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by antb123 6y ago
Canadian (anglo) here that went to French immersion (teachers were mostly from France). I don't really have an accent which sucks. People just think I am a stupid French person who makes grammatical mistakes here and there and has a mo
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by antb123 6y ago
Shell commands really have lasted... I mean if I think of the computer skills that I learned as a teenager that I still use today 1) shell commands 2) sql 3) vi 4) some programming languages c, pascal(?), basic(?) Everything else has change
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by antb123 6y ago
Ironically 2 years ago they would have been running unix workstations and due to 2 or two software vendors they have been forced onto windows. Architects also can use Mac's only part of the time. A lot of software just isn't avail
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by antb123 6y ago
Mid 90s ran some vm system of MSDOS. It added threading and was for phone systems.
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by antb123 6y ago
Spent a couple years in Vaasa. Swedish is so much easier for English speakers! Picked it up mostly just from watching tv.
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by antb123 6y ago
there were many a few years ago when bitcoin was 20k https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/18/floating-island-is-planned-w... and https://www.seasteading.org/
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by antb123 6y ago
Interest rates cost has been going down. And the monthly amount paid into mortgages is capped by lending ratios. This leads to more debt but not higher rents. The main deflationary pressure is that more than 50% of the workforce has seen de
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by antb123 6y ago
depends where the views are.. aws has an cdn. I have gone through aws, do, vultr, hetzner, upcloud. - best security aws - best cdn aws - best bang for the buck? depends but probably hetzner
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by antb123 6y ago
the are good for EU (EURO)- USD (USD) and start to get expensive on other corridors. I get better rates with interactive brokers which aggregates several banks. 2 pips and free transfers.
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by antb123 6y ago
They really only work for OECD countries effectively currently. Systems like stellar.org just really are netting systems for disparate counterparties.
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by antb123 6y ago
cloud computing was invented by shared mainframes in the 70s and 80s and charges per MIPS. Amazon applied open source software to the hosting and specifically the network stack and security stack. The model was already there.
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by antb123 6y ago
why not just pass around sqlite databases?
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Fujitsu is the longest standing large company.
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Habits for Eating, Sleeping, Exercise, Finances (as we live in a capitalist system), Learning, Self Awareness.
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by antb123 6y ago
v2 includes neural implants so you cant knock it off?
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by antb123 6y ago
And to use most of these you need a Oracle consultant for 120 per hour and a 30k per cpu upgrade license. These guys are professional robbers. They bribed Toronto city hall policitians for a 30 million dollar thing including a well known ho
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by antb123 6y ago
https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/jason-furman/ Jason furman, a well known economist, argues that Amazon is not really a risk as they compete with Walmart and basically all retail (he doesn't break
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by antb123 6y ago
t470s currently but have been using linux and thinkpads since the mid/late 90s. Battery life isn't great agree. My solution currently is a USB-C portable battery which I get an additional full laptop charge. In the past x220 and t
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by antb123 6y ago
I have recently been partial to python and the sh library. This and the other associate projects look interesting but are they secure and will they catch on?
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by antb123 6y ago
Keybase (now zoom)? Matrix(getting better all the time)?
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by antb123 6y ago
I wonder how it compares with a similar pandas instance?
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by antb123 6y ago
Basically the same setup as a large newspaper I consulted for but not php.
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by antb123 6y ago
Wanted usb-c and 1080p IPS screen - had a x270 (stolen) so now on a used t470s. No Free bios but debian/ubuntu runs flawlessly. Go for a nvme drive and 12+gb ram and cheap - $600 with shipping and ram upgrade. x220 died (motherboard),
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by antb123 6y ago
Their excel plugins were pretty quirky too.
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by antb123 6y ago
For Equities I am not sure IB supports multiple prime brokers or has as good borrow and lend capabilities as the big brokers do. Also it doesn't have access to institutional algos offered by the big brokers. The big Prime desks support
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by antb123 6y ago
CUSIPs/ISINs aren't owned by BBG. They have their own open source symbology. http://bsym.bloomberg.com/sym/
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by antb123 6y ago
the market data fees are crazy. But it might be either bloombergs agreement with the exchange or your agreement with BBG. If you have direct agreements with the exchanges normally you can do as you need with the data following that agreemen
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by antb123 6y ago
Worked with Bloomberg for years. Its not a software company. That is like calling the DTC or NYSE a software company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depository_Trust_%26_Clearing_... 1) Its a bit of a cult with its craz
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by antb123 6y ago
++ pick up a social hobby that you enjoy doing with others ++ Learn to meditate ++ Creativity is fostered by learning deep and wide. Learn something outside of computers... etc
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Ask HN: DIY Replacement for Auth0 or Okta
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