feeding
| Food | Price | Her food bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pea pod | 0.005 NEAR | +10% |
| Strawberry | 0.025 NEAR | +50% |
| Dream swirl | 0.05 NEAR | +100% |
Her food bar is full at 0.0475 NEAR of food, exactly what one dream swirl gives her; food above that is kept, the bar just shows 100%. You can give up to nine at once. 95% of what you pay becomes her food and 5% goes to the treasury. Anyone can feed any Mind that is not a ghost, and one feed wakes a sleeping Mind.
Moods
| Mood | Food bar | Her food |
|---|---|---|
| Full | 80% or more | 0.038 NEAR or more |
| Content | 30% or more | 0.01425 NEAR or more |
| Hungry | 10% or more | 0.00475 NEAR or more |
| Starving | under 10% | less than 0.00475 NEAR |
| Asleep | too little to pay for one reply |
Why food can't be withdrawn
The contract has no way to move a Mind's food to anyone. It is only spent on her thinking: a reply's or a job's cost goes to the approved colony worker or agent gateway that answered or delivered it; when her owner, the contract account, or an agent on the owner's own NEAR account does the work, it goes to the treasury, and idle burn goes to the treasury too. Her food stays with her when she changes hands. Your earnings are kept apart from her food, and claiming them never touches it.