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Sam Bankman-Fried and Matt Levine on How the Crypto Market Works(bloomberg.com)
3 points by nstj 5y ago|0 comments
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Kaseya ransomware attackers demand $70M(theverge.com)
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by nstj 5y ago
> How do you cancel your Clubhouse account? I was invited to talk about Apple and monopolies, and that was (mostly) a fine conversation. But I have no interest in staying in that place, yet all I see is a Log Out option, no "Cancel
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Hermit: Open-source toolchain management by Cash App(cashapp.github.io)
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by nstj 5y ago
I mean them publishing your data not you getting it back
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by nstj 5y ago
What about when the cost of having the data exposed to the public is higher than that of recovery
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Australian govt announces Pfizer as the preferred vaccine for adults under 50(abc.net.au)
1 points by nstj 6y ago|0 comments
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by nstj 6y ago
Terrific site - it reads really nicely. Well done!
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TSLA briefly rallied after announcing a BTC purchase and since then its down 14%(twitter.com)
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by nstj 6y ago
To paraphrase a hedge fund manager speaking on a panel I was watching a while back "The Nobel Prize in Economics has done more damage to the world than the atomic bomb"
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by nstj 6y ago
For sure, I never said it was actually implemented/feasible. Just that it’s the current vector by which Ethereum is being marketed
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by nstj 6y ago
Are you familiar with the “DeFi revolution?”
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Braeburn Capital(en.wikipedia.org)
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OnlySetups – Easily view workstations and gaming setups from Reddit(onlysetups.vercel.app)
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by nstj 6y ago
A “foreign exchange” not “foreign exchange market”
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by nstj 6y ago
They’re small
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by nstj 6y ago
Surprised it didn’t call out more western/OECD nations. From my perspective the internet in the west is a shadow of its former progressive self.
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by nstj 6y ago
Sure, but that’s a cost of capital discussion not a “fees are higher for bets with higher likelihood of winning” one.
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by nstj 6y ago
what’s a ‘balanced’ contract?
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by nstj 6y ago
Yep cost of capital != inflation
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by nstj 6y ago
I don’t know how you got those numbers. In all the betting markets I participate in, the fees are charged on profit - so it isn’t related to how much of my money I bet, it’s just related to profit. Win a 3:1 bet with 10% fees? You’re l
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by nstj 6y ago
Sure but cost of capital != inflation. And I understand the impact of fees but I’m wondering how they could influence high likelihood bet profitability more than low likelihood bet profitability?
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by nstj 6y ago
How would the fees make it any less profitable for high probability contracts vs low probability contracts? And could you expand on the inflation theory? Appreciate the insight!
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by nstj 6y ago
I’m interested in the liquidity constraints theory - Betfair has ~$1bn matched for the most recent election. At present there is ~$700k bid and offered at the market for both candidates (the market is still open). Could you expand on your
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by nstj 6y ago
The point of the comments here is that $BIGCO is outside of the law from a risk measured standpoint (ie: they’ll bankrupt you if you fight them given their bigger bankroll).
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by nstj 6y ago
As an Australian this nugget resonated with me recently: “The ancestors of Australians aren’t prisoners, but rather prison _guards_”
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by nstj 6y ago
How about all the data which map apps are asking for now (and in the past but for which they now have permissions): - WiFi network access (tightened up in recent mobile OS') which can give you a pretty accurate location - Photo roll (t
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Dow futures up 1200 points as Pfizer, BioNtech say Covid19 vaccine 90% effective(cnbc.com)
3 points by nstj 6y ago|0 comments
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by nstj 6y ago
Paywall - is there a rule for no paywalled articles on HN?
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by nstj 6y ago
> Experience four seasons: changes in weather and daylight are a feature and not a bug This looks like a wonderful offering. With phrases like the above it looks to be one of the first of its nature where government _gets_ the needs of

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