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		prawn 27 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Ski Rental Problem I've seen this described as using Craigslist/similar for long term storage.

andai 27 days ago [–]

I read an article which described the free market as storage. People sell X when there is an oversupply and buy when there is an undersupply. The guy on the other end of those transactions acts as a storage provider.

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