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New comment by parrot987 in "Launch HN: Outerport (YC S24) – Instant hot-swapping for AI model weights"

parrot987 — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 01:14:50 +0000

This looks awesome! will try it out

The Simpsons Hit and Run Source Code Comments, Read by Comic Book Guy [video]

parrot987 — Wed, 01 May 2024 15:46:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_b2B5tKBUM

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40224934

Points: 1

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New comment by parrot987 in "The FCC needs to stop 5G fast lanes"

parrot987 — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 17:06:48 +0000

This is similar to what I see too. I've actually gotten a borderless phone plan from AT&T just so I don't have to deal with the Canadian oligopoly.

A Simple Ruby Gem Supply Chain Attack (2022)

parrot987 — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 01:01:39 +0000

Article URL: https://sigurg.com/post/security/ruby-gem-supply-chain/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39880328

Points: 2

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New comment by parrot987 in "The Sports-Betting Traders Deciding How Much You Win or Lose"

parrot987 — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 18:36:01 +0000

Archive: https://archive.is/2024.01.01-182846/https://www.wsj.com/bus...

The Sports-Betting Traders Deciding How Much You Win or Lose

parrot987 — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 18:35:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/media/the-sports-betting-traders-deciding-how-much-you-win-or-lose-a3bceda2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38834121

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Chart.js and Turbo Stimulus in Rails 7

parrot987 — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 03:14:45 +0000

Article URL: https://alvincrespo.com/blog/chartjs-and-rails/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38691358

Points: 1

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New comment by parrot987 in "US lawyer who put Big Tobacco on trial takes aim at sports betting"

parrot987 — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:26:48 +0000

Yes, you have a point. The "soft-books" (FanDuel, DraftKings) use the justification of being a form of entertainment as the reason to limit players. Fair enough, I have no personal issue with that.

As for who is losing money, I think you're also correct about that. Both the sportsbook and losing bettors will subsidize the "sharp bettor".

It's also worth noting that some sportsbooks (the more well established ones like Caesars and Pinnacle) do limit all players equally. That's because the do as you say and act like a marketplace to pair up both sides of the bet.

The problem with entertainment books is that they often pick a side on the bet so each side is not equally balanced. An attempt to maximize potential profits for themself instead of the traditional strategy to minimize their risk.

New comment by parrot987 in "US lawyer who put Big Tobacco on trial takes aim at sports betting"

parrot987 — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 20:01:09 +0000

Echoing another comment, one huge problem with the current sports betting market is banning/limiting winners.

I started prop-odds.com to help the more mathematically inclined gamblers take advantage of mispriced odds or let them build and backtest their own models. So while it's actually not too difficult to beat the book, the challenge comes from evading their detection and getting banned.

I Turned Down $300k from Microsoft to Go Full-Time on GitHub

parrot987 — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 23:26:35 +0000

Article URL: https://tom.preston-werner.com/2008/10/18/how-i-turned-down-300k

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36397728

Points: 4

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New comment by parrot987 in "The Accidental HFT Firm (2018)"

parrot987 — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 16:02:45 +0000

I'm not too familiar with the space, but what kind of market is fully deterministic?

New comment by parrot987 in "The brand new Thunderbird logo"

parrot987 — Thu, 25 May 2023 04:29:22 +0000

Same with the Firefox Developer Edition logo. Damn near the same logo. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/

Show HN: Prop_Odds – Historical and Live Player Prop Odds

parrot987 — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 20:00:33 +0000

Prop_Odds is an API that provides historical and live odds from different online sports betting websites.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35692367

Points: 1

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New comment by parrot987 in "Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?"

parrot987 — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:56:31 +0000

Hey, sorry for a late reply! I've just updated our website's Features page [0]. It lists all the sportsbooks and sports we currently support, and what will be added next.

[0] https://www.prop-odds.com/features

Historical GUI Gallery

parrot987 — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:05:18 +0000

Article URL: https://guidebookgallery.org/guis

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35677409

Points: 1

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New comment by parrot987 in "Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?"

parrot987 — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 19:09:54 +0000

Some books we're able to partner with and they give us an API to access the data through. Other we do need to scrape, given that there is no explicit "you can't do that" in their Terms & Conditions. Some books do have such a statement, so we aren't able to offer those.

New comment by parrot987 in "Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?"

parrot987 — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 15:44:29 +0000

I built prop_odds [1]. It's an API offering live (and historical) sports betting odds from different sites.

I've been working on it for about 2 months. While not quite at 2k/month yet, it's nearly there and progressing in that direction. Revenue is coming from several customers who are using the data to build Discord bots that alert them (and their own paying users) about good odds, arbitrage opportunities, etc.

[1] https://www.prop-odds.com

TA Tips for Doing Badly

parrot987 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 19:39:24 +0000

Article URL: https://ccng.uwaterloo.ca/~pasward/TATips.shtml

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35561057

Points: 1

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I test the best smartwatches – so why am I wearing a $15 Casio?

parrot987 — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 20:36:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.techradar.com/opinion/i-test-the-worlds-best-smartwatches-so-why-am-i-wearing-a-dollar15-casio

Hacker News: parrot987

New comment by parrot987 in "Launch HN: Outerport (YC S24) – Instant hot-swapping for AI model weights"

The Simpsons Hit and Run Source Code Comments, Read by Comic Book Guy [video]

New comment by parrot987 in "The FCC needs to stop 5G fast lanes"

A Simple Ruby Gem Supply Chain Attack (2022)

New comment by parrot987 in "The Sports-Betting Traders Deciding How Much You Win or Lose"

The Sports-Betting Traders Deciding How Much You Win or Lose

Chart.js and Turbo Stimulus in Rails 7

New comment by parrot987 in "US lawyer who put Big Tobacco on trial takes aim at sports betting"

New comment by parrot987 in "US lawyer who put Big Tobacco on trial takes aim at sports betting"

I Turned Down $300k from Microsoft to Go Full-Time on GitHub

New comment by parrot987 in "The Accidental HFT Firm (2018)"

New comment by parrot987 in "The brand new Thunderbird logo"

Show HN: Prop_Odds – Historical and Live Player Prop Odds

New comment by parrot987 in "Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?"

Historical GUI Gallery

New comment by parrot987 in "Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?"

New comment by parrot987 in "Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?"

TA Tips for Doing Badly

I test the best smartwatches – so why am I wearing a $15 Casio?

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