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Re:Why modern software is slow by Kranar on Friday September 30, 2022 @02:37PM (#33038824)
>The stock market is a zero-sum game. Every single penny taken out was a penny put in. Money going in is people's pensions, largely.

Ah, so you lack a basic understanding of how the stock market works, but think you're qualified to make very strong statements about it.

Re:Why modern software is slow by ncmncm on Saturday October 01, 2022 @08:43AM (#33046181)
Trades batched by second would provide as much liquidity as anybody could use, without the yachts.
Re:Why modern software is slow by eru on Sunday October 02, 2022 @07:41PM (#33061584)
You can start a new exchange that does this batching.

Btw, you need to be careful, because people might still race to be the last (or first) to contribute to a batch.

They'd race to be the first, if tied prices within a batch are resolved in favour of the earlier bird. Otherwise, they would race to be the last, so they have the most information available when deciding on their price (and so that they can change their mind until the last nano-second.)

Re:Why modern software is slow by tsbertalan on Monday October 03, 2022 @02:12PM (#33071440)
And if ties within that second were resolved randomly, what perverse optimizing would you predict?