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How M.I.T. Ensnared a Hacker, Bucking a Freewheeling Culture(nytimes.com)
114 points by bensw 14y ago|27 comments
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by bensw 14y ago
>But defending principle was not [his lawyer's job]. It was to provide Swartz with the best legal advice, given the charges and the government’s refusal to back down. ...
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Petition for MIT to Apologize for Aaron Swartz(open.scripts.mit.edu)
3 points by bensw 14y ago|0 comments
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by bensw 14y ago
>He contributed almost nothing to Reddit http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rewritingreddit It's also a good thing that one of the "minor open-source libraries" that he wrote were not the inspiration for Google's webapp(2) or Facebook's To
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by bensw 14y ago
This was likely what they wanted to say yesterday, but were instead waiting for the PR guys to be back in the office to give it the once over.
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by bensw 14y ago
He worked for Thoughtworks. Maybe if you spent the time to actually read the article you would've learned that.
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by bensw 14y ago
Would've been nice for them to "do it right" two years ago...
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by bensw 14y ago
He added that line to all his blog posts when he redesigned his blog years after this was originally posted
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by bensw 14y ago
The information being broken into two columns is quite annoying; it's like searching for an item in a supermarket looking on both sides of the aisle
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by bensw 14y ago
I'm glad Larry has finally answered definitively how to end parentheticals with smilies.
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Chat with Steve Huffman and Udacity about Using App Engine(developers.google.com)
1 points by bensw 14y ago|0 comments
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Fix the machine, not the person(aaronsw.com)
10 points by bensw 14y ago|0 comments
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by bensw 14y ago
This can actually happen with things like "breaking the iceberg"--playing tricks with the order book, but like you said, there clearly exist dangers with HFT, to claim that all HFT is evil is just flat out wrong.
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by bensw 14y ago
Not sure how citing that spreads have been tightened since the advent of algotrading is "prejudice" or "opinon."
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by bensw 14y ago
There are many forms of algorithmic trading--some harmful (including playing games with the order book, canceling orders, etc). The types that this site seem to assist with are not those types.
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by bensw 14y ago
The liquidity argument is not a "cop-out." Due to algotrading, spreads have been tightened and cost of entry/exit have been lowered. While there are some problems with algorithmic trading, the alternative (going back to the specialist model
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by bensw 14y ago
I didn't mean to come off as aggressive--was left over pent-up rage from the errors in the article. I likely shouldn't discuss this topic any more
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by bensw 14y ago
Was referring to "Install...to avoid IP based restrictions"
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by bensw 14y ago
>He allegedly broke into an MIT network closet to install his own hardware, so as to avoid IP-based restrictions on the content. Maybe you should read the original indictment instead of throwing around conclusions not found in evidence.
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by bensw 14y ago
It's embarrassing how much of this article is wrong.
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by bensw 14y ago
This reminds me about http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/08/the-morning-mail-is-my-... -- where E.B. White sends back an aggressive letter to a kid's piece of fan mail (The kid questions why he hasn't written another book, he claims that h
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Lean into the pain(aaronsw.com)
120 points by bensw 14y ago|54 comments
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by bensw 14y ago
Does anyone know what it's like for non-coding jobs? (Analyst Positions)
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Believe you can change (aaronsw.com)
294 points by bensw 14y ago|68 comments