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New comment by elkrapo in "Who wins and who loses in prediction markets? Evidence from Polymarket"

elkrapo — Thu, 21 May 2026 21:47:03 +0000

It doesn't seem surprising that being a bookmaker in your behavior on sports is a big win since many people bet on identity instead of information in sports and with small bets/attention. It's interesting in that the pattern could have turned out to apply immediately across everything or something.

New comment by elkrapo in "Chewing gum restores dad's taste and smell years after Covid"

elkrapo — Thu, 21 May 2026 18:21:41 +0000

It's too early to tell if it worked because he was a dad or because he was once a mama's boy.

New comment by elkrapo in "FatGid: FreeBSD 14.x kernel local privilege escalation"

elkrapo — Thu, 21 May 2026 17:35:50 +0000

The cool kiddies wait and time their disclosures on the cool numbers.

New comment by elkrapo in "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE"

elkrapo — Wed, 20 May 2026 21:32:53 +0000

Exactly.

New comment by elkrapo in "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE"

elkrapo — Wed, 20 May 2026 21:25:18 +0000

No, Caesar suggests that no founding father of a modern country accepted your requirement of a proven track record for republics.

New comment by elkrapo in "Russian Troops' Fear Grows as Ukraine AI "Slaughterbot" Drones Headhunt Them"

elkrapo — Wed, 20 May 2026 21:13:43 +0000

The lethality sounds very humane but if ending a war is an excuse for anything then I doubt Russia could handle a fraction of the casualties if they were primarily sub-lethal.

New comment by elkrapo in "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE"

elkrapo — Wed, 20 May 2026 20:33:03 +0000

I think Julius Caesar demands a word if we were only supposed to use systems with proven track records.