alt Hacker News> It should be regulated as gambling, because it is.
That's wild. Anything with non-deterministic output will have this.
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martin-t • last Wednesday at 8:38 PM
That's incorrect, gambling is about waiting.
Brain scans have revealed that waiting for a potential win stimulates the same areas as the win itself. That's the "appeal" of gambling. Your brain literally feels like it's winning while waiting because it _might_ win.
GuinansEyebrows • last Wednesday at 8:37 PM
maybe more accurately anything with non-deterministic output that you have to pay-per-use instead of paying by outcome.
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> "Anything with non-deterministic output will have this.
Anything with non-deterministic output that charges money ...
Edit Added words to clarify what I meant.