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Because we used to be a high trust society where degenrate gamblers wouldnt mess with scientific equipment to rip each other off
by samrus 6mo ago
Because we used to be a high trust society where degenrate gamblers wouldnt mess with scientific equipment to rip each other off
- slackfan 6mo agoCounterpoint, why are we measuring temperature on what is basically a giant radiator?
- dymk 6mo agoBecause that wasn't what caused the problem? The reason it didn't work was some asshole intentionally tampered with the equipment, not because of where it was.
- slackfan 6mo ago[flagged]
- gorjusborg 6mo agoCounter-counterpoint, why are people wagering on an airport thermometer measurement?
- wcfields 6mo agoIt's a catch-22: I already gambled the coin I was going to use for the heads-or-tails bet.
- pavl- 6mo agolol, the OP is such a classic HN take. "Why doesn't society simply absorb a negative externality created by gambling and add high cost redundancy layers that are otherwise useless" - Not every problem is technical.
- MattGaiser 6mo agoTo be more generous, it is the action that can be taken unilaterally. Trying to eliminate gambling has vexed many an emperor and cleric.
- j-bos 6mo agoI hear what you're saying man, but honestly it's a sensor. Sensors can fail all the time even without deliberate tampering. It doesn't seem to really make sense to have a single one in a single location. Besides for clarity, my question was more why was the market referenced on a single sensor rather than on multiple sensors?
- jrm4 6mo agoI'm sorry, what is this "high trust" society of which you speak?