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I chuckled at this because of the recent "Wall St Traders = Hackers" post by Mark Cuban. Will be fun to watch how the format caters to the two if they really ar
by bdickason 16y ago
I chuckled at this because of the recent "Wall St Traders = Hackers" post by Mark Cuban. Will be fun to watch how the format caters to the two if they really are so similar!
"The best analogy for traders ? They are hackers. Just as hackers search for and exploit operating system and application shortcomings, traders do the same thing. A hacker wants to jump in front of your shopping cart and grab your credit card and then sell it. A high frequency trader wants to jump in front of your trade and then sell that stock to you."
http://blogmaverick.com/2010/05/09/what-business-is-wall-street-in/ http://blogmaverick.com/2010/05/09/what-business-is-wall-str...
- siruva07 16y agoHackers care about reputation where Traders care about anonymity. The algorithms behind digg/reddit/HN is what makes them the best for finding good stuff. But maybe Traders are more like the douches that read TFLN and why anonymous voting might be a better idea than requiring log in