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mattyppants

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    Comment #4865511

    I'm sorry, but making a desktop app look like a phone app doesn't really "improve the user experience" by default. I've been using itunes for 6 or 7 years now, and i literally stoo…

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    Comment #4749817

    Your missing the point that owning part of a company for 10 seconds brings zero social value to the economy. Which I also tend to agree with. Slightly off-topic from the point of t…

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    Comment #4749804

    No, he said he backtested them against data he collected from the feeds. He paid for the feeds just like everyone else does with his own money.

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    Comment #4749196

    This is not even close to an accurate summary. He never stated that he had any employer backing, and he wasn't collecting market making fees. In fact he was paying brokerage fees w…

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    Comment #4734880

    I get tired of the "Don't hate the player, hate the game" mantra after a certain point though. We make the damn game. And if the players are assholes, the game is going to suck.

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    Comment #4732744

    Except for Zuck, he'll steal the shit outta your Hipster Coffee Shop Wifi app.

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    Comment #4664594

    Of course it's a marketing play. Why else would a company willingly commit large sums of money to a completely unrelated business venture. And anyone who was watching the feed befo…

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    Comment #4655066

    This is cool. But anybody else having just a blank screen when they try a different url other than google analytics?

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    Comment #4646302

    "Step into my office" "Why?" "Cuz you're fuckin fired!"

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    Comment #4580382

    So maybe they should have called it. "3 problems that raytracing can't solve, and 4 other ones that just suck about modeling real life in 3d(on a 2d surface)".