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kzzzznot

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    Comment #49161735

    WSB? Keynes said that…

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    Comment #49147258

    How do you sell them - do you give a preview or how else do you protect it from just being copy/pasted?

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    Comment #48899118

    That is that commitstrip cartoon... "we'll be able to write a comprehensive spec and bam we don't need programmers anymore" "and do you know what you call that?" "code, it's called…

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    Comment #48888976

    Because professional development is not just for fun

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    Comment #47989843

    Location probably matters, where are you?

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    Comment #47989834

    To be fair, in the best of climates that is still searching in a niche market with an attempt to do something new with an engineering experience gap

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    Comment #47291670

    It confuses me when people talk about frameworks as being totally different. They solve the same problems, slightly differently. It’s not a big lift to learn a new one if you are f…

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    Comment #46096453

    Most people don’t do this and won’t start

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    Comment #44975558

    All you need is some deposits

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    Comment #44352763

    I love this. Would absolutely buy one if it were for sale. Thanks for posting.

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    Comment #44329539

    Having lived in Hong Kong for a significant portion of my life, I have a soft spot for the SCMP. However it is owned by Alibaba now, so effectively an arm of the CCP. Use it wisely…

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    Comment #41685744

    Sure that means they need half the number of engineers to stand still. Most companies aim to grow not stand still.

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    Comment #41685726

    “Fixed lump of work fallacy” as noted by commenter above. If a company can get 100% more output they don’t fire half their people so they stand still/get no additional productivity…

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    Comment #40804006

    Of course they do. And where states' intelligence agencies or militaries overstep their mandates their citizens should know and act accordingly/

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    Comment #40794265

    States do have secrets. And when those secrets are grave and destructive, their citizens have a right to know about them.

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    Comment #40794051

    This seems like some real mental gymnastics. Not sure how true the above is, but your argument has some serious holes. Does the bad entity that is doing bad things have a right to …

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    Comment #40793747

    Why? To punish and deter. He exposed terrible things done by large powers, therefore he was persecuted absolutely.

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    Comment #40468192

    RIP ICQ Spent a lot of my childhood using it.

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    Comment #40327032

    The distinction in my mind is HFT is “worse” for market participants because of the front running of large orders between exchanges. I’d argue this cross exchange arbitrage does st…

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    Comment #40326457

    Please explain why quantitative algo (not HFT) trading is “bad”?

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    Comment #40326437

    That’s a great episode and covers a lot in depth. Would recommend Acquired in general - appeals to me as interested in tech, business and finance

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    Comment #39944731

    Exactly. Handling and Acceleration are the most important factors at 200cc. Acceleration because when (not if) you get hit/crash, you need to be able to catch up quickly.

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    Comment #39944414

    Well I always pick Koopa, who is apparently the worst. Although in my group of friends I win the most by far… I’ll keep with him to keep it fair :)

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    Comment #39906648

    3) The exact inverse is much more commonly visible - disingenuous promotion of crypto from those with vested interests

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    Comment #38612342

    That viewpoint is both draconian and fiscally irresponsible