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by joncooper 12y ago
Indeed. Once you realize this it doesn't take very long to get excited about statically typed languages, especially with type inference.
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by joncooper 12y ago
That is an interesting project but won't yet help to speed up the (very slow) JSON unmarshalling.
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by joncooper 12y ago
I'm not aware of one that's broadly-based though I'd love to find it. Slashdot used to be, although I haven't frequented it in many years.
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by joncooper 12y ago
While I'd love to see more of that thing, I don't really think of HN as a technical venue. More like a virtual pub frequented by a variety of folks who participate in the VC ecosystem in one way or another.
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by joncooper 12y ago
Or at least they're seeking to avoid having to have execution traders on staff who can manage their order flow.
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by joncooper 12y ago
Are there any of: a legal entity, employment agreements, IP agreements, participation agreements?
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by joncooper 12y ago
You just can't make this sh*t up: the "No Fear Act".
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by joncooper 12y ago
Are we sure this isn't a parody?
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by joncooper 12y ago
Another key: - Communicating clearly and calmly with other people
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by joncooper 12y ago
Programmer == Labor; don't ever forget it. The overwhelmingly largest share of returns accrue to capital. It's a good idea to resist being cast in the role of simply "programmer" over time, for this reason.
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by joncooper 13y ago
Nope. (edit): - Massive network effects - User base has the (excellent) UX hard-wired in muscle memory [1] - Cost is immaterial to the audience - Absolutely superb, market-standard analytics [2] [1] One older gent I know asked me why his Ou
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by joncooper 13y ago
Given that each educational cashflow is 0-22 years in the future, carrying at a discounted NPV would be more appropriate. Whatever the assumption, carrying at the multi-decade-forward FV is a bit punitive.
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by joncooper 13y ago
This is an extraordinarily important point and one that nearly everyone misses. Treasuries are some of the most liquid instruments that exist, especially at shorter durations.
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by joncooper 13y ago
1. This is not backup, it's network storage with sync. 2. If Google shutters Google Drive you'll be able to get your data off of it and move it to another vendor's solution.
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by joncooper 13y ago
Have you considered doing an early access program or draft editor list? I would be interested in either if you chose to do so.
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by joncooper 13y ago
I didn't, it was pretty hand-wave-y. But I do know a fairly large number of people in the Bay Area tech scene so I took stock of what they were saying, in particular around hiring difficulties. Also, I did some tinkering with the thing
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by joncooper 13y ago
They are a tiny company. They don't compete with anybody, at least in the sense that another firm would view them as a threat. That said, the addressable market I would focus on is the one that IB does. Retail equity platforms are nume
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by joncooper 13y ago
Here is the answer: simple supply and demand. If you enjoy and are skilled at something, you should be able to productively contribute to many different organizations. You'll need to take the set of organizations that you'd like t
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by joncooper 13y ago
Love this - and the team seems excellent. I'd view the competition as Interactive Brokers, not E*TRADE or Fidelity. If I didn't love my job so much I'd be schwangling my way in to try and get in the door there.
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by joncooper 13y ago
That's not what "start-up culture" means.
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by joncooper 13y ago
The point is that an exception in Go world means: something which should not ever happen, and which renders continued execution impossible. IMO recover should only be used to wind down execution in as graceful a manner a possible prior to t
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by joncooper 13y ago
Totally agree. Go is a superb systems language. But I wouldn't use it for a CRUD web app, nor for quasi-exploratory data pipelines, which is where IMO such generic functional combinators are clutch. It is however awesome when you'
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by joncooper 13y ago
For sure. On the other hand, one need not forgo an appreciation of fine Bordeaux simply because they enjoy shotgunning Coors Light.
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by joncooper 13y ago
https://www.coursera.org/course/reactive
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by joncooper 13y ago
Here is an example from http.Transport: http://golang.org/src/pkg/net/http/transport.go#L408 A connection pool is kept in the transport for use with HTTP keep-alive. When an http.Client makes a request u
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by joncooper 13y ago
What is there to figure out about errors vs exceptions? I think the Go position on that matter is very clear.
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by joncooper 13y ago
The sense I've gotten is that the Go team is surprised how little complaint has arisen among actual Go users about the lack of generics, and that that has kept the priority level low for figuring out how to implement them. In other wor
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by joncooper 13y ago
There's a saying in the rates market: "don't counter-trend trade the front end". I lost $7 million dollars in minutes by being short $700 million of US 2yr notes when the levees failed during the hurricane Katrina disast
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by joncooper 13y ago
Yes - we agree
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by joncooper 13y ago
See: http://rapgenius.com/51490/The-notorious-big-ten-crack-comma...

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