frinxor

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by frinxor 13y ago
there are a million people just like you. some percent of them beat the market, and think they are geniuses. others think they were just unlucky, but had a great idea/strategy. all of them are missing the point.
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by frinxor 13y ago
agreed, these misleading titles really bug me. hackernews turning into buzzfeed?
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by frinxor 13y ago
a poll should NOT be a forecasting device. do not go out and buy bitcoins because people on average hit the 1000-2000 option. unless of course, you mark one of the 1000+ options independently of the results of the poll, then you should go s
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by frinxor 13y ago
you should short it obviously - it'd be free money for you!
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by frinxor 13y ago
Theres a lot of stuff thrown into HN these days. I'd say that interesting pieces on world events is a lot better than some local story (such as some local Boston or SF event) which has popped up on the front page from time to time.
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by frinxor 13y ago
i was a bit surprised seeing this on top of HN - i feel its out of place. anyone else?
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by frinxor 14y ago
not sure if i made my original point correctly. putting away the camera is entirely related to terrorism, which is why its perfectly reasonable to respond with "I am not a terrorist" (taking pictures of the plane for future blowing-up opera
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by frinxor 14y ago
When a flight attendant tells you to not take pictures, its obviously for security/terrorism concerns. I find it truly ridiculous if we can no longer make true statements in an attempt to alleviate such fear ("I am not a terrorist"). When a
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by frinxor 14y ago
this is great. love the design, and I can totally see a broker acquiring this so their clients will make more trades on their backtested-to-be-profitable strategies!
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by frinxor 14y ago
I think pg's whole point (and Taleb's) of a black swan is that they are not identifiable. Over the long term and after many investments, pg is pointing out that its the presence of these black swans that made YC successful (dropbox, airbnb)
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by frinxor 14y ago
Looking back, I really wished warcraft2 would've allowed you to bind groups of 9 to numbers.
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by frinxor 14y ago
Looking forward to these posts. I've remember being completely fascinated by Diablo 2's virtual economy, and saddened that I could find so little articles about it.