The Tears of Donald Knuth

Re:The Tears of Donald Knuth by quotemstr on Friday December 26, 2014 @03:01AM (#8798397)

Isn't algorithmic pricing fun?

Worldcat indicates that the book is available from various libraries: https://www.worldcat.org/title/ignition-an-informal-history-...

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Re:The Tears of Donald Knuth by cokernel_hacker on Friday December 26, 2014 @05:42AM (#8798609)

I can't help but link to a classic fight between two algorithmic book bots: http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358

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Re:The Tears of Donald Knuth by digi_owl on Friday December 26, 2014 @12:02PM (#8799316)

While fun to watch on Amazon, this is a cruder version of what HFT does on the stock market.

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Re:The Tears of Donald Knuth by quotemstr on Friday December 26, 2014 @03:57PM (#8800340)

Sure, but Amazon pricing is more amusing: the results are visibly and clearly absurd. HFT done right is much subtler.

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