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balbeit

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    Comment #5975672

    I think you may be mistaken. High-frequency trading is becoming less profitable as an industry, but algorithmic trading in general is most definitely not.

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    Comment #4733380

    Did you read the article? It discusses the lack of 4G/LTE support for two full paragraph at the beginning... "It’s as close to perfect as I’ve seen any Android smartphone get. But …

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    Comment #4610658

    Can you explain that situation? As I read it, it goes like this. Someone is willing to buy at $1.50, and someone is willing to sell at $1.60. If an investor comes along that wants …

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    Comment #4233079

    I would wager that it is because when creating named variables, people tend to start with the low integers, like var1, var2, etc... And when using constants, they will often use ma…

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    Comment #4010398

    Actually, the WSJ is correct. Helium has a lower density than air, while a head has a higher density. Hence, they will move in opposite directions.

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    Comment #3913359

    From a shareholder's perspective, does this mean Barnes & Noble is now, in essence, an e-book reader manufacturer/distributor with a retail presence? And the retail presence just h…

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    Comment #3880919

    FTA: Facebook "paid 23 million shares at $30.89 a share plus $300 million cash for Instagram for a total of $1,010,470,000."

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    Comment #3380857

    But by having people click on those ads, the companies that are advertising (which could be and are companies actively engaged in "physical" products) are acquiring paying customer…

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    Comment #3187703

    This is the first iteration of my first-ever released project, done over the last week. It allows you to sync your mobile browser to your desktop browser. I hope to expand the prod…

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    Comment #3173308

    This isn't Google. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5084900/how-can-i-reserve...

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    Comment #3002257

    I always love learning little tidbits about Python like these. Thanks! Another I found quite useful: instead of collections.defaultdict, you can use the dict's get() method to set …