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Re: Show HN: Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing

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Post by franga2000 »

alexhogset wrote: post #280
franga2000 wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From a quick glance, the first thing you'll need to do is install Python for your platform. There are a bunch available, but for Windows I usually recommend WinPython. This one should be good: https://sourceforge.net/projects/winpython/files/WinPython_3... . Run that and select an empty folder to install it into. When it's done, open the folder and run the "WinPython Command Prompt". Once you have that, download the…

Hi! I get two errors; 1) no such option: -r 2) Permission denied when using Git HUB Yes i'm a noob.

1) I'm an idiot. It's "pip install -r requirements.txt". Don't know how I messed that one up.

2) Permission denied where? I'm not sure what scenario on GitHub could possibly lead to that.

I did try and install it myself and it turned out to be significantly more annoying than expected (on Linux, mind you, so it might be easier on Win). I didn't actually get it to run because after an hour, I had other things to do.

Re: Show HN: Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing

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Post by fortran77 »

Hnrobert42 wrote: post #206

Is it just me, or is the feel of the comment on this post different than other HN posts? There are a lot more snarky jokes. A little more combative. It feels like why I stopped reading Reddit. I hope it doesn’t metastasize to posts on other topics.

/r/LOLHackerNews

Re: Show HN: Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing

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Post by SubiculumCode »

atian wrote: post #147
jedberg wrote: post #132

The biggest thing you pay for in the Bloomberg Terminal is the chat function, which lets you talk to other people who also have $25,000 a year to spend on a Bloomberg Terminal. But this is still pretty cool :)

Sometimes I casually flash my B-Unit around or pretend to check the time on it just to let everyone know I have a subscription. Other times I will go out of my way to send emails from the terminal just so others get a glance at my @bloomberg.net email address. I also have people send me stuff to the email if it's someone I haven't met before. The Bloomberg Terminal is well worth it for these two perks. It's much bett…

I absolutely detest this comment and all it implies. I'll accept my downvotes now.

Unless I missed sarcasm, in which case, please accept my humblest apologies.

Re: Show HN: Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing

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Post by SubiculumCode »

Hnrobert42 wrote: post #206

Is it just me, or is the feel of the comment on this post different than other HN posts? There are a lot more snarky jokes. A little more combative. It feels like why I stopped reading Reddit. I hope it doesn’t metastasize to posts on other topics.

As soon as someone started talking about swinging their big Bloomberg D, and going all alpha corporate overlord, the thread went to shite.

Re: Show HN: Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing

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Post by hinkley »

cashewchoo wrote: post #240
metacritic12 wrote: post #213

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Having worked in finance on the buy side, I can say this was not true for me or the dozens of people I knew who use it. Neither I nor others I know in the space use the terminal as a place to "hang out" with wealthy people. Bloomberg's tooling is quite good, and you can get 80% of the way to a bespoke chart with 20% of the work. Not sure if the above is speculation, or parody, or just a projection of a stylized view…

Hello from the (ex) sell side. I think it's satire. Pretty hard to tell though. But I think it's just really good satire.

Poe's Law strikes again.

Re: Show HN: Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing

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Post by hinkley »

berkes wrote: post #138
TheAdamist wrote: post #49

Should probably rewrite it in rust, to solve the markets memory leaks, otherwise everything will keep going up.

I know you are joking. But asides from the securities offered by the typing system and borrow checker, Rust (and Go; and maybe others to some extend) have going for them is that the compiled binary is "OOTB". I'm on ubuntu, and it seems all python tooling is there to start running Gamestonks Terminal. But more often then not, getting a Python, Nodejs or Ruby project running requires a lot of fiddling, insider-informa…

Long ago I had lucid reasons why Sass was better than Less in very important ways, but over time it became "but not worth the trouble of maintaining a Ruby distribution on your machine"

The c implementation didn't hit the point of me being able to endorse it before I just gave up and let people use Less if that's what they prefer.

Runtimes, man. They can be the pits.

Re: Show HN: Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing

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Post by hinkley »

unixhero wrote: post #142
berkes wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know you are joking. But asides from the securities offered by the typing system and borrow checker, Rust (and Go; and maybe others to some extend) have going for them is that the compiled binary is "OOTB". I'm on ubuntu, and it seems all python tooling is there to start running Gamestonks Terminal. But more often then not, getting a Python, Nodejs or Ruby project running requires a lot of fiddling, insider-informa…

Daft Punk has split up, so it is no longer a valid meme.

Just wait for the 2025 reunion tour.

Re: Show HN: Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing

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Post by hinkley »

nindalf wrote: post #165
unixhero wrote: post #142

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Daft Punk has split up, so it is no longer a valid meme.

That’s just like, your opinion man. See what I did? It’s an older meme, but it checks out.

Maybe your joke will be fine when Hell Freezes Over.

Re: Show HN: Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing

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Post by hinkley »

jldugger wrote: post #99
TheAdamist wrote: post #49

Should probably rewrite it in rust, to solve the markets memory leaks, otherwise everything will keep going up.

The borrow checker is still busted tho.

Not sure if short selling joke or Rust dig.
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