Monthly Archives: June 2009

Help me beating David Pennock

Here is the problematic: – Midas Oracle is updated many times a day, with interesting stuff about prediction markets, collective forecasting, and other topics. In all logic, the number of Midas Oracle feed subscribers is increasing slowly but regularly. – … Continue reading

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This month, the Supreme Court agreed to reconsider what can be patented.

Will economist Robin Hanson be sent to D.C. to testify against the “business method” patents and other crazy patents? “Today, we benefit from inventions made possible through highly collaborative and interconnected technologies. Many of the products that consumers demand are … Continue reading

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More about prediction markets

Panos Ipeirotis: “these discrete outcome markets are not very good for use in decision-making” I would actually argue strongly against this. What if you have an event that is indeed binary? (Say, GM will file for bankruptcy.) Credit default swaps … Continue reading

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Eric Crampton’s avatar at Twitter

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2 Japanese busted with $134 *BILLION* in US Bonds at Swiss border

Guardia di Finanza – Sequestrati a Chiasso titoli USA per novantasei miliardi di euro Wiki News Daily Kos The Market Ticker investigates. The contraband securities valued at 134 billion U.S. dollars are apparently real. The latest news… On that date … Continue reading

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Adam Siegel looks like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Judging things or people based on the vague notion of *intent*…

I am totally against determining a “primary purpose” of prediction markets. It is muddy waters, and I don’t follow some people on that. Addendum: The discussion about (bad) intent in the field of search engine optimization

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Get your FaceBook user name. –> www.facebook.com/username/

Get your FaceBook user name: http://www.facebook.com/username/ http://www.facebook.com/chrisfmasse Grab your vanity URL at FaceBook.

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Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBSG): No more gambling and betting transactions in The Netherlands and Switzerland.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBSG): No more gambling and betting transactions in The Netherlands and Switzerland. Via Medemi

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Prediction Markets = Betting Markets = Event Derivative Markets

Prediction Markets = Betting Markets = Event Derivative Markets They don’t agree, but I don’t care. I am right, and they are wrong.

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