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takes12KNOW t1_jddszp8 wrote

Sports book investors are calculating that bonus money, in addition to other acquisition costs, are less than the lifetime-value of a bettor. That's the simple math that wall street is uh.. betting on. If you're not part of the 2% who comes out a winner, you're their ideal bettor.

The difference between bonus bets and deposit bonuses is the satisfaction comes from the action of betting, not depositing, centering the dopamine hits for an onboarding novice around their key action (placing a bet) .

The industry determined that for a betting habit to develop, a certain number of successful bets need to happen in a specific window, thus the change from bonus deposits to bets.

- A sports industry professional.

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HAETMACHENE t1_jddrv01 wrote

Want a deer story?

I got a deer story.

I drive into work @2am.

Early pandemic my commute into Boston took me on rt 2 between 495 and 95.

One morning, taking flyby where the left turn at the light used to be, I ran through a fresh pool of blood and a mangled deer carcas on the side of the road.

A little less than a mile down was the Prius I am pretty sure hit it.

There are deer, especially in the more wooded areas.

Don't let your hate of highbeams blind you to the wildlife around you.

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BikerHikerHorse t1_jddntia wrote

There really need to be better regulation and enforcement on this. Was driving home last night shortly after dark, already a very tricky time for night time vision and movement perception for most people, and just kept getting blinded by one car with insanely bright or incorrectly aimed beams or another one of those dumbass 6 foot tall "IM bIg BoY!" trucks that are in vogue right now after another. I was essentially blind on the road for a good chunk of it and if a kid ran out in front of me or something I am not certain I'd be able to stop or evade in time. It's ridiculous and there's seemingly nothing I can do about it other than buying a fucking lifted hummer.

Maybe my eyes are getting old, or I just didn't notice or care before but this seems like a thing that got way worse in the last 2-5 years.

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transcengent420 t1_jddlowy wrote

I always felt like this until I had an issue with my glasses and had to use my high beams. Technically you are correct, but the thing about humans and things like vision is that each person is different and is having s completely different experience. What I had to also tell myself is there will never be a day when I don’t pass someone with high beams, so why get upset when I do. Also when I got my vision corrected other peoples high beams didn’t affect me as much

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AstroBuck t1_jddlnlh wrote

No it's an old highway. 95 and 128 are the same highway for most of 128's length. In/near Peabody, the two diverge, with 95 going north to Canada, and 128 going northeast to Gloucester.

That stretch of highway that's 128 and 95 used to exclusively be 128 until, I think 1997. Signage for 128 has been replaced with signage for 95 over time so people older than a certain age often call that highway 128 and people under a certain age often call it 95.

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