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Re:Goldman Sachs is spending $100M to shave milliseconds off... by andruby on Friday August 02, 2019 @09:58AM (#20592927)
> If it's bad, we can always turn the knob back. Sure, but by then maybe some people or organizations have made/lost millions. So we can't realistically experiment with that (even though I would absolutely love to)
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Re:Goldman Sachs is spending $100M to shave milliseconds off... by amelius on Saturday August 03, 2019 @04:53AM (#20599370)
If a businessmodel is questionable from a societal viewpoint, then they shouldn't be surprised that some regulation hits them. See for instance Airbnb, where the businessmodel has become impossible in many cities already.
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