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901.
by fixxer 14y ago
"Real value" requires a market, otherwise it is just chalk talk. Summly's execution is far more impressive to me for the simple fact that they actually executed it.
902.
by fixxer 14y ago
Funny that you cite two projects that are still very "academic" (read: not market ready) as triumphs of PhDs. I don't think PhDs are useless and I know Google has some very good ones... but I'll bet dollars to donuts that they were good lon
903.
by fixxer 14y ago
The only point I was trying to make was that execution of an idea in the market is so much more impressive (and gratifying) than credentials. PhDs, like MBAs, get more credit than they deserve.
904.
by fixxer 14y ago
Hedge your bets by doing a start-up in year 2, which will hopefully be followed by the epiphany that a PhD is a poor metric of intelligence and "permanent sabbatical" has a nice ring to it.
905.
by fixxer 14y ago
I remember when Getco was da bomb. Oh, how I miss you, 2008.
906.
Getco Profit Slumps(online.wsj.com)
1 points by fixxer 14y ago|1 comments
907.
by fixxer 14y ago
Sounded more like you were interested in slapping my wrist.
908.
by fixxer 14y ago
Ahh, that's the HN I know and love... making the trivial a "thing" ;)
909.
by fixxer 14y ago
I keep mine at school.
910.
by fixxer 14y ago
The CME (and other futures exchanges) avoid "DDOS"-like situations (basically, I'm talking about hyperactive algos taking up too much bandwidth) by penalizing them monetarily when they go over a limit. The penalties are large. The same coul
911.
by fixxer 14y ago
I think Anonymous needs to get into this full. I don't see boots on the ground happening (thank god, because it'll be lose-lose).
912.
by fixxer 14y ago
As a former trader (FI arb), I absolutely love this... for all the wrong reasons. I always wanted to DDOS my way to higher profits.
913.
by fixxer 14y ago
I'm jealous. Granted, I learned the API before I re-learned C, so I admittedly shot myself in the foot. Now that I'm back up to speed in C (I was in a Java shop for 5 years) and doing more work in Go for my own start-up, I shy away from usi
914.
by fixxer 14y ago
My thoughts exactly. Great concept and I will definitely follow it as it develops, but I'd love to see an abstraction layer that takes the pain out of the a$$ that is the Python C-api. I left that years ago and I'm not going back.