sskates

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   by sskates 16y ago

   What's wrong with making markets more efficient? It's the same as making code run faster, or making a user experience less painful in the sense it's improvement at the margins. Just because the value is less tangible doesn't mean it isn't r
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   by sskates 16y ago

   How about tens of thousands of dollars? How about hundreds? Millions? Tens of millions? Does that matter? "In finance, you will be fighting against transparency for the sake of maintaining profits" - not sure what you mean by this, if you c
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   by sskates 16y ago

   If that was his point then title of the article shouldn't have been "Stuxnet is embarrassing, not amazing" rather "Here's how Stuxnet could have been even better"
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   by sskates 16y ago

   This seems to be why people don't go into educational software. Educational software doesn't win because it's the best, it wins because a bureaucrat mandates it for use.
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   by sskates 16y ago

   I agree. The author's main points seem to be that: 1. Facebook has similarities to AOL, and AOL's bubble burst 2. There was a bubble in the late '90s therefore there must be a bubble now 3. Goldman is investing in Facebook, Goldman invested