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by washedup 11y ago
It's dangerous to make big generalizations like "no one actually caring if the statistics are valid." This simply is not true. Sure, a lot of what you see on /r/dataisbeautiful is garbage, but that's because it
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Project Gigjam(blogs.technet.com)
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by washedup 11y ago
Great selections. All very experienced astronauts. It's incredibly impressive to see what they have accomplished in their short lives.
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by washedup 11y ago
The technical glitch is probably related to China news somehow, but it is rather meaningless for trading in general. NYSE has pretty antiquated technology compared to other exchanges.
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China stock plunge accelerates as regulator warns of 'panic'(reuters.com)
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by washedup 11y ago
might as well try. any well written machine learning tutorial will give you a foundation as you go through it.
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Introduction to machine learning with R(r-bloggers.com)
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Book: An Introduction to Statistical Learning with Applications in R(www-bcf.usc.edu)
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by washedup 11y ago
A huge part of the problem is not investment or technology, but the legislative structure which still favors fossil fuels. The lobbying interests and influence are immense. Once this starts to change there will be a rapid shift towards clea
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by washedup 11y ago
Biologically speaking we are wired to produce kids, as such many people find deep meaning and satisfaction by raising a family. Of course this isn't for everyone, but I put it down as a driver for why people behave they way they do. On
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by washedup 11y ago
The key to a happy and successful life is to find meaningful ways to spend your time. Meaningful to you, of course. Because of the monetary system we live in, usually a large chunk of our time needs to be devoted towards earning money, or a
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by washedup 11y ago
Bad quote, I agree, but it does express how risk management in the HFT world is often short sighted.
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by washedup 11y ago
>The better firms tend to hire people out of school and train them up so they can do novel research. It's a smarter long-term play. I completely agree with you there. There are a handful of firms that do this consistently and they a
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by washedup 11y ago
Successful ideas in general work this way, but I am impressed with the SPEED in which this dispersion takes place in the trading world. All this brain and computing power cycles through ideas as quickly as possible to find new sources of in
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by washedup 11y ago
It's not technical, that's true, but I really appreciate the philosophical take. It describes the foundation of everything and how the industry works from a high level very well. It was fun for me to read.
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by washedup 11y ago
This is one of the better overviews of HFT I have come across. It hits on all the points I consider to be important (having worked in HFT for over six years); especially the Techno-Leviathan, trader psyche, and the perception of constant &q
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Where Guitar Legends and Coders Overlap(medium.com)
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Geometry of the structure of viruses [pdf](liga.ens.fr)
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by washedup 11y ago
This game is amazing. Having a lot of fun with it. It's damn hard!
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by washedup 11y ago
After boarding a flight, it is not uncommon to notice all the lights and ventilation systems being briefly shut down. I would say a vast majority of flights I get on go through this procedure, and now I wonder if it is because of this bug.
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by washedup 11y ago
Same orbit plane yes, but it sounds as if it is in a lower orbit which will be more exposed to atmospheric drag
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by washedup 11y ago
That's what I was reading as well from places like http://spaceflightnow.com/
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by washedup 12y ago
Yeah, I agree with you. 10 years does not seem long enough!
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by washedup 12y ago
Uber will be in a great spot if they are thinking about integrating the technology with self-driving cars. That's how the landscape will most likely look in 5-10 years. Uber + Car Sharing + Driverless cars.
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by washedup 12y ago
I forgot about that entirely. SpaceX has certainly received lots of contractual funding. Almost $1 billion from NASA for various contractual obligations, but I am not sure if they were up-front payments for future launches or "award mo
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by washedup 12y ago
I was impressed to see how little venture capital SpaceX has taken over the years. Of course there was a lot of funding from Musk (is this the seed funding in '06?), but very impressed to see them build out very successful and complica
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by washedup 12y ago
Bubbles BURST when everyone says "we're in a bubble."
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by washedup 12y ago
Bubble bursts are generally large-scale psychological phenomena. Nothing can be done to avoid them, and boom bust cycles will continue in small sectors, larger sectors, and the entire economy for the foreseeable future. As investors slowly
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by washedup 12y ago
Even if he is right about his bets, it does not prove that there was no bubble. A lot of times when bubbles burst, many small competitors are whipped out of the market, while the ones that have been successful up to that point have a better
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Amazon continues to grow(geekwire.com)
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