sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoSenators demand crackdown on wildfire “prediction market” bets | Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square83linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squareMaster_Suck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoLemme rephrase a bit: people who bet on this sort of thing are probably ones who have only lived in a desert, never having seen a tree in the first place. I’m sure there’s plenty of fires in a hot place.
Lemme rephrase a bit: people who bet on this sort of thing are probably ones who have only lived in a desert, never having seen a tree in the first place.
I’m sure there’s plenty of fires in a hot place.