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by sseveran 13y ago
Where would you remove $3000 of costs per year? Reducing CO2 emissions would cause prices to rise since alternative forms of power are more expensive. What you really want to do is mandate a lower standard of living, which is by definition
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by sseveran 13y ago
1. There is no doubt that government spending stimulates things until it no longer does. I find the outrage over Walmart to be particularly funny since over time it has evolved to maximize its benefit from government spending. Walmart is on
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by sseveran 13y ago
You would be hard pressed to say that the prosperity is the result of government. We were also aided by a war that killed 80M people left most of the industrialized world in ruins. And civil right, seriously? The government was the greatest
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by sseveran 13y ago
Personally I hate whole "war crimes" thing. Since it WW2 it has been applied only to enemies. There was a lot of contention with the Russians over what was a war crime, since Stalin had done many of the same things as Hitler. It w
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by sseveran 13y ago
They should have just manned up and charged him with treason. That seems like a relatively simple case.
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by sseveran 13y ago
What governments are extending me legal protections?
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by sseveran 13y ago
France and Germany can't. They are both export based economies.
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by sseveran 13y ago
Correct. You have no legal right to privacy in the US and enjoy none of the legal protections from our government that citizens enjoy (or should). You can be renditioned, spied on and wiretapped with no legal recourse in the US. Similarly A
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by sseveran 13y ago
Yes. It would be considered a private datacenter environment. Someone with DC access or in this case the ability to tap a closed fiber network can still attack it. This mostly applies to state actors.
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by sseveran 13y ago
PowerShell
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by sseveran 13y ago
Valve is not trying to, nor will it, replace windows.
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by sseveran 13y ago
Well its a bit of both. Goldman claimed at trial that the code uploaded could be used to manipulate the markets. If a python erlang bridge can be used to do that it is certainly a new one on me. So what he did was wrong. And Goldman was try
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by sseveran 13y ago
Naked shorting is not illegal for a broker dealer.
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by sseveran 13y ago
This probably doesn't really qualify as a failure yet in government contracting. People haven't been fired for much more twisted projects, like the F35.
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by sseveran 13y ago
This one doesn't even seem that bad yet. I mean its not like the new bay bridge which was a decade late.
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by sseveran 13y ago
That is categorically incorrect. HFT firms like Getco are official market makers and have all the same responsibilities.
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by sseveran 13y ago
There are no funds (that I know of) that except outside investments. Most are proprietary trading groups meaning they don't solicit investment. As far as returns they can be big. RenTech Medallion has thrown up impressive numbers for y
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by sseveran 13y ago
The worlds of HFT and the rest of algorithmic trading are very far apart. For HFT pickup the exchange documentation for each exchange. Memorize how order types. Get a copy of RegNMS. Memorize that as well. To be effective an HFT needs to ex
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by sseveran 13y ago
Vettel won his first race with Toro Rosso. While he may not be able to win in dry conditions in a Marussia he could certainly get the most out of the car, and help the team build it over time.
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by sseveran 13y ago
Sure. I don't feel the need to impose my lack of facebook on anyone else. I do mind when people act shocked when facebook throws its weight around to get what it wants. Its a walled garden in the fullest sense.
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by sseveran 13y ago
I actually took Facebook up on this option last fall. I have not missed facebook nor will I be back. I no longer have to worry about them tampering with my privacy like they did so many times. My life is definitely no worse not having a fac
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by sseveran 13y ago
In fact a few people at MSR had that exact idea ( http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/singularity/ ).
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by sseveran 13y ago
You (and the article) are assuming that all trades are created equal. At 95% accuracy you can easily never have a losing trading day. Plus given the massive amount of derivatives you can "mark to market" when convenient and end up
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by sseveran 13y ago
Real market data uses PTP driven by GPS calibrated clocks.
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by sseveran 13y ago
NASDAQ and NYSE offer intraday crosses in addition to the continuous cross. Having only discreet crosses would not remove the value in lower latency for trading economic releases. There have been a variety of services (like Pipeline) that h
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by sseveran 13y ago
The probability of a losing day is actually far lower since most of the trades a bank has on are non-directional and net out.
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by sseveran 13y ago
In OTC trading by definition you know who your counter party is since you called them on the phone or they called you. What you are really trying to say is that you had no idea whether they had an off setting contract or if they were taking
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by sseveran 13y ago
In fact people in many different walks of life are often incentivized to have herd behavior. I witnessed the same thing in medical research quite a bit.
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by sseveran 13y ago
I am not sure what a "climate change denier" is. If your scientific opinion requires you to demonize your opposition then something is definitely wrong.
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Its just as valid for people outside of climatology to comment on this as it is for people outside of finance to comment on financial issues.

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