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adn37
16y ago
I am actually wondering if there is any way, as an iphone/android app developer, to guarantee the request comes from the device (and not from a curl req, e.g). Of course virtually any method (auth token, ...) can be broken, but there must b
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- I agree, it looks unprofessional: then hire some other guy to do the morning show. - As a night owl myself: I can work in the morning (at least just enough to look professional), but it's like asking you to wake up in the middle of the ni
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16y ago
> [Most] High frequency trading and "investing" are basically the same thing on different timescales. Yes, it's basically the same if you take out all the differences. Nothing said so far. Also, investing is clearly not the only activit
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16y ago
Usually we do this for one time authentication only.
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16y ago
At the office: realize that if you don't have confidence, you are unlikely to get actively anywhere further (promotion, enhanced responsibilities). In a word, cross the door, then people will hold it open for you. The opposite doesn't work.
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16y ago
Depends. We use simulation to validate connectivity and business logic. No link to the potential future bad decisions taken during trading.
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16y ago
Agreed. As a developer in the field, I confirm access is very expensive and the software base deployed is very heavy (custom protocols built over TCP and engines). Basically, if you go through HTTP (efficiency put aside) then you go through
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17y ago
I've learnt Java (J2SE). I have an embedded systems background. Hated it at first (lack of possibilities vs C/C++), but in the long run there are benefits. Frustrations are still there and the fun is limited (no risk, no fun), but you can w
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Interesting. Another (comparable but slightly different) classification has been proposed by A. Maslow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs What is quite tricky is that you can achieve the high levels of the pyramid