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Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside pr... by m0zg on Sunday April 21, 2019 @04:25PM (#19714354)
Should be pretty easy: just check what CNN says and bet in the opposite direction.
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Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside pr... by qznc on Monday April 22, 2019 @05:00AM (#19717478)
The problem with such predictions (likewise stock market) is that they are not binary. The question is not if a stock goes up or down. The question is "when?". There is no such thing as "opposite" of a date (in a useful sense).

There is actually another questions "how much?". There is also no opposite for that.

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Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside pr... by halfnibble on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @01:51AM (#19725922)
But many predictions ARE basically binary. I made so much money on the "Will Trump be impeached by the end of 2019?" question. I can't believe how many people put money on that.
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