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Re:Founding a startup with zero revenue is better than working for Gol... on Tuesday September 14, 2010 @06:30PM (#1692579)

In fact, we were basically the trader’s little bitches, and any quant who’s honest with himself realizes that.

I wonder what it is that traders do that they can't be replaced by software? How do they manage to generate more value than quants?

Software predicts criminal behavior

Posted by nearestneighbor on Saturday September 04, 2010 @02:21PM
from the msnbc.msn.com dept.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38723688/ns/technology_and_science-science/

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Re:Ask HN: is algorithmic or HF trading something I could do on my own? on Friday September 03, 2010 @03:13PM (#1660719)

Thanks very much for the links!

Re:Ask HN: is algorithmic or HF trading something I could do on my own? on Friday September 03, 2010 @02:02PM (#1660459)

There's the possibility of middle men who are supposed to make some of these obstacles easier to overcome: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1560072

Are you speaking from personal experience by the way?

Ask HN: is algorithmic or HF trading something I could do on my own?

Posted by nearestneighbor on Friday September 03, 2010 @01:21PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Assuming I had the necessary skills (and I do, in math and programming, but not finance or trading at the moment), could I do algorithmic or high-frequency trading on my own, or is it (participation in the market, low-latency information, etc.) priced too high for an individual?

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Re:Supreme Court rules that all Americans have fundamental right to be... on Monday June 28, 2010 @02:04PM (#1468800)

NYT now also has an article about this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/29scotus.html

Supreme Court rules that all Americans have fundamental right to bear arms

Posted by nearestneighbor on Monday June 28, 2010 @01:53PM
from the washingtonpost.com dept.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/28/AR2010062802134_pf.html

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Re:Ask HN: log on, drop out? on Sunday June 27, 2010 @12:41AM (#1464934)

If you are going to move somewhere cheap, while you are working on your software all by yourself, consider safe and stable countries in Latin America, like Costa Rica.

Re:Ask HN: How do I turn 100K into 1 million? on Friday June 25, 2010 @12:35PM (#1461236)

> At this point in the real estate cycle, you could probably buy two single homes,

For $100k? Where in the US would that be?

Re:Obama Administration Announces Massive Piracy Crackdown on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @10:46PM (#1457163)

> which allows the government to charge people who they think might be about to infringe with a civil offense (for example if you searched "torrent daft punk").

I find this difficult to believe.

Re:The Readers of Hacker News: 86% male on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @03:57PM (#1452964)

Sorry, but both of these stats are bullshit.

Re:How To Become a Millionaire In Three Years on Monday June 21, 2010 @03:58PM (#1449866)

> Smart people whom are successful usually got there by doing the same and have an innate desire to help those do the same.

Most smart people know not to overuse the dative form.

Re:Medical Reviews of "House" on Monday June 21, 2010 @07:39AM (#1448498)

It should be easy to check:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Medical_specialties

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialty_(medicine)

Re:Medical Reviews of "House" on Monday June 21, 2010 @04:17AM (#1448269)

I didn't realize that "diagnostics" was a medical specialty.

Re:Medical Reviews of "House" on Monday June 21, 2010 @02:12AM (#1448141)

I don't know. I thought radiation to treat a possible brain tumor without knowing where it is was way off-base.

Re:Medical Reviews of "House" on Monday June 21, 2010 @12:38AM (#1447967)

I wanted to ask House fans with any kind of medical background: are real doctors expected to have as much encyclopedic knowledge of even rare diseases as Dr. House seems to display?

My own experience with MDs, in good hospitals, was that they misdiagnose even simple and common things, that they should have been able to diagnose correctly, given the symptoms.

Medical Reviews of "House"

Posted by nearestneighbor on Sunday June 20, 2010 @04:03PM
from the politedissent.com dept.

http://www.politedissent.com/house_pd.html

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Re:Ask HN: Typical Startup or Abuse? on Sunday June 20, 2010 @12:59PM (#1446750)

I think your mindset is that if you leave now, your boss wins (having underpaid you all this time). Right?

Re:Forbes 400 Data Shows Paul Graham Is Wrong on Saturday June 19, 2010 @03:14AM (#1444309)

> "Instead of assuming this, why don't you check and tell us? It should be pretty easy; historical Forbes 400 data is available online."

Well, he wasn't WRONG. He just advised you to make a stronger argument, since the data is easily available.

Re:Somebody please hire me before I take a job in weapon development on Sunday June 13, 2010 @04:11PM (#1428086)

I'm trying to think of "famously aggressive" and "little", and all I can come up with is one of them Koreas.