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Re:Postgres sequences can skip 32 unexpectedly by sonotathrowaway on Friday July 16, 2021 @08:41AM (#27855638)
If you can find a way to take a representative sample of their stores, you can front-run their quarterly earnings report and make a guaranteed profit off them.
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Re:Postgres sequences can skip 32 unexpectedly by joshribakoff on Friday July 16, 2021 @08:54AM (#27855723)
Even if you could approximate revenue, that hardly equates to profitability. Even if you could approximate profits, the market still behaves irrationally (in the short term), there are no guarantees
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Re:Postgres sequences can skip 32 unexpectedly by jsight on Friday July 16, 2021 @09:30AM (#27856019)
That is absolutely true, but an individual store is unlikely to care.
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