Statistics
| Confidence | 50% | 60% | 70% | 80% | 90% | 100% | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | 43% | 54% | 60% | 71% | 83% | 85% | |
| Sample Size | 724 | 1086 | 1060 | 968 | 1483 | 413 | 5734 |
Recent Predictions
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Initial release of iPhone 5 or iPad 3 (or their market names) will allow installing your own applications, without jailbreaking or signing up for a developer program ( 3% confidence; 4 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by bobpage 1 day ago; known on 2012-07-01.
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There will be a Google Summer of Code in 2017 ( 67% confidence; 3 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by bobpage 1 day ago; known on 2017-04-01.
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papermachine will not donate to the Internet Archive ( 80% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 1 day ago; known 1 day ago; judged wrong by gwern 1 day ago.
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Vi tager på staden før vi går iseng ( 25% confidence )
Created by OptiMind 1 day ago; known 1 day ago.
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Major winter storm in the southeast before summer 2012. ( 70% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by smijer 1 day ago; known on 2012-05-16.
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Pill was modafinil. ( 15% confidence; 2 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by Lemmih 1 day ago; known about 21 hours ago; judged right by Lemmih about 19 hours ago.
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Night 34: pill was Vitamin D ( 70% confidence )
Created by gwern 1 day ago; known 1 day ago; judged wrong by gwern 1 day ago.
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USA will collapse before the People’s Republic of China. ( 40% confidence; 5 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by Anubhav 2 days ago; known on 2030-01-01.
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Train on Monday arrives on time (within 5 minutes) ( 80% confidence )
Created by Nic_Smith 2 days ago; known in 1 day.
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Train on Sunday arrives on time (within 5 minutes) ( 80% confidence )
Created by Nic_Smith 2 days ago; known in 1 day.
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I will finish the translation of the first 13 chapters of “Facing the Singularity” until the end of february. ( 81% confidence )
Created by wallowinmaya 2 days ago; known in 24 days.
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Night 33: pill was Vitamin D ( 70% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 2 days ago; known 2 days ago; judged right by gwern 2 days ago.
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I will get a boyfriend this year. ( 1% confidence; 2 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by Jayson_Virissimo 2 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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Eureqa will generate a (reasonably) elegant relation between the marks and attendance of Computer Science and Statistics. ( 20% confidence; 3 comments )
Created by Anubhav 2 days ago; known 2 days ago; judged right by Anubhav 2 days ago.
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I will eat a slice of bread with cheese next Friday. ( 55% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by Emanuel Rylke 2 days ago; known in 4 days.
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Methods of Rationality or a derivative work wins a Hugo Award in or before 2016. ( 10% confidence; 3 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by Anubhav 2 days ago; known on 2017-01-01.
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By 2020, a single-word term for additive fabrication technology will replace “3D printing” in the media. ( 62% confidence; 3 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by NathanMcKnight 3 days ago; known on 2020-01-01.
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No Tobin Tax in the EU by 2013 ( 80% confidence )
Created by modulus 3 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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I’ll stop biting my nails for at least 2 consecutive weeks sometime this year. ( 64% confidence; 3 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by wallowinmaya 3 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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In 6 months I’ll have a visible sixpack. ( 73% confidence )
Created by wallowinmaya 3 days ago; known on 2012-08-02.
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In 6 months I can bench-press 100kg at least 3 times (on machine 13 in my fitness studio) ( 80% confidence )
Created by wallowinmaya 3 days ago; known on 2012-08-02.
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I’ll get a girlfriend this year. ( 20% confidence; 5 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by wallowinmaya 3 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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My grandmother will die this year. ( 13% confidence; 2 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by wallowinmaya 3 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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I’ll get a prescription for modafinil this year. ( 75% confidence )
Created by wallowinmaya 3 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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I’ll get an A in “history of psychology” ( 50% confidence )
Created by wallowinmaya 3 days ago; known in 21 days.
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I will sleep more than 5 hours tonight, although I took Modafinil. ( 60% confidence )
Created by wallowinmaya 3 days ago; known 2 days ago; judged wrong by wallowinmaya 2 days ago.
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Stopping Bupropion won’t reduce my happiness by more than 10%. ( 80% confidence )
Created by wallowinmaya 3 days ago; known in 10 days.
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Night 32: pill was Vitamin D ( 40% confidence )
Created by gwern 3 days ago; known 3 days ago; judged wrong by gwern 3 days ago.
