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herewulftoday at 12:38 AM6 repliesview on HN

Imagine doing an easy tour in your air conditioned Kuwaiti logistics office and then getting blown to bits by a ballistic missile because no one bothered to tell you about the war that was being initiated which would cause such missiles in retaliation. Yeah, that's demoralizing too.


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int32_64today at 1:21 AM

There will be derivative contracts of prediction markets to predict if an insider is indicted for betting on a specific prediction.

And those prediction markets will have derivative markets to predict if an insider in the prosecutor's office bet on that contract.

And those prediction markets will have derivative markets to predict if a special prosecutor will prosecute the other prosecutor.

And those prediction markets will have derivative markets to predict if an insider in the special prosecutor's office bet on the other contract.

(additional derivative markets will exist up to the divine wrath of god).

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throwaway2037today at 5:52 AM

I would offer a small correction to your point: Instead of "ballistic missile", I would substitute "Shahed-type drones". It is much easier to detect (and shoot down) a ballistic missile than a Shahed-type drone.

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bijowo1676today at 5:17 AM

start charging congresspeople with insider trading first, before you charge any regular soldier

if rules dont apply universally, then screw these rules altogether

breppptoday at 5:43 AM

If you are in Kuwait you will find yourself under rockets whether you knew in advance or not

I think the worse aspect is if the news of an attack being leaked to the defender and you are being blown to bits as their ballistic missiles are not decimated in their preemptive strike.

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bawolfftoday at 4:45 AM

I mean, surely everyone in the middle east knew a war was on the horizon. Obviously not the exact plan or day, but it wasn't a secret that usa was gearing up for a war.

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SparkyMcUnicorntoday at 12:59 AM

They should have kept an eye on the prediction markets.