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Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

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Post by 6stringmerc »

gohrt wrote: post #63
6stringmerc wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Regarding the amount he makes from the terminals and service, I don't doubt that's the major haul of any given year, year after year. Not coincidentally, that's why I take his pontificating about finance and economics with a grain of salt - he was a tech savvy info delivery man who lucked into trapping people into a dog-shit ugly, expensive, and industry ubiquitous device. It's along the lines of "I'll view Google as…

You can't only consider the ads, you have to consider what makes the ads valuable, which includes whatever brings the eyeballs and walking fingers in. For example: * Magazines provide content in their subject area. * Yahoo: provides content apps and content.

So, you mean like the concept of a "loss leader" like when Best Buy sells new release under cost (ex. $9.99) then wants to sell the same customer a brand new $3,000 4K HDTV?

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

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Post by gaius »

danso wrote: post #61
rtkwe wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The accusation is that Bloomberg uses data from the people using the terminals to inform their own trades. It popped up a little while back but I can't find the original articles.

Back in 2013 (actually surprised it was that long ago): http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/may/10/bloomberg-goldm... > The Guardian also understands that JP Morgan also has concerns about how Bloomberg used information from its terminals while pursuing stories about Bruno Iksil, the trader known as the London Whale, who was blamed for massive losses at the bank last year. Bloomberg said it had blocked journalists'…

In the early 00's I worked for a company that had a Bloomberg chat killer too.

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

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Post by 6stringmerc »

dontscale wrote: post #65
6stringmerc wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Regarding the amount he makes from the terminals and service, I don't doubt that's the major haul of any given year, year after year. Not coincidentally, that's why I take his pontificating about finance and economics with a grain of salt - he was a tech savvy info delivery man who lucked into trapping people into a dog-shit ugly, expensive, and industry ubiquitous device. It's along the lines of "I'll view Google as…

In that case, you'd really enjoy Charlie Munger's parable about the Shoebutton Prince. The story goes that one of Charlie's distant relatives had cornered some part of the 1920's shoebutton market. Back then, shoebuttons were smallish ornaments you put on your shoes. The success entitled the prince to pontificate on any and all things in unlimited fashion--especially those outside the realm of shoebuttons.

I do believe I would enjoy that parable because I think it happens a lot in the US culture. You know like listening to, ahem, certain anti-vaccine people simply because they were in a nudie magazine and on the TV for a while.

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

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Post by apaprocki »

omarish wrote: post #34

The majority of complaints here: - Ergonomics sucks! - I can't re-map caps lock to be escape, what trash! - This is so old! - Too expensive! - Dell makes cheaper monitors! - Fingerprint authentication can be hacked. But what everybody is not considering is: 1. You have to have a Bloomberg keyboard to work in finance. It's not even a question. It's a COGS for anybody who wants to work in finance or trading. 2. Bloombe…

... and there are those of us who work (or have worked) on building it, are long-time HNers, and are always happy to answer questions and clear up FUD. It's a lot easier to have empathy when talking to a person instead of about a company :)

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

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Post by whatok »

6stringmerc wrote: post #57
dontscale wrote: post #12

Talk about your SaaS. $24,000 a year for one of these babies. I think it's how he made most of his fortune. Edit: corrected for year https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...

Regarding the amount he makes from the terminals and service, I don't doubt that's the major haul of any given year, year after year. Not coincidentally, that's why I take his pontificating about finance and economics with a grain of salt - he was a tech savvy info delivery man who lucked into trapping people into a dog-shit ugly, expensive, and industry ubiquitous device. It's along the lines of "I'll view Google as…

I don't agree with a lot of his political views but I'll trust him on the finance and economics front over a majority of politicians given that he worked for Salomon Brothers and arguably was an extremely well-accomplished mayor. Bloomberg is arguably a technology company delivering a product for the finance sector but he absolutely had the prerequisite domain knowledge to launch the company and propel it into what it is today.

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

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Post by eumoria »

6stringmerc wrote: post #57
dontscale wrote: post #12

Talk about your SaaS. $24,000 a year for one of these babies. I think it's how he made most of his fortune. Edit: corrected for year https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...

Regarding the amount he makes from the terminals and service, I don't doubt that's the major haul of any given year, year after year. Not coincidentally, that's why I take his pontificating about finance and economics with a grain of salt - he was a tech savvy info delivery man who lucked into trapping people into a dog-shit ugly, expensive, and industry ubiquitous device. It's along the lines of "I'll view Google as…

according to wikipedia roughly 315,000 so that's 7.9 billion dollars a year. what a fucking racket... holy moly

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

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Post by Sanddancer »

davegauer wrote: post #24

I've often found it very peculiar that while many industries have specialized input hardware, it is still the norm for developers to type awkward key combinations* for common programming symbols such as (,),{,},[,],=, etc. which are be used in mass quantities all day, every day. I understand how we got where we are, but it's nevertheless surprising that something like a modernized space-cadet keyboard isn't standard…

I actually use a gaming keyboard for that very reason. It's got a set of thumb-activated macro keys that I've programmed for common things. There's even a part of me that wants to pick up a piece of Midi->HID software so I can use a DJ controller as a debugger tool for stepping through code, etc.

Re: New Bloomberg Terminal Keyboard

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Post by _acme »

andyfleming wrote: post #6
scarletham wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We've been using this keyboard for well over a year and a half...

Maybe they just posted it because they thought it was interesting. Although the "new" keyword in the title may be misleading.

How is calling this keyboard "new" not misleading when it's objectively been available for some time now?
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