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Pill was modafinil. ( 85% confidence; 2 wagers )
Created by Lemmih 3 days ago; known 2 days ago; judged right by Lemmih 3 days ago.
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“Rescind mandate asking Catholic employers to provide contraceptives” petition to the White House will reach 25k signatures by the deadline. ( 90% confidence; 3 comments )
Created by Anubhav 4 days ago; known in 21 days.
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“Rescind mandate asking Catholic employers to provide contraceptives” petition to the White House will reach 25k signatures by the end of this week. ( 50% confidence; 3 comments )
Created by Anubhav 4 days ago; known in about 1 hour; judged wrong by Anubhav about 2 hours ago.
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2050: Less than 5% of the global population lives in autonomous units with populations between 10 million and 1 billion. ( 21% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by Anubhav 4 days ago; known on 2050-01-01.
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[HPMoR] Bacon’s diary will turn out to be just a diary. ( 55% confidence; 5 wagers; 12 comments )
Created by Grognor 4 days ago; known on 2013-01-16.
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Pill was modafinil. ( 40% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Lemmih 4 days ago; known 4 days ago; judged wrong by Lemmih 4 days ago.
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By 2050, a biologically functional but cosmetic novel body part produced by 3D printing technology will be demonstrated in a human, in vivo. For example: A horn, pointy ears, or an extra thumb. ( 68% confidence; 5 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by NathanMcKnight 4 days ago; known on 2050-01-01.
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Night 31: pill was Vitamin D ( 50% confidence )
Created by gwern 4 days ago; known 4 days ago; judged right by gwern 4 days ago.
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Natural languages no longer widely used for communication a century from now. (Conditional on non-extinction of Homo sapiens/non-occurrence of apocalypse.) ( 12% confidence; 3 wagers; 7 comments )
Created by Anubhav 4 days ago; known on 2112-02-01.
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I will complete my paper to a standard acceptable to the conference review panel. ( 80% confidence )
Created by Ben Doherty 4 days ago; known in 1 day.
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I will listen to all of Michel Thomas – Japanese Foundation, before 2013 ( 55% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by bobpage 4 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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My friend’s house will be connected to fiberglass internet before 2013. ( 30% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Mqrius 5 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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Pill was modafinil. ( 20% confidence )
Created by Lemmih 5 days ago; known 5 days ago; judged wrong by Lemmih 5 days ago.
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Night 30: pill was Vitamin D ( 40% confidence )
Created by gwern 5 days ago; known 5 days ago; judged wrong by gwern 5 days ago.
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By 2025, a living multicellular organism will be printed using 3D printing technology. ( 30% confidence; 3 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by NathanMcKnight 6 days ago; known on 2025-01-01.
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GJP: #1074 Will Libyan government forces regain control* of the city of Bani Walid before 6 February 2012? ( 60% confidence )
Created by gwern 6 days ago; known in about 6 hours.
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GJP: #1077 Will Egypt officially announce by 15 February 2012 that it is lifting* its travel ban on Americans currently in Egypt? ( 45% confidence )
Created by gwern 6 days ago; known in 9 days.
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GJP: #1075 Will a run-off be required in the 2012 Russian presidential election? ( 35% confidence )
Created by gwern 6 days ago; known in 29 days.
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GJP: #1070 Will Iran and the U.S. commence official nuclear program talks* before 1 April 2012? ( 30% confidence )
Created by gwern 6 days ago; known on 2012-04-01.
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GJP: #1072 Will Serbia be officially granted EU candidacy before 1 April 2012? ( 45% confidence )
Created by gwern 6 days ago; known on 2012-04-01.
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GJP: #1073 Will the IMF officially announce before 1 April 2012 that an agreement has been reached to lend Hungary an additional 15+ Billion Euros? ( 40% confidence )
Created by gwern 6 days ago; known on 2012-04-01.
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GJP: #1076 Will the Iraqi government officially announce before 1 April 2012 that it has dropped all criminal charges against its VP Tareq al-Hashemi? ( 35% confidence )
Created by gwern 6 days ago; known on 2012-04-01.
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Night 29: pill was Vitamin D ( 45% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 6 days ago; known 6 days ago; judged right by gwern 6 days ago.
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I will have open sourced Khan Academy’s gradual roll-out tool by February 5, 2012. ( 42% confidence )
Created by Julian Pulgarin 6 days ago; known about 18 hours ago.
