lrm242

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by lrm242 16y ago
Yes. I feel much better right now knowing that Social Security is bankrupt and its obligations will only ever be met through the federal government's printing presses. Aren't we all having fun now?
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As a parent of two (3yrs and 10mo) there is serious truth to this. I can only assume that the down votes are because of the flippant way it was phrased, but let me offer this to the new and prospective pappas out there: you will be tired, b
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by lrm242 16y ago
Performable: http://www.performable.com/ David Cancel and crew are top notch. Great product, easy to use. Give it a whirl.
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I read this twice. Being that I currently live in Austin I can't ever imagine leaving. It's pretty much perfect. SF, on the other hands, makes my insides crawl. Each to his own, I suppose.
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by lrm242 16y ago
Blame the rich. It's their fault. At least according to the article. Flagged.
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The code is of dubious quality, as you highlight in your post.
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I'm sorry, but why is this here? Why is HN now a place to sell a failed project? I don't get it. If this were truly a "here, I started something, don't want it anymore, go grab everything I have from github" then great. But after reading th
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by lrm242 16y ago
Because they're trying to sell it. This is an advertisement. Not a offer of something to the community.
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Um, you don't have a startup. You have some mockups. So, you're looking to sell some mockups?
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Yes, precisely. What about this do you not get?
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by lrm242 16y ago
A relevant thread from Wilmott Forums: http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?catid=16&threadid... In particular, this quote from Dominic Connor is telling: "...[snip]... As Zmei says [SLang] a GS only language, which even within GS i
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Yes, precisely.
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As long as the site isn't true-blue porn, I wouldn't sweat it. In other words: if the site caters to people looking to hook-up, no big deal. If the site caters to people looking to pleasure themselves, this is perhaps a problem. Of course,
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by lrm242 16y ago
Not a dupe -- this is his follow-up post.
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Flagged. The headline is terrible. You have no idea of the details behind this, nor do you have any idea whether it was a good or bad business decision.
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Easier conversion to C-Corp.
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Then don't use THEIR service? Effectively DoS'ing the site isn't the answer. They weren't arbitrarily slowing things down just to piss you off. Like the OP said, they probably served so few because that's all they could handle.
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by lrm242 16y ago
It's not closed, but to purchase re-distribution rights is very expensive.
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Good thoughts, and I don't particularly disagree. Regardless of any derivative you might obtain from the data, most folks want to retain high-fidelity historical data for two reasons: (a) Future analysis techniques are unknown. Today you mi
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The rule of thumb for telephony visual designers: every time a new switch or service gets built, a new visual designer gets built too :). Not sure why the down votes, shrug.
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Scott and Mike want to take the company public. I suspect they decided this investment allowed them to move towards that goal while also letting them get some liquidity for their hard work. This is likely more like a private equity deal tha
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by lrm242 16y ago
IB's unbundled commission structure is cheap, but I wouldn't recommend them for HFT. HFT, as defined by the industry, is basically very heavy on the order flow with the majority of those orders going un-executed. IB charges an insane cancel
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True high-frequency is very hard. Most of these guys got started in the 1999/2000 time frame and didn't have to deal with many of the start-up issues that new entrants face. For example, just consider the data you need to trade that quickly
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by lrm242 16y ago
That's neat, but the voice world has been doing visual IVR for at least 20 years now. That it is easy to get started and accessible is nice, though.
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by lrm242 16y ago
Desktop: Quad Core 2.5Ghz, 8GB ram, 6TB raid-5, arch linux running xmonad. "Old" laptop: Macbook Pro, 4GB ram "New" laptop: Asus EeePc 1201N running arch linux.
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by lrm242 16y ago
But right now the guy is bootstrapping. He doesn't have money for brand design. He shouldn't even be worried about brand design. Having a decent looking logo so he looks professional to the 99.999999% of us who aren't brand designers is the
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by lrm242 16y ago
If you're soliciting work, why on earth wouldn't you use your normal HN user name? I don't get it.
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You might want to start from the main page as there is an intro and other overview info: http://www.nanex.net/20100506/FlashCrashAnalysis_Intro.html
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Google it, you'll find news articles from 2006/2007. This NY Times piece is good. I especially like the diagram. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/technology/17paypal.html
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Car copmanies haven't been good investments? Seriously? I mean, sure, if you're talking about the last 10 or 20 years, I can dig that. But if you're talking about from inception, you're wrong. Look at Ford: http://www.google.com/finance?ch

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