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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by starman@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

Also, interesting comment I found on HackerNews (HN):

This post was definitely demoted by HN. It stayed in the first position for less than 5 minutes and, as it quickly gathered upvotes, it jumped straight into 24th and quickly fell off the first page as it got 200 or so more points in less than an hour.

I'm 80% confident HN tried to hide this link. It's the fastest downhill I've noticed on here, and I've been lurking and commenting for longer than 10 years.

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[-] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Nah, you don't play with stakes that could matter to someone. In my case, our buy-ins in the home game are $28 when converted to dollars and nobody bats an eye at dropping $100

The tiny reward does make it more interesting because you actually care about winning. It's better to do $20 stakes and keep the money than play for $100 stakes and have to give it back because someone was irresponsible with their money

[-] Rekorse@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

Doesn't gambling for a living by definition mean you have to play with stakes that matter?

Honestly if people could only gamble with their own money, I might feel different about it.

[-] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

They matter in so far as it feels bad to lose. But they shouldn't matter to your family's finances

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