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> How are prices determined? ... using a proprietary algorithm. How is this article HN newsworthy?
by mrbluecoat 7d ago
> How are prices determined?
... using a proprietary algorithm.
How is this article HN newsworthy?
- Stitch4223 7d agoFor various reasons. From what I get from it, it describes a complex technical + social system that has been exploited to the max leading to insane pricing, risks and a ban. They want to do that again it seems. That this specific algorithm isn’t revealed is the joke: it’s a complete fraud, their secret uber elite algorithm will favor nobody except the owners obviously. It’s super nerdy and it took some effort, at least for me, to understand the fun. I might have completely missed the mark as everything about this subject, such as the Wikipedia article and so on are completely new to me.