chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat software does not exist but you wish it did?message-squaremessage-square171linkfedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 hours agoA peer-to-peer prediction market where instead of betting on forest fires, we bet on datacenter fires and mansion fires.
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 hours agoWho would bet against those fires in a platformike that?
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoYou’d bet against the fires if you wanted a payoff when the fire doesn’t happen. You pay when the fire does happen. So anybody who benefits from the fire world have an incentive to bet against it.
A peer-to-peer prediction market where instead of betting on forest fires, we bet on datacenter fires and mansion fires.
Who would bet against those fires in a platformike that?
You’d bet against the fires if you wanted a payoff when the fire doesn’t happen. You pay when the fire does happen. So anybody who benefits from the fire world have an incentive to bet against it.