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I am very impressed by Amazon’s Kindles. — [VIDEO]

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

You should watch: Analysis.

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Excerpts of the BetFair’s answers to their traders’ questions

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

About the new bet-matching logic: It’s not clear why you believe that the majority of those customers who use Betfair’s forum are unhappy about the introduction of the improved matching logic. The sport this will most significantly benefit is football … Continue reading →

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How BetFair screw up the “Next Mayor Of London” embeddable, enriched, compound chart widget —BIG TIME

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- PUT YOUR MOUSE CURSOR ON ONE OF THE WHITE DOTS PRESENT ON THE CHART, AND SPOT THE POP-UP MESSAGE. – IF YOU’RE READING THIS FROM WITHIN YOUR FEED READER, GO TO THE BLOG POST, ON THE MIDAS ORACLE WEBSITE, … Continue reading →

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Decision Markets and Futarchy are solutions in desperate search for a problem to solve and for their early adopters… and that may stay that way well after Robin Hanson’s head gets cryogenized.

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- Robin Hanson: [...] We rarely seek out advice, and when we do it is usually on much smaller decisions. [...] One reason we avoid getting advice is that it lowers our status relative to those who give advice. Of … Continue reading →

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How InTrade-TradeSports and BetFair-TradeFair should reach out

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- Fred Wilson (a famous NY-based venture capitalist, a “VC”): Really think about if you need that $15,000 a month PR firm. – There are some really good PR firms out there and if you can get one of them … Continue reading →

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WordPress is a bit like WikiMedia (the software powering Wikipedia), now.

Posted on January 5, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Two weeks ago, I was seeking a WordPress way to have multiple authors for a post or a page. I found 2 interesting plugins. The CO-AUTHORS plugin, which does what it says. One specific post or page can be assigned … Continue reading →

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Midas Oracle readers = information workers

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Bill Gates (the head of the Evil Empire): The skills you need to succeed One of the most important changes of the last 30 years is that digital technology has transformed almost everyone into an information worker. [...] I also … Continue reading →

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Reading the Markets – Forecasting Prediction Markets By News Content Analysis

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Reading the Markets – Forecasting Prediction Markets By News Content Analysis – (PDF file) – by Ari Gilder and Kevin Lerman – 2007-xx-xx Abstract We present a system for predicting price fluctuations in Prediction Markets, such as TradeSports and the … Continue reading →

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BOMBASTIC CLAIM: Today’s prediction markets are far from being efficient.

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

[The IEM prediction] markets were not even weakly efficient. — Hillary Clinton – IEM vs. Linguistic analysis of news articles Rudy Giuliani – IEM vs. Linguistic analysis of news articles — NEXT: Reading the Markets – Forecasting Prediction Markets By … Continue reading →

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MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS: INKLING HOBBY IS GOOD FOR ENERGY ECONOMIST MICHAEL GIBERSON.

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The New York Times: Carol Kauffman, an assistant clinical professor at Harvard Medical School: “When you’re really engaged in a hobby you love, you lose your sense of time and enter what’s called a flow state, and that restores your … Continue reading →

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