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I will have reached a rating of at least 1850 ELO on Chess Tempo (http://chesstempo.com/chess-statistics/jpulgarin) by Fberuary 5, 2012. ( 54% confidence )
Created by Julian Pulgarin 6 days ago; known about 18 hours ago; judged right by Julian Pulgarin about 14 hours ago.
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I will have read "Freakonomics” by February 5, 2012. ( 42% confidence; 5 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by Julian Pulgarin 6 days ago; known about 18 hours ago; judged right by Julian Pulgarin 1 day ago.
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I will have done at least 10 hours of contract work by February 5, 2012. ( 55% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Julian Pulgarin 6 days ago; known about 18 hours ago; judged wrong by Julian Pulgarin about 3 hours ago.
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I will have gone to the gym 3 times by February 5, 2012. ( 56% confidence )
Created by Julian Pulgarin 6 days ago; known about 18 hours ago; judged wrong by Julian Pulgarin 1 day ago.
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I will have spent 10 hours emailing press outlets regarding TextMotivate.com by February 5, 2012. ( 45% confidence )
Created by Julian Pulgarin 6 days ago; known about 18 hours ago.
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The first functional, 3D printed television/monitor screen will be demonstrated by 2020. ( 50% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by NathanMcKnight 6 days ago; known on 2020-01-01.
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The first 3D printer virus(es) will be reported before the end of 2012. ( 90% confidence; 5 comments )
Created by NathanMcKnight 6 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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Homework due this week will be done on time ( 70% confidence )
Created by Jach 7 days ago; known 1 day ago; judged right by Jach 4 days ago.
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Super Mario Bros. Z episode 9 will be released on or before November 24, 2012. ( 21% confidence )
Created by Grognor 7 days ago; known on 2012-11-24.
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The Hunger Games film will not fail (>= 60% on Rotten Tomatoes). ( 57% confidence; 3 wagers )
Created by Christopher 7 days ago; known on 2012-03-24.
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Night 28: pill was Vitamin D ( 50% confidence )
Created by gwern 7 days ago; known 7 days ago; judged right by gwern 7 days ago.
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A nuclear device (bomb, granade etc) with a strength of more than 1 kiloton will explode anywhere in the middle east within the next 5 years. ( 23% confidence; 6 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by siscoking 7 days ago; known on 2017-01-29.
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I will watch all 75 episodes of Hikaru no Go before 2013. ( 42% confidence; 4 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Jayson_Virissimo 7 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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HPMOR: Dumbledore deliberately arranged for Voldemort to learn of the prophecy about his defeat. ( 23% confidence; 3 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by Anubhav 7 days ago; known on 2016-01-01.
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My nausea will end within 30 minutes of taking 520mg of activated charcoal. ( 50% confidence )
Created by Jayson_Virissimo 7 days ago; known 7 days ago; judged right by Jayson_Virissimo 7 days ago.
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Conditional on being offered a fulltime non-contractor with-benefits jobs at SIAI, I will accept. ( 85% confidence; 2 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 8 days ago; known on 2012-04-28.
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gwern will have a fulltime non-contractor with-benefits jobs at SIAI within 3 months —shminux ( 31% confidence; 4 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 8 days ago; known on 2012-04-28.
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Salminen 2012’s “reasoning abilities”/“reasoning skills” measure will be a matrix-style IQ/Gf/fluid intelligence test. ( 80% confidence; 4 comments )
Created by gwern 8 days ago; known in 22 days; judged wrong by gwern about 9 hours ago.
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Human whole-genome sequencing <=$100 by 2020. ( 33% confidence; 2 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by gwern 8 days ago; known on 2020-01-01.
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Human whole-genome sequencing <=$1000 by 2020. ( 83% confidence; 2 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by gwern 8 days ago; known on 2020-01-01.
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HPMOR: Harry’s conclusion about the blood of Atlantis and the origin of magic is deeply flawed in some respect. ( 48% confidence; 6 wagers; 8 comments )
Created by Anubhav 8 days ago; known on 2016-01-01.
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Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will play a 5-set match this sunday (Australian Open: men’s final). ( 65% confidence )
Created by Gladstone 8 days ago; known 7 days ago; judged right by faws 6 days ago.
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TechDirt: CLT’s ‘Security Theater’ will be featured in this week’s “funniest/most insightful comments”. ( 50% confidence; 2 comments )
Created by Anubhav 8 days ago; known 6 days ago; judged wrong by Anubhav 7 days ago.
