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1. mmasu+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-01-27 09:25:59
yesterday in an article here on HN i read a wonderful dutch proverb:

“trust arrives on foot and leaves on horseback”

seems it’s applicable to this case too. Sad to see decades of work being tore apart in a few months.

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2. mlrtim+0b[view] [source] 2026-01-27 10:44:58
>>mmasu+(OP)
Where does money land on that proverb?

Meaning people have very short term memories when some sort of financial incentive is inserted.

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3. balama+ic[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-27 10:53:36
>>mlrtim+0b
Well, ask yourself where'd it get the horse
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4. ben_w+3g[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-27 11:23:59
>>mlrtim+0b
Trust is something you can give a price to.

The higher the risk of e.g. a loan, the more interest it has to pay out to be worthwhile. The exact amount* is, as I understand it, governed by the Black–Scholes model.

* probably with some spherical-cows-in-a-vacuum assumptions given how the misuse of this model was a factor in the global financial crisis.

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