veyron

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by veyron 16y ago
This is particularly dangerous, and I really worry about health sites in general, because if people trust the advice too much, they may not choose to go to doctor (rising health care costs, no insurance, ...) in lieu of listening to advice
1202.
by veyron 16y ago
It's much easier to do a startup if you've saved up a war chest :) Or if your operating expenses are so low that you can sustain yourself long enough to see the business flourish. Ironically, the various funds of Nassim Taleb suffer the sa
1203.
by veyron 16y ago
why does 'spam "by moultano"' show up as a top search term?
1204.
by veyron 16y ago
I personally prefer the output style from enscript [2 column].
1205.
by veyron 16y ago
I'm waiting for whish: a bash-like shell with Whitespace syntax.
1206.
by veyron 16y ago
Amen to that. I've long since concluded that there must be some sort of spambot just flooding the site with posts from various blogs and news sources, even if they arent even tangentially related to HN
1207.
by veyron 16y ago
ptrdiff_t is not guaranteed to be the same size as size_t, but ssize_t is. Also, IIRC ptrdiff_t is unsigned, whereas ssize_t is signed, which could make 32/64 bit arithmetic a PITA. you are correct inasfar as ssize_t is a posix extension.
1208.
by veyron 16y ago
This article can be summarized as follows: use size_t and ssize_t when doing pointer arithmetic
1209.
by veyron 16y ago
I have a lot of respect for the idealism underpinning your motivation. That's partially why I got into finance in the first place. You can also 1) charge for the advise. Something relatively small but accessible to most people. THAT woul
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by veyron 16y ago
I'm confused by your goal. If your goal is to "teach beginning investors how to invest", then why not set up a paper trading system? Basically, you can build a simulation engine that lets people try to trade with paper money. If your goal
1211.
by veyron 16y ago
facebook login is a non-starter :/
1212.
by veyron 16y ago
I apologize for the jargon [I'm at work now and the markets dont close for another 100 minutes] -- I can give you a more detailed explanation later if you are interested.
1213.
by veyron 16y ago
IB: http://interactivebrokers.com/ they have matlab, java, etc. connectors You can also work with some of the larger banks and boutique firms, either in a DMA setting or routing through the exchange. Generally you need 100-250 to get tha
1214.
by veyron 16y ago
take with grain of salt -- if you have a profitable hedge fund, unless you are trying to raise money, publicity is bad.
1215.
by veyron 16y ago
To downvote on SO you need a certain number of points, which you get by doing other activities [like posting or answering questions]. After reaching that threshold, you can choose to downvote a question or response, which costs you one poi
1216.
by veyron 16y ago
My guess, as is usually the case with these HFT technology vendors, is that this company is trying to sell the residual technology IP from a hedge fund that bellied up. To those "hobbyists", what would you look for in a solution?
1217.
by veyron 16y ago
The sticky thing about industry experience is that its hard to evaluate expectations. on the one side, someone who hops from job to job every 6 months has a stability issue [prove to me that you can stick through this venture, long enough f
1218.
by veyron 16y ago
This sounds similar to the Stack Overflow model [you take a penalty when you downvote]
1219.
by veyron 16y ago
The one thing that I give credit for [regarding a CS degree] is discipline. Discipline means actually going through whatever hoops the schools make you go through. Discipline means actually having the patience to take the requisite classe
1220.
by veyron 16y ago
Rule of thumb is to estimate hours and a reasonable rate given the scope and time of the arrangement. It's hard to pin down an absolute number, but in terms of rate I dont consider it unless its at least $200/hr
1221.
by veyron 16y ago
Mount my iPad to my BMW and work! thank god for iSSH
1222.
by veyron 16y ago
The differences are much more involved: learning as part of a startup, especially if you have debt, is learning under duress. Learning while on a job, when the issue of the next paycheck doesnt loom over you, is a more steady process
1223.
by veyron 16y ago
Dosbox was not self-contained [i.e. when you fire it up, you have to mount a directory and then run the game]. It looks like boxer makes the .app for you
1224.
by veyron 16y ago
I always presumed HN was SFW ...
1225.
by veyron 16y ago
You need to qualify the question i.e. I use Linux for some servers but OSX for desktop
1226.
by veyron 16y ago
Lynx compatibility!