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Monthly Archives: August 2009
BetFair in France in 2010
BetFair gets clearance from France ahead of liberalization. Thanks to Alexander Ainslie for the tip
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Regulations
Tagged BetFair, Betting, betting market, France, Gambling, gambling market, laws, Regulations
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United Kingdom’s Prime Minister should apologize for the prosecution of Alan Turing that led to his untimely death.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/ Alan Turing was the greatest computer scientist ever born in Britain. He laid the foundations of computing, helped break the Nazi Enigma code and told us how to tell whether a machine could think. He was also gay. He … Continue reading
Earlier this year, a panel of right-wing “experts†produced a report urging the committee to remove biographies of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen F. Austin, and César Chávez, and instead add history about the “motivational role the Bible and the Christian faith played in the settling of the original colonies.â€
Our good friend Mike Giberson has landed in a state governed by crazy lunatics.
Posted in Politics
Tagged bigots, lunatics, Mike Giberson, Texas, United States Of America
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How Does Society Identify Experts and When Does It Work?
Robin Hanson @ The Singularity Summit @ New York City, New York, U.S.A. – 2009-10-03∼04
Posted in Events & Meetings
Tagged events, experts, meetings, Robin Hanson, singularity
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Are the prediction market startups lead by missionaries or mercenaries?
John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins on the difference between “missionary” and “mercenary” entrepreneurial founders
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Psychology
Tagged Business, entrepreneurs, entrepreneuship, John Doerr, mercenaries, missionaries, startups
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BetFair are to change the time over which the premium charge is calculated.
BetFair are to change the time over which the premium charge is calculated. Previously: BetFair impose new “Premium Chargesâ€, and their very active traders are up in arms.
Posted in Exchanges & Markets
Tagged BetFair, betting costs, betting fees, Premium Charge, Premium Charges, trading costs, trading fees
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