“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming

Re:“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming by jermaustin1 on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @11:08AM (#18400028)

Every company I've worked for in NY/NJ has had the day off... except my current gig for an Italian company. Go figure.

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Re:“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming by Nav_Panel on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @11:28AM (#18400178)

Markets are open on Columbus Day so most finance and fintech people don't get it off. I didn't.

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Re:“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming by tomjakubowski on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @11:44AM (#18400306)

Huh. The Merc used to have (still has?) a "bring your kid to work" type event on Columbus Day. They even brought us into one of the pits—back when they were still regularly open for business—to do a mock derivatives trading session. I guess it had never occurred to me before that those pits were being used for real trades on the same day—or maybe the brick and mortar exchanges were open, just "online-only", on Columbus Day.

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Re:“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming by ascagnel_ on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @01:29PM (#18401070)

NY/NJ has a heavy Italian influence, so the day acts as more of an "Italian Heritage Day" at this point.

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Re:“A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming by uxp100 on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @05:01PM (#18402772)

Not just at this point. It's been seen as at least partially an Italian heritage day for longer than it's been an official holiday.

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