Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets

beepbooptheory

Dupe from a little bit ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47878208

mdrzn

Already discussed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47878208

boringg

Is there a bet available to determine if the weather forecasted was impacted by a hair dryer?

hilariously

"It sucks that someone potentially tricked a temperature sensor with a hairdryer to scam actual gamblers out of potential winnings" really missed a chance to say it blows.

cnj

It never occurred to me that Goodhart's law could be applied to betting, but here we are :)

declan_roberts

I can't believe there's no honor among the gamblers!

nkrisc

Gambling addicts will really gamble on anything, won’t they? It’s a bit strange to see degenerate gambling dressed up as “predictions”.

avazhi

A fool and his money etc etc. You love to see it.

zobzu

climate change via hair drier ;D

Arn_Thor

Maybe it's bad to let people bet on anything, huh

ghstinda

hilarious title, engadget is still quality after all these years

swader999

Finally some hacking news!

ChrisArchitect

2 weeks old news OP https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47869664 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47878208

Uptrenda

lulz futures paying off as usual

xg15

I think what's also telling is Polymarket's non-reaction to this. If there are obvious concerns that the outcome was manipulated, I'd expect them to invalidate the bet - otherwise they're effectively incentivising manipulation.

damnitbuilds

Is that better or worse than invading Venezuela to rig a Polymarket bet ?

HeavyStorm

If that happened, has a crime been committed? I don't think so. Well, maybe tampering with the thermometer might be a crime, but, on the gambling angle, I would say it's not.

mac3n

is this what the cryptobros are doing now?

greatgib

Just to be clear, my understanding of news here is France is that there is an investigation for someone having possibly rigged the weather sensor but there was nothing release about how this could have been done. The hair dryer thing is a joke, even if it is still a possibility, but just to say, it could be a cover, it could be a hot air gun, it could be a hack, it could be just luck, ... Take care because there are ai generated videos of a guy with a hair dryer doing that, but these are fake!

staplung

They said that Cobra would never acquire the pieces of the Weather Dominator. Now we’re doomed!