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Re:Solving a linear optimization problem on incentive alloca... by 1000units on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:13PM (#21337257)
Uninteresting comment. You see critical, speculative comments that offer no technical insight on Hacker News all the time. I also doubt the article was read. Demonstrating actual effort and understanding would be more interesting.
Re:Solving a linear optimization problem on incentive alloca... by codesushi42 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:15PM (#21337273)
What kind of insight did you want? Simply Google "portfolio optimization" and you will find many more interesting techniques.

This is a basic LP problem that you'll come across in a textbook.

Re:Solving a linear optimization problem on incentive alloca... by marktani on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:22PM (#21337336)
How many HN readers read about OR before? Haven't read the blog post yet but it seems like a nice way to refresh my knowledge from some obscure lecture I attended about it ~5 years ago ;)
Re:Solving a linear optimization problem on incentive alloca... by 1000units on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:22PM (#21337338)
Here's an interesting comment with an interesting reply: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21336687

By contrast, you effectively said, "Heh, I've seen fancier models. BTW, you can just plug your stuff into Google."

Re:Solving a linear optimization problem on incentive alloca... by codesushi42 on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @05:58PM (#21339489)
BTW, you can just plug your stuff into Google

Well, yeah, for something so rudimentary. Use a library. Nothing to see here.