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by gdberrio 15y ago
"It did make me wonder if the author really wants to be an entrepreneur." As someone who relates to the post [i.e., been spinning my wheel's studying for a while], I totally understand the author. I would say that what makes someone an entr
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Ask HN: Focus and concentration
16 points by gdberrio 16y ago|12 comments
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by gdberrio 16y ago
Tks for all the feedback. This is an awsome list to get started. On to reading & hacking away...
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Ask HN: learning Ruby/Rails
20 points by gdberrio 16y ago|15 comments
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Ask HN: Is 26 too old to start a startup?
8 points by gdberrio 16y ago|15 comments
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by gdberrio 16y ago
I don't think that answers my question on intermittence, persistence and syncronization. I can have my date hosted, but if my friends don't (that's why they use your service, so not to have to do that, or else they remain with Facebook, Lin
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by gdberrio 16y ago
Pardon what may seem to be a silly question (amateur "would-be" engineer speaking), but I have a doubt, which is the following: Data needs to be stored. You either store it locally, and as such it is only accessible when the device is on, o
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by gdberrio 16y ago
If you think HFT is quite hard and challenging, then Forex isn't any easier: you can still lose a ton of money over an unforseen event somewhere in the World. More seriously, as someone who trades for a living, here's what I've learned (the
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by gdberrio 16y ago
The complexity of the platform is cumbersome. In first place you need a special purpose terminal (the Keyboard essentially) because you need special functions, that are only found on that keyboard. Second the usability of the thing. It's ju
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by gdberrio 16y ago
"So one way to disrupt banks would be to put these resources in the hands of an individual." Well, not quite, IMO. Because technically those resources are not the Banks own resources. They are the Deposits. That's why Banking is an inherent
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by gdberrio 16y ago
As a trader, I totally agree!
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by gdberrio 16y ago
Disrupting Wall St. implies not just making a "new" UI/UX/Interface for banking clients (like Mint or Square), it implies looking at changing the Banks inherent Business Model. Can Silicon Valley pull it off? Well, from a foreigners perspec