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I will unsubscribe from Erfworld. ( 73% confidence; 4 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by gwern 9 days ago; known on 2012-07-27.
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Night 27: pill was Vitamin D ( 55% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 9 days ago; known 9 days ago; judged right by gwern 9 days ago.
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Jaeggi 2008 (DNB transfer to Gf) will be formally retracted within 5 years ( 5% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 9 days ago; known on 2017-01-27.
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Eliezer will reply to my PM in the next 2 days. The reply will be a go-ahead. ( 41% confidence; 3 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by Anubhav 9 days ago; known 7 days ago; judged right by Anubhav 9 days ago.
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Eliezer will have replied to my PM by tomorrow morning. The reply will be a go-ahead. ( 30% confidence; 3 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by Anubhav 9 days ago; known 9 days ago; judged right by Anubhav 9 days ago.
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There will be working blueprints for a space elevator by 2017. ( 2% confidence; 3 wagers; 1 comment )
Created by iconreforged 10 days ago; known on 2018-01-01.
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My self-promoting link on /r/shakespeare will have karma >0 and <11. http://www.reddit.com/r/shakespeare/comments/oy0rb/the_tragedy_of_prince_hamlet_and_the_philosophers/ ( 80% confidence; 4 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by HonoreDB 10 days ago; known 3 days ago; judged right by HonoreDB 3 days ago.
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Night 26: pill was Vitamin D ( 35% confidence )
Created by gwern 10 days ago; known 10 days ago; judged wrong by gwern 10 days ago.
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Less Wrong will have a “limited-access forum” before 2013. ( 15% confidence; 8 wagers; 5 comments )
Created by Jayson_Virissimo 10 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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Kefit will die before stage 8 in Asakura P ( 60% confidence )
Created by meisnewbie 10 days ago; known 10 days ago; judged right by meisnewbie 10 days ago.
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Jeff will defriend me on Facebook sometime in the next three days. ( 17% confidence; 3 wagers; 16 comments )
Created by JoshuaZ 11 days ago; known 7 days ago.
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“Reduce term of copyrights to a maximum of 56 years” petition will reach 25k signatures by the deadline. ( 33% confidence; 4 wagers; 2 comments )
Created by Anubhav 11 days ago; known in 13 days.
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“Submit ACTA to the Senate” petition will reach 25k signatures by the deadline. ( 57% confidence; 5 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by Anubhav 11 days ago; known in 15 days.
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“Submit ACTA to Senate” petition will reach 25k signatures by the end of this month. ( 15% confidence; 5 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by Anubhav 11 days ago; known 4 days ago; judged wrong by Anubhav 4 days ago.
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PredictionBook will display users’ Brier scores by the end of this year. ( 33% confidence; 6 wagers; 4 comments )
Created by Anubhav 11 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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Night 25: pill was Vitamin D ( 75% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 11 days ago; known 11 days ago; judged right by gwern 11 days ago.
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I will ask out the person I currently have a crush on. They will say no. ( 65% confidence; 11 wagers; 15 comments )
Created by Leo 11 days ago; known in 3 days; judged right by Leo 6 days ago.
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I will complete every tutorial and drill in Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition before 2013. ( 33% confidence )
Created by Jayson_Virissimo 11 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
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I will read and complete every exercise within Learn Ruby the Hard Way before July 2012. ( 65% confidence; 3 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by Jayson_Virissimo 11 days ago; known on 2012-07-01.
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The Japanese Language pack install will be successful. ( 60% confidence )
Created by Anubhav 12 days ago; known 12 days ago; judged wrong by Anubhav 12 days ago.
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My PC will realise Japanese isn’t an installed language after I run CCleaner’s registry cleanup. ( 30% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by Anubhav 12 days ago; known 12 days ago; judged right by Anubhav 12 days ago.
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“I predict that I or my team will win (1st place) for the Quantified Health Prize. (70%)” —Kevin ( 50% confidence; 4 wagers; 3 comments )
Created by gwern 12 days ago; known in 24 days.
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Night 24: pill was Vitamin D ( 65% confidence; 1 comment )
Created by gwern 12 days ago; known 12 days ago; judged right by gwern 12 days ago.
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I will 1cc PCB Easy with 2 starting lives before 50 full runs (HGR) ( 85% confidence )
Created by meisnewbie 12 days ago; known on 2012-03-24.
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I will obtain a CompTIA Network+ certification before 2013. ( 50% confidence )
Created by Jayson_Virissimo 12 days ago; known on 2013-01-01.
