It's a good thing big tech hires for ethical engineers and not ones that only care about money or social status.
replyThankfully their leadership is leading the way in ethics since inception, so I am confident that no such shenanigans will ever take place. I may even bet on this.
replyYou forgot the /s
replyWhat's funny about sarcasm is that you're supposed to detect it without markers.
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replyYes, very ethical engineers imported from countries who have much more ethics ingrained in their culture than ours.
replyAh yes, the famous american ethics culture.
replyJokes on you. All betting sites are based on US-East1.
reply> These things are dangerous. Someone who can take AWS down such as an employee can place a bet.
replyImagine if the betting website itself shuts down because AWS is down. (half joking I suppose though)
> These bets aren’t as innocent as they seem because the bettors can often influence or change the outcome.
Overall I agree with your statement that these betting markets also are able to incentivize a lot of insider trading and one can say negative scenarios as this has given them an incentive to capitalize on that.