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justin commented on Prediction markets are ushering in a world in which news becomes about gambling   theatlantic.com/technolog... · Posted by u/krustyburger
collinmcnulty · 24 days ago
The “skill” line is what gamblers tell themselves to justify it. A much more useful demarcation is “does this game have any positive impact on the world” (entertainment value of the gambling itself doesn’t count). For example, insurance is not gambling even though it is itself a zero sum game, it enables societally beneficial risk taking. Options trading on real assets like stock aid in price discovery. Memecoins, sports betting, your local poker game and the way prediction markets actually function in practice are all gambling.
justin · 23 days ago
Prediction markets serve as a hedge against real world events, which enables risk taking.
justin commented on Show HN: I'm a dermatologist and I vibe coded a skin cancer learning app   molecheck.info/... · Posted by u/sungam
utyop22 · 5 months ago
Most ideas suck and never deserve to see the light of day.

True productivity is when what is produced is of benefit.

justin · 5 months ago
Why don’t they deserve to see the light of day? Maybe the market gets to decide what “sucks” or doesn’t. More ideas in the marketplace gives users more choice.
justin commented on Cargo Airships Are Happening   elidourado.com/p/airship-... · Posted by u/elidourado
scottLobster · a year ago
Yeah, it seems like every attempt at an airship company for the last 70 years or so just ends up speed-running the development of modern travel/logistics that makes airships obsolete. Same way crypto is/was speed-running the need for modern financial regulation.

On a broader scale I also wonder if we're near the top of a technological S-curve. It's worth remembering that until the industrial revolution the average pace of technological advance was extremely slow. The Mongols conquered Asia with weaponry that would have been instantly familiar to people living 2000 years earlier. Perhaps our descendants 1000 years from now will still be using refrigerators virtually identical to our own.

justin · a year ago
CRISPR, Yamanaka factors, computational biology, brain computer interfaces, Starship, LLMs... we are nowhere near the top of the tech S curve.
justin commented on Sell Anything on Your Social Platform   rye.com/blog/sell-anythin... · Posted by u/justin
justin · 2 years ago
Guide to add end-to-end shopping experience to any social platform you're building
justin commented on Order Amazon from Your Terminal   rye.com/blog/order-amazon... · Posted by u/justin
justin · 2 years ago
Guide to order any Amazon products from your terminal with 3 API requests
justin commented on Tell HN: Job interview canceled due to looming recession    · Posted by u/neoxone
alexb_ · 4 years ago
Anything relating to NFTs sounds like the absolute opposite of a recession-proof job.
justin · 4 years ago
1) Games will move from closed economies to open economies, just as they transitioned to free-to-play 15 years ago. Blockchain is just the technology through which this will happen.

2) This transition will take 10 years - we are building for that timeline

3) We raised a ton of money and have a lean team, and can exist for >5 years without revenue. We are keeping our team lean to maintain that level of runway.

4) For whatever reason, people are still buying gaming NFTs right now (as of this week). Of course, that may change quickly.

justin commented on Tell HN: Job interview canceled due to looming recession    · Posted by u/neoxone
justin · 4 years ago
We are still hiring at Fractal (NFT marketplace for gaming assets). We're a revenue generating company with fewer than 15 team members that just raised $35m in new funding. Founded by experienced founders. https://jobs.lever.co/fractal-is/

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