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Coffeezilla seems to be all about prediction markets in his latest videos, here a new one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE8Lt5mBQb0 (different but similar to the one shared here #1349855). You can agree or not with CZ's disdain towards prediction markets and his love of regulations, but the examples he gives clearly support @SimpleStacker's claim that

the revenue model is going to skew towards preying on gamblers.
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haha every time you say CZ you throw me off because I think of the Binance CZ

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The thought crossed my mind, too. But don't want to give scammy Changpeng too much credit...

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also, that Kalshi GTA 6 ad sure was something

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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Kontext 20h

Unpopular opinion: you don't necessarily have to write code to be a cypherpunk 👀

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You have to wear Bermuda shorts and gaze into the ocean?

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Optional, but recommended :)

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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 20h

Working my way through Refactoring UI and it's pretty excellent. I never had much of toe hold for learning about UI design, having trained on the art side of design (and very little at that). It does a great job of surveying the most important design facts/rules/pitfalls and supporting them with examples.

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I hope the designers will not make SN working slow and clunky just for the sake of adding tons of bullshit fancy stuff that is not really needed. 90% of today's websites are totally trash because of this trend of adding crap on the webs.

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102 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 20h

One of the problems I've had outsourcing design is that SN would lose the look of otherness, the funk, that I like it having. It's hard for someone to know what I've made look weird and what's me being naive. To many designers, anything that isn't fashionable, any personality that doesn't fit inside some accepted window, may as well be naive. It's also not their fault. I'm so naive that it's not easy to tell what's what.

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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 18h

Keep SN Funky is a slogan I can get behind.

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man i would fail this course because i don't really see what's so bad about the left one ~lol

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 20h

It's not that it's bad imo, but that it can be a lot better.

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102 sats \ 3 replies \ @Car 21h

Watching Avatar 3 tonight will post a review later tonight in ~movies.

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watching it in imax 3d?

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 20h

decided to go with 2D, will be back next week to watch it in 3D imax, want the first showing to be about the story, curious to see where cameron takes this, been avoiding trailers

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Looking forward to it.

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Well.. now I know why I couldn't find gpt-5.2 on lmarena:

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Un fresco día por aquí, he estado pensando en que debería haber un territorio de referido, donde se pudieran compartir enlaces de plataformas que no sean estafa. También si ya hay una de música que tal una de filmes de todos los tiempos no importa si sean silentes o manga, donde se pudieran compartir opiniones. Qué tal?

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The government taking care of my children....!!!

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calling all ads for this week's Stacker News Zine! anyone got something to say? to sell? call someone out! be a scrooge or something, idk!

SNZ #Classifieds

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Can’t wait for BTC 2026!

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Can’t stop us!

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This paper presents implementations that match and, where possible, exceed current quantum factorisation records using a VIC-20 8-bit home computer from 1981, an abacus, and a dog. We hope that this work will inspire future efforts to match any further quantum factorisation records, should they arise.

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My work week is winding down, vacation is just on the horizon, and I have a fresh pot of coffee. Life is good.

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117 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 18 Dec

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0 sats \ 10 replies \ @OT 18 Dec

I haven't noticed any obvious spam but SN seems to be consistently getting >3k items a day this month.

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IDIOCY

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... getting >3k items a day this month

#1352743

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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @OT 18 Dec

So there are lots of zombie items? I don't seems to see too many. Sometimes I see some AI slop here and there.

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Only a k00b, or whoever created them, can see those zombie items!

👀 #1352743

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 18 Dec

A k00b filter?

Imagine a Darth filter.

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unpaid filter

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I ❤️ Zeus

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What are these items? I don’t understand how they’re being made.

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Someone has automated unpaid replies or there's some bug, that they are being generated automatically.

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unpaid items (zombie/ghost)

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I think if you disconnect your wallet, empty your account of cowboy credits, and try to make a post, a QR code will pop up for you to pay. If you don't pay, the post still enters into the database and thus gets an item number, but it doesn't show up anywhere, hence "ghost items".

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Makes sense

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This isn't how someone is creating 3k or so items daily. Do you really think someone is doing hours of labour doing so?

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No, you can just write a script for it.

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Something like a bot or automated this?

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exactly

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By posting daily updates of this you're also helping. Welcome.

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2026.... BREAKING NEWS ! Predyx acquired Stacker News ! From now on all posts on SN will be gambling posts.

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Hahahaha. Will @grayruby post more than 5 times tomorrow?

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Buy YES

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Should be more that 50 for he neatly closes out on this daily

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That’d be an absolute haven for scammers! Haha

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