nick_dm

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by nick_dm 11y ago
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 on dark pools, so the fund purchasing the shares w
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by nick_dm 11y ago
> (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 programs at Oxford and Cambridge are actually ve
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by nick_dm 11y ago
> 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 vacation days are too scarce to waste on anything I cou
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by nick_dm 11y ago
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/48000.html ). Beyond that the
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by nick_dm 12y ago
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 good long-term plan, though I don't have
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by nick_dm 12y ago
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).
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by nick_dm 13y ago
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 performing customers rather than hedging, they discovered pretty
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by nick_dm 13y ago
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 other than Maths: in particular A level Economics,
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by nick_dm 13y ago
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 (unfortunately I haven't had time to l
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by nick_dm 13y ago
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&#x2F
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by nick_dm 14y ago
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 for people without much experience. Of course had I known I w
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by nick_dm 14y ago
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 NYC and started job-hunting in early 2011. I didn't have a
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by nick_dm 15y ago
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 fairly consistent with the legal viewpoint, if the copyright owne
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by nick_dm 15y ago
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 ("pass", though I averaged a "merit" I missed out because I
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by nick_dm 16y ago
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 that CS is currently more popular than maths/ physics/enginee
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by nick_dm 16y ago
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 access and a free Android app. You can sync across multiple
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by nick_dm 16y ago
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.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.169... It studied the lin
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by nick_dm 16y ago
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 language that they do not know well they often end up reinforcin
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by nick_dm 16y ago
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 and others) who weren't aware that the UK hasn't switched t