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Re: The Quants Run Wall Street Now

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Post by rubyn00bie » Sun, May 21, 2017, 10:38 PM UTC

grzm wrote: post #10

rubyn00bie wrote: post #8

For those who don't know this trick, click the web link and go to the site via google (which is what the web link does) and more often than not the paywall disappears and you can read the article (at least consistently for WSJ articles this works). I do wish the web link was on the index page instead of the comments page so it was faster/easier/more obvious to use it.

The web link no longer works for WSJ submissions for me. Have you found that it still works for you?

Yep still works for me but, I browse in private browsing mode constantly. It's probably a cookie that's preventing you from accessing it.

Re: The Quants Run Wall Street Now

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Post by SmallBets » Sun, May 21, 2017, 10:39 PM UTC

rubyn00bie wrote: post #8

For those who don't know this trick, click the web link and go to the site via google (which is what the web link does) and more often than not the paywall disappears and you can read the article (at least consistently for WSJ articles this works). I do wish the web link was on the index page instead of the comments page so it was faster/easier/more obvious to use it.

I have found the same method on twitter works for WSJ. Search for the headline there to find a non-paywall link.

Re: The Quants Run Wall Street Now

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Post by grzm » Sun, May 21, 2017, 10:41 PM UTC

rubyn00bie wrote: post #11

grzm wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The web link no longer works for WSJ submissions for me. Have you found that it still works for you?

Yep still works for me but, I browse in private browsing mode constantly. It's probably a cookie that's preventing you from accessing it.

It doesn't work when I'm in private windows in Chrome or Safari.

Re: The Quants Run Wall Street Now

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Post by grandalf » Sun, May 21, 2017, 10:43 PM UTC

wand3r wrote: post #6

grzm wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Paywalls can be frustrating. As far as I'm aware, the web links for WSJ no longer work, and I intermittently have issues with FT. Are there others you have issues with?

Other than those, NYT. It's usually not too bad but iirc they are dropping support for work arounds. It also seems to be posted with very high regularity and volume here.

I wish it would end. I'd like to simply hide all paywalled articles. Why not offer a flag?

Re: The Quants Run Wall Street Now

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Post by ng12 » Sun, May 21, 2017, 10:44 PM UTC

rubyn00bie wrote: post #8

For those who don't know this trick, click the web link and go to the site via google (which is what the web link does) and more often than not the paywall disappears and you can read the article (at least consistently for WSJ articles this works). I do wish the web link was on the index page instead of the comments page so it was faster/easier/more obvious to use it.

The correct alternative is to disallow (or at least flag) paywalled posts.

Re: The Quants Run Wall Street Now

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Post by undergrowth54 » Sun, May 21, 2017, 10:46 PM UTC

wand3r wrote: post #4

zootam wrote: post #2

paywall

Sick of paywall posts. I don't get why this is down voted. Google trick doesn't work for all paywall posts.

There are people who believe paywalls are the least-bad solution compared to a world where journalists can only make money from advertising (thwarted by adblock) or writng corporate puff pieces and lowbrow clickbait.

Re: The Quants Run Wall Street Now

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Post by caminante » Sun, May 21, 2017, 11:00 PM UTC

>"In the battle for talent, quant-focused firms often are reluctant to call themselves hedge funds or even investment firms. Quant firms would rather emphasize their similarities to cutting-edge tech companies in Silicon Valley."

Mirror, mirror, on the Wall [Street,] who's the [quantiest] of them all?

I sense many money managers can't differentiate themselves with current ops and now want "quant headcount" as a differentiator in pitch decks.

Re: The Quants Run Wall Street Now

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Post by sillysaurus3 » Sun, May 21, 2017, 11:02 PM UTC

grzm wrote: post #13

rubyn00bie wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep still works for me but, I browse in private browsing mode constantly. It's probably a cookie that's preventing you from accessing it.

It doesn't work when I'm in private windows in Chrome or Safari.

Ditto. This is a tough situation. WSJ articles are generally high quality and probably worth paying for, but if there's an unbypassable paywall then there's no reason to feature it on HN.

We could use it as a prompt. Maybe the comments could be a zone to talk about quants and wall street. That might be useful, but it'd have to be explicit.

EDIT: I've actually wished for prompts on HN, for what it's worth. Other sites typically have ways of starting conversations without articles, and Ask HN's usually die except for a few lucky ones. Usually you end up in a situation where you want to talk about X but have to wait until a tangentially related comment is posted, and then sort of shoehorn it in awkwardly. Being able to spin up a "Quant thread" would be nice without a specific topic or question.

Re: The Quants Run Wall Street Now

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Post by grzm » Sun, May 21, 2017, 11:06 PM UTC

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #18

grzm wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't work when I'm in private windows in Chrome or Safari.

Ditto. This is a tough situation. WSJ articles are generally high quality and probably worth paying for, but if there's an unbypassable paywall then there's no reason to feature it on HN. We could use it as a prompt. Maybe the comments could be a zone to talk about quants and wall street. That might be useful, but it'd have to be explicit. EDIT: I've actually wished for prompts on HN, for what it's worth. Other sites…

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As for using the headline as a prompt for discussion, I'm quite sure that's all that drives many commenters on HN :)

Re: The Quants Run Wall Street Now

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Post by rubyn00bie » Sun, May 21, 2017, 11:09 PM UTC

grzm wrote: post #13

rubyn00bie wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep still works for me but, I browse in private browsing mode constantly. It's probably a cookie that's preventing you from accessing it.

It doesn't work when I'm in private windows in Chrome or Safari.

Have you tried from a mobile device or using a mobile browser's user agent? Seems like a lot of work but right now a lot of companies care only about mobile views and want to show growth in it-- so there's some reason to believe it would work for mobile but not for desktop. Simply because the company doesn't want to send away mobile traffic so their metrics look good.