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Re:A Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code (2018) by ohithereyou on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @07:21AM (#20876028)
>I suspect there is a strain of us at HN interested in sports analytics for financial gain

I would assume that people who post to Hacker News, as a rule, are less risk averse than the general populace due to Hacker News being more focused, in my mind, in the entrepreneurial side of technology.

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Re:A Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code (2018) by Smithalicious on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @07:27AM (#20876055)
I think you're right compared to the general "tech" populace, but I think tech people as a whole are more risk averse than the general populace.
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