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by ottocoder 10y ago
Bravo! Easily the best review of a children's book I have read. I would love to read your review of the subsequent Polar Bear, Polar Bear - are the children now actors for the state since they are the ones making noises or are they s
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by ottocoder 10y ago
1. Interactive Brokers. IB's interface is not my favorite (I liked Options House in this regard) but is exactly what I need from a pricing perspective. My experience is likely limited compared to yours. I focused originally on covered
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by ottocoder 10y ago
Not going to college right away after high school. I wanted to be a trombone player in a major US symphony but realized that while I could be accepted by many good schools, I wasn't good enough to get accepted into the "greats&quo
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by ottocoder 11y ago
I think this article is a great reference for others wanting to write a small informational or how-to post. It's concise and easy to follow for those who are familiar with the subject while including enough details for beginners. Back
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by ottocoder 11y ago
I wouldn't recommend it. It's not a "bad" book, but I went in to it hoping for something else. If you want some affirmation that introverts are awesome and under-appreciated (which they often are) then it's exactly
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by ottocoder 12y ago
Great idea, I hope you do well! One observation from a novice homebuyer (only bought once, never sold) is that I thought commissions only came out of seller's proceeds (of course price is marked up accordingly). The website says "
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by ottocoder 12y ago
I know this isn't entirely on point but I couldn't help thinking of Mr. Jaggers replying to Pip's question "what will I do?" with "Be a gentleman, of course!" (Dickens reference) when I saw the title.
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by ottocoder 12y ago
Hmmm, I would agree that some areas of mathematics are more "easily applicable" to programming. However, mathematics is really all about reasoning and dealing with abstractions. A proof in linear algebra is not much different tha
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by ottocoder 12y ago
I have never heard the "club" vs "company" comparison before, but that seems like a great way to describe the mindset of founders. Is it possible to establish a company that is run like a club and are there any examples?
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by ottocoder 12y ago
Great job! Do you have any plans for keeping this up long term? I managed to play for a while yesterday before it got HN'd (can we say that now instead of slashdotted?) and was looking for a temporary diversion but it does not seem to
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by ottocoder 12y ago
The story about Target outing the pregnant high-schooler has circulated for some time now, but has it ever been verified? I don't doubt Target's capability to discover if a woman is pregnant, but the citation given [1] sounds a b
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by ottocoder 13y ago
I was thinking along the same lines. With millions of users, I suppose it makes sense that you can see "average" number of posts per day change when a relationship changes, but at the individual level how could the algorithm tell