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by brentr 18y ago
My preference is a bit biased since most of the documents I type up are mathematical in nature, but LaTeX wins hands down. Yes, the learning curve is much steeper than Word for LaTeX, but doesn't everything worth knowing involve an initial
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by brentr 18y ago
One of the topics I saw among the comments was a means of distinguishing something that needed to be done and done now (urgent / important). I propose a solution. Allow people to send you what I call a PEmail. This is an email with a very s
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by brentr 18y ago
This is an amazing statement. It is sad that those who want something can't get it, while at the same time those who are offered many chances take those chances for granted. My comment is meant to be a blow to the children of the United Sta
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by brentr 18y ago
The message during the blackout should say, "SHOULDN'T YOU BE WORKING?"
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by brentr 18y ago
Do you not believe you were predtermined at birth to do what you do? Your thoughts and interests drove you to your current profession.
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by brentr 18y ago
My father got laid off on Monday. I can see your point.
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Ask HN: Asked to Give a Lecture
1 points by brentr 18y ago|2 comments
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by brentr 18y ago
I've never worked at a place where a person like this is acceptable. I've been told too many times that I was too negative when in fact I was just being realistic.
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Ask HN: How Much Can I Scrape?
20 points by brentr 18y ago|23 comments
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by brentr 18y ago
Anyone concerned what this will do for innovation? How could an entrepreneur vote for Obama? He has clearly stated that he wants to "redistribute" the wealth. In my eyes, that's the essence of socialism.
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by brentr 18y ago
What's your major?
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Ask HN: Back-testing system?
2 points by brentr 18y ago|2 comments
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by brentr 18y ago
This sounds a lot like what I experienced at the University of Florida.
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by brentr 18y ago
Benjamin Graham and David Dodd's Security Analysis is not exactly on getting rich in the sense of the two works presented in the above question, but it is certainly a book on returning to the basics in the markets, which is exactly what nee
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by brentr 18y ago
I hear the federal government has got some good sedatives. They've been asleep at the wheel for some time now. EDIT: This should have been posted under the comment about Dramamine.
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by brentr 18y ago
It's a good idea. I can now feed both by tech and financial demons.
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by brentr 18y ago
Good. I'll get my post at CERN and then work on getting citizenship.
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by brentr 18y ago
Most of us visiting this site have an entrepreneurial mindset. If things get too bad, do what any good entrepreneur would do: create something to fill your needs.
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by brentr 18y ago
I think the level of greed in this country changed. While we may have been greedy before, banks and other financial institutions thought that the profits from structured products would never end. Sadly, not only has the market for these ite
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by brentr 18y ago
He spent time on CNBC a few years ago talking about the exact same thing with Maria Bartiromo.
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by brentr 18y ago
Next on the chopping block is AIG followed immediately afterwards by Washington Mutual. AIG was desparately trying to raise money this weekend and WaMu has been hurting for some time. If you look at the parallels between the progression of
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by brentr 18y ago
Odd: Gates doing the robot shows he is human.
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by brentr 18y ago
I used to work at Banc of America Investment Services before I quit to go back to school. I can safely say that I would never do business there. Unless they have cleaned up their act in the ten months I haven't worked there, the place must
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by brentr 18y ago
Drop me an email. The address is in my profile.
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Ask HN: Any NW Ohio Hackers?
2 points by brentr 18y ago|3 comments
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by brentr 18y ago
I was in the exact same position you are now. I went to the University of Florida and received a degree in finance. I have always had an interest in computers, physics, and mathematics. It took me three years to finally make the decision to
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by brentr 18y ago
That's what I am trying to avoid. One of the problems I see with Bloomberg is that it costs $1500+/month/terminal. My idea involved the concept: data for the masses.
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by brentr 18y ago
I don't deny this at all. That's the glory of capitalism! The problem I have is that I can't find a problem that I could do on the cheap legally. I'm heavily involved with finance and market data. I can think of numerous ways something like
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by brentr 18y ago
If anything, from what I have read, it seems more like a university at the graduate level. You know of a problem, you have the tools to tackle the problem, but the solution is a big question mark. Your goal is to create a solution. In essen
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by brentr 18y ago
I lived in Providence, and this is partially true. Yes, there are many old money that drive cars like this, but if you spend time out in Newport during the summer, you do see many six figure cars.

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