News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by nocobot on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @10:43AM (#18503476)
> Traders cannot make a profit if they don't manipulate the price.

Traders aren't the only reason prices move. Clearly a wide spread crop failure would also increase grain prices. You can still make money as a trader if you do a better job at predicting such events than others.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: Have you ever regretted working on a product? by BurnGpuBurn on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @11:33AM (#18503837)
And everybody that dies of hunger be damned, right? As long as you make a buck... (I don't mean you specifically, I don't know much about you)
[ Parent | on HN ]