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Re:White hat hacker awarded $2M for fixing ETH-creation bug by HWR_14 on Sunday February 13, 2022 @12:43PM (#30323653)
If I'm about to be evicted or declare bankruptcy, does having $1 really change anything? Meanwhile, does having a small chance of staying in my house change anything?

It's easy to say "well, lotteries have a negative expected payoff". And that's true, but it can still have a less negative payoff than a payday loan or having your car repossessed.

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Re:White hat hacker awarded $2M for fixing ETH-creation bug by IanCal on Monday February 14, 2022 @09:10AM (#30332159)
This is a good example of why utility curves are not, well, lines.

The utility of $2*X is not exactly twice $X. It can be more or less, and that can differ between different people.

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