smabie

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by smabie 2y ago
Sure, this is how negotiate and hiring have always worked.
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by smabie 2y ago
Who said anything about other countries? Presumably he was referring to other states / counties which did/do ban liquor sale on Sundays
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by smabie 2y ago
Unfortunately the people who make the laws don't understand the safety implications either. Letting people make their own choices, on net, probably is better than the alternative (and that included selling their own kidneys)
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by smabie 2y ago
And soylent is yet more variety right?
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by smabie 2y ago
Couldn't you say the same about any extreme activity (like going to the moon or base jumping or extreme stuntmen etc)? Some people seek out risk because it makes life worth living. Life is finite anyways so even if you are very careful
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by smabie 2y ago
I mean probably every company ever will probably fail, it's only a matter of time
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by smabie 2y ago
Well maybe more people would book taxi rides if they added translation..
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by smabie 2y ago
Working in IB isn't related at all to actually making investments / trading though. If you want to trade your best bet is apply for roles at prop shops and funds and avoid banks entirely
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by smabie 2y ago
this isn't even remotely true
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by smabie 2y ago
lol no one thinks like that Yes there is hft (just like how there was hft in tradfi 20 years ago when latency was measured in the ms)
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by smabie 2y ago
Well maybe indentured servitude is fine too?
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by smabie 2y ago
You can also just order it online on the grey market for a lot cheaper.
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by smabie 2y ago
That doesn't make any sense.
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by smabie 2y ago
While of course the source is biased, offers a much more balanced view on the nature of HFT. HFT unfairly demonized in my opinion by people who know close to nothing about it (and it seems like the less someone knows about something, the st
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Rationalizing Latency Competition in High-Frequency Trading(blog.headlandstech.com)
2 points by smabie 2y ago|2 comments
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by smabie 2y ago
Most people don't actually care? They (myself included) just trying to make some money.
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by smabie 2y ago
Something like 60% of Americans own atleast some stock
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by smabie 2y ago
the real damage is remembering ffmpeg command line options. So I think the internet is working as intended
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by smabie 2y ago
Non disparagement clauses are in so so many different employment contracts. It's pretty clear you're not a lawyer though.
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by smabie 2y ago
Did God tell you this? People who talk about innate rights are just making things up
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by smabie 2y ago
Rentec also doesn't do HFT
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by smabie 2y ago
If you're brilliant and idiosyncratic and delivering something truly compelling, then vcs are more than happy to look past these things. God knows how many very eccentric founders have received funding
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by smabie 2y ago
Well what % do they own? It doesn't seem like you even know
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by smabie 2y ago
Trading is just like, a lot of fun you know? Atleast that's my primary motivation for it.
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by smabie 2y ago
crypto hft
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by smabie 2y ago
You literally just made this up and you say it's the most likely explanation?
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by smabie 2y ago
I mean we still do this for prisons because you get massive issues if you don't
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by smabie 2y ago
Sounds like cope. The downside of applying is like.. close to zero? It's obviously +EV
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by smabie 2y ago
I feel like centering against window is the obvious choice it's just so much more noticeable
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by smabie 2y ago
If orders has to been good for atleast a minute it would massively increase the spread (by like over a 1000x probably) Also, what's wrong with hft?

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