nearestneighbor

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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
In fact, we were basically the trader’s little bitches, and any quant who’s honest with himself realizes that. I wonder what it is that traders do that they can't be replaced by software? How do they manage to generate more value than qua
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Software predicts criminal behavior(msnbc.msn.com)
1 points by nearestneighbor 16y ago|1 comments
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
Thanks very much for the links!
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
There's the possibility of middle men who are supposed to make some of these obstacles easier to overcome: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1560072 Are you speaking from personal experience by the way?
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Ask HN: is algorithmic or HF trading something I could do on my own?
7 points by nearestneighbor 16y ago|8 comments
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
NYT now also has an article about this: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/29scotus.html
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Supreme Court rules that all Americans have fundamental right to bear arms(washingtonpost.com)
17 points by nearestneighbor 16y ago|19 comments
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
If you are going to move somewhere cheap, while you are working on your software all by yourself, consider safe and stable countries in Latin America, like Costa Rica.
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
> At this point in the real estate cycle, you could probably buy two single homes, For $100k? Where in the US would that be?
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
> which allows the government to charge people who they think might be about to infringe with a civil offense (for example if you searched "torrent daft punk"). I find this difficult to believe.
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
Sorry, but both of these stats are bullshit.
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
> Smart people whom are successful usually got there by doing the same and have an innate desire to help those do the same. Most smart people know not to overuse the dative form.
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
It should be easy to check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Medical_specialties and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialty_(medicine)
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
I didn't realize that "diagnostics" was a medical specialty.
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
I don't know. I thought radiation to treat a possible brain tumor without knowing where it is was way off-base.
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
I wanted to ask House fans with any kind of medical background: are real doctors expected to have as much encyclopedic knowledge of even rare diseases as Dr. House seems to display? My own experience with MDs, in good hospitals, was that th
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Medical Reviews of "House"(politedissent.com)
19 points by nearestneighbor 16y ago|12 comments
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
I think your mindset is that if you leave now, your boss wins (having underpaid you all this time). Right?
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
> "Instead of assuming this, why don't you check and tell us? It should be pretty easy; historical Forbes 400 data is available online." Well, he wasn't WRONG. He just advised you to make a stronger argument, since the data is easily av
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
I'm trying to think of "famously aggressive" and "little", and all I can come up with is one of them Koreas.
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
Reliable for doctors/dentists
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
Unreliable for doctors/dentists
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
Reliable for restaurants/cafes/bars
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
Unreliable for restaurants/cafes/bars
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
Reliable for other services
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
Unreliable for other services
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
> Hate to sound boring When you feel you are being boring, start with an executive summary for the less patient.
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
Wrong title. He ignores the award ceremony. Still has one year to collect the money.
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by nearestneighbor 16y ago
It's a step in the right direction, but not enough. Too many losers out there are still using OS X 10.5. I wouldn't want to date them.
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The Next Silicon Valley: It may be New York(cnn.com)
4 points by nearestneighbor 16y ago|0 comments

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