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The price has to go up anyway, that's what happens when demand increases, it's nothing to do with HFT. Large block trades like this will often be arrange over the counter (OTC) or …

> (This is kinda funny b/c they were sorta conceived to emulate Oxford and Cambridge - which as I understand are all about he well-rounded "liberal arts eduction") Undergrad progra…

> What I am questioning is the extreme prevalence of travel in off-time for some people for whom travel seems to be the only way to spend holidays. For myself, it's simply that vac…

Firstly, while 50k is far from "mega rich", only 50% of households in Texas earn more than that, so it still excludes a lot of people ( http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/4800…

Python is currently making inroads in finance, both Bank of America and JP Morgan have large projects involving it. I've worked on one of them, and like you I'm unusure if it's a g…

Their FAQ ( http://www.codenameone.com/faq.html ) claims that it is possible, though a little complicated (and they'll only provide support if you're on their enterprise plan).

A few years ago I heard a story from an acquaintance working at an online spread betting company. One senior figure suggested that they should actively bet against their worst perf…

That's definitely not the case in the UK. For example, the guidelines for applying for Economics at Cambridge state: "The Faculty does not have standard requirements for subjects o…

I recently started reading http://www.learnprolognow.org/ and the first few chapters have been excellent. There are exercises and practical sections at the end of each chapter too …

Is there any thing in particular that Julia is missing here? http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.2/manual/arrays/#vect... http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.2/manual/linear-…

Thanks for the reply. I get your point that the initiative and aptitude are the starting point, but as you mentioned, looking for "proof" of ability is very tricky, particularly fo…

In my experience most companies aren't interested in "initiative and aptitude". They are generally unwilling to look at people without a few years of experience already. I moved to…

I don't see a huge difference between this and music/movie piracy. I feel it's down to the financial/commercial nature of the infringement and also the scale. I think this is fairl…

The variability in UK university courses is pretty extreme. I have three degrees: a bachelors in mathematics ("pass"), a bachelors in accountancy (2:1) and a masters in statistics …

I've heard that even at top universities in China there are trends among the subjects that don't really exist at the likes of Cambridge, MIT and Stanford. For example it might be t…

I use Anki ( http://ankisrs.net/ ). The app store version is $25, but the desktop version is free. There's also a free web app that can be used from handheld devices with internet …

Here's one, and they cite some others in the paper: K.A. Ericsson et al. "The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance" (1993). http://citeseerx.ist.psu…

It doesn't surprise me that learning from movies and the internet would make you more proficient than someone who learnt by living in the UK. When people are forced to speak a lang…

It's a tricky question and there are far more practical things to know than current affairs, e.g. customs and taboos, language, currency etc. For example, I've met people (American…