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vide0staron Live odds on the UK election

It's a prediction market - different than a pure gambling website. The prices are set in realtime by the users so there is 'wisdom of the crowd' information for the public.

vide0staron Live UK Election Prices API from Smarkets

Intrade doesn't have very many UK election markets.

vide0staron Ask HN: Mechanical Turk - equivalent outside USA?

Interns!

vide0staron Ask HN: Looking for interns / entry level?

We're looking for either marketing or engineering interns to join Smarkets in London for a minimum of three months. Our front-end is Django and back-end Erlang with a nifty RESTful API.

http://smarkets.com

Smarkets is a simple and social place to bet online. Our tech team is top notch and we recently launched publicly. For more information: http://smarkets.com/about/internships/

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It's not but oh so funny.

vide0staron Build a $150 Linux PC

I doubt the savings are that much, but it's still worthwhile to learn how the innards of a PC fit together.

vide0staron Ask YC: are you a UK-based hacker, or working on a startup in the UK?

Hi, we're two American hackers in London starting a betting exchange to take on Betfair. Would love to meet up with hackers/startups in London...jason@binaryclub.com