Re:Ask HN: What's the hardest problem you've ever solved?
by umichguy on Sunday November 18, 2018 @08:07AM
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Fair enough. Unless you're talking about lags for automated trading systems/ algos where even that single "I really can't measure this" sec difference counts.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the hardest problem you've ever solved?
by brennebeck on Sunday November 18, 2018 @10:25AM
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I mean, sure, the precision matters for HFT but at the scale the point would be moot since the time is so minuscule. Unless you hyperscale it: “on 1,000,000 trades the 50ms difference becomes very pronounced and could cost us $z” or something of the sort. But I still think it loses “the spirit” of the method — best way I can phrase that.