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by veyron 15y ago
Drive! I particularly enjoy the 78th street road through central park -- with the top down and the hip hop on 12. Driving is a great stress release (assuming you can control yourself) and acts as a sort of forced context switch (so you hav
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by veyron 15y ago
For those that didn't understand, my point with the python example was to emphasize that the same expression (visually) can have different meanings in different languages, and that the parse rules can be different. I am aware that python d
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by veyron 15y ago
" how exactly the whole trading mechanism works." <-- different exchanges have different rules and restrictions, even within a country (for example, there are special parity rules in NYSE which violate NASDAQ's "price-time priority" rul
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by veyron 15y ago
the ads from YC startups, in general, have no discussion
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by veyron 15y ago
macports and homebrew are ok but for many projects, there are linux-specific extensions that arent properly ported. For example, epoll is not supported (and I haven't seen a good epoll wrapper for kqueue)
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by veyron 15y ago
The keyboard shortcut is ctrl-F7 The syspref way is: Apple -> system preferences -> keyboard -> keyboard shortcuts At the bottom there's an item which says "Full Keyboard Access". Choose 'All Controls'
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by veyron 15y ago
There are three situations: 1) the idea is sufficiently novel that it would be difficult for an average person to conceive without suggestions 2) the idea is commonplace, but the value-add is something that is not obvious 3) the idea is a c
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by veyron 15y ago
The issue comes from some vagueness in the wording from the C standard. The expression is valid from a literal interpretation of the rules, but to eliminate it would require a much more convoluted set of rules. Remember that C historicall
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by veyron 15y ago
- Many strange default characteristics, like auto-dimming (had to install caffeine http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/ in order to disable auto-dimming) - Since 2008, uncomfortable edges (oh how i love the older macbook pro keys and body ...
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by veyron 15y ago
for example: C has a bunch of undefined expressions which give you different results on different compilers (as an example, j = i++ + ++i;) Now, this makes perfect sense if you understand the concept of sequence points, but you wouldnt see
941.
by veyron 15y ago
For most modern languages, you can find a document or interview explaining the motivation. For example, ruby: http://linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2001/11/29/ruby.html (In this interview he uses the magical phrase "principle of least sur
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by veyron 15y ago
Things just work on a mac. There, I said it. The 4-click vnc server (apple -> system preferences -> sharing ->"Screen Sharing") puts a smile on my face every time. Not to sound like a fanboy, but after a few months I feel mor
943.
by veyron 15y ago
Do you expect to make more money from advertisement or from entrance fees? In the former, make it free (more eyeballs, the better). In the latter, charge a few bucks.
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by veyron 15y ago
moo has a 10-card free trial if you are worried: http://us.moo.com/partner/sample
945.
by veyron 15y ago
The porsche 911 line definitely handles better than the 350Z. Even in bad weather, which is where I would expect most of the accidents would have occurred.
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by veyron 15y ago
"have even less respect for the Economist." <-- is that even possible?
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by veyron 15y ago
I would suggest reading K&R (C Programming Language) as it's concise, clean, and should at least help you in developing a proper mindset for understanding programming languages
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by veyron 15y ago
name is Stroustrup
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by veyron 15y ago
Assembly code is used frequently in ultra low latency trading and in other contexts for which special instructions are not exposed in C libraries or constructs. For example, there is no libc exposure to the RDTSC x86 instruction
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by veyron 15y ago
Assuming that "working at startup" means working for a startup (ie not being a founder), check out http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2612416 and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2623797 for contrasting opinions and discussions
951.
by veyron 15y ago
Depends on what you define programming language to be. In all seriousness, some dont consider perl or bash or awk programming languages. For every task, there are multiple programming languages suited for the task. You can get away with k
952.
by veyron 15y ago
#1 itself is a stretch. A great developer may bring more value to the firm than they are paid, but that does not necessarily mean that they are worth much more when considered outside the firm. Let's take a brilliant kernel hacker a
953.
by veyron 15y ago
What are the "wrong things" that you think CS focuses on?
954.
by veyron 15y ago
I don't think the book is particularly good for what people buy the book for (learning some strategy that can immediately be applied to make money), but it was chosen as an example of a book that describes some of the trades. I would like
955.
by veyron 15y ago
i think fezzl's point is that you can't know what you missed. You can look at others and say that you dont think it was necessary, but that could be because you didn't have access to the top pool of CS students.
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by veyron 15y ago
At the end of the day, grades really reflect work ethic. No secret here. No one can say in retrospect whether or not grades affected life. It's one of many factors, and no one can say "me | 4.3 GPA" would have had a different life from "m
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by veyron 15y ago
Having bootstrapped and built a successful ultra low latency trading operation from start to finish, I can assure you that in this space the star is the technology. In other forms of HFT, such as statistical arbitrage, the traders are the
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by veyron 15y ago
sysadmin stuff is pretty much standard because the challenging work is actually done by the strategists / developers. Stuff like processor affinity magic, which at one time would be covered by sysadmins, are now being covered by the people
959.
by veyron 15y ago
What is your email? Let me give a meaningful response: in low latency trading, the value is truly in the platform. The strategies are simple, and you can pick up a textbook (ie Aldridge http://www.amazon.com/High-Frequency-Trading-Practic
960.
by veyron 15y ago
Is there any data regarding what percentage of pirates would be willing to pay for the product? IE is it an issue of "pirating" versus "paying" or "pirating" versus "nothing"

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