And it wasn't long ago there was this guy running on a platform of hope and change that was actually going to do a lot of changing. Still hoping for that.
We should create "corporate jails" that "hold" corporations. So there's no longer the excuse of not throwing the corporation in jail. When the corp is in jail, it forfeits freedoms just like regular people would.
Of course the law of unintended consequences means they'll also get free internet, health-care and whatnot. That could work out pretty good for Amazon.
How about "Prevent Seasonal Affective Disorder Induced Suicide By Putting Up Lots Of Lights And Reminders That Things Will Get Better In The Spring While Getting Drunk And Exchanging GIfts Day"
Egads! Just shorten it to PSADISBPULOLARTTWGBITSWGDAEGD ! Now everyone can easily remember it!
Wow. Just Wow. The parent was right when he wrote:
(just as some of you who read this reply will now proceed to make a hate-mail religious reply, calling me a "denier" as if CAGW were Jesus instead of an unproven scientific hypothesis)
We deforest the planet, without thought to the fact that not only are we using up a renewable resource faster than it grows back, we're also chewing through the planet's primary carbon sink.
Yet I recently read that the Northeastern U.S. has more forest today than a hundred years ago. I couldn't find a reference after a quick google search (hey, it's Friday!), but I did find one showing Missouri (yes, Missouri!) has more trees today than 50 years ago! http://mdc.mo.gov/blogs/fresh-afield/missouri-s-15-million-acres-woods
One reason for our "detachment from reality", might be that we still have vast tracts of undeveloped land, so even those living in densely populated areas don't feel the daily reminder of running out of resources. At least subconsciously.
I specialize in compressing (20:1), in real-time, stock quotes (and anything else that trades). On the order of a few million records/sec, a few billion records a day. I'd like to take a look at a sample file that needs to be compressed -- based on what I've read so far, I'm thinking my algorithm classes might just work right out of the box. How difficult would it be to obtain this information to test ?
A little off-topic, but I wish I read this advice earlier in my career..
I have been developing software for 25 years now (never graduated to management). The first 15 or so years, I avoided worrying about the hardware layer -- buying into that philosophy that software should be written to run on any hardware..
Then, during the internet boom, having built a wildly successful and profitable internet application, a maddening intermittent bug appeared, which threatened to stall and derail everything. Turned out to be the IT guys were using non-ECC RAM (this was 1998) in the servers. A bit would flip in a certain ram location when the temperature exceeded a critical level. Took a few months to track it down. From that day on, I swore I would learn all I could about the hardware..
It turns out, that by understanding the hardware components, you can greatly (no, vastly) improve the overall performance of your code. Like by a factor of 10x or more. You can do great things at greatly reduced costs.
So programmers, once you master the code, learn all you can about hardware -- it is absolutely worth it.
I have been mulling over an idea for at least a year now called "Reboot America", where we essentially convince everyone to vote out the incumbent REGARDLESS of their record. If a person just can't bring themselves to do this, then we would urge them to simply not vote. The truly great incumbents can always run again in the next cycle.
The reasoning is that 1) it can't get any worse. 2) those remaining in office because they are on a different election cycle will immediately take notice (freak out) that people mean business. If things go back to business as usual, we repeat the process again in the next cycle.
I think the message needs to be very simple to work. You either vote for the challenger, or don't vote at all. Until these jack-asses get the message.
Jonathan Brogaard's paper is based on trading data months before the flash crash. A lot has changed (for the worse) since then. In fact, any research paper about HFT that excludes recent* trading data will be inaccurate. Any group within the industry attempting to use such a paper as propaganda is being less than honest. They should know better.
Like Steve Jobs. Recall the story about him calling a Google employee on a Sunday to change the color of one of the letters in the Google logo to make it look right on a shiny new apple toy.
Walking through the parking lot, when.. whoa! My USB drive! How did it fall out of my pocket?!
Pick it up, put in pocket.
Get to work.
Fetch USB drive out of my pocket.
Hey, how did I get two of these! ?
It's not just curiosity.
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And it wasn't long ago there was this guy running on a platform of hope and change that was actually going to do a lot of changing. Still hoping for that.
We should create "corporate jails" that "hold" corporations. So there's no longer the excuse of not throwing the corporation in jail. When the corp is in jail, it forfeits freedoms just like regular people would.
Of course the law of unintended consequences means they'll also get free internet, health-care and whatnot. That could work out pretty good for Amazon.
Should it also be illegal for me to keep a record of your appearance in my mind once you leave the room as well?
Absolutely !
You should have to draw a charcoal sketch of me just like court reporters in a court room!
How about "Prevent Seasonal Affective Disorder Induced Suicide By Putting Up Lots Of Lights And Reminders That Things Will Get Better In The Spring While Getting Drunk And Exchanging GIfts Day"
Egads! Just shorten it to PSADISBPULOLARTTWGBITSWGDAEGD ! Now everyone can easily remember it!
Most users aren't going to install adblock no matter what they do.
So true.
Those are the same users that install malware toolbars so they can add smileys to their emails.
Let them watch ads.
Gosh, golly, gee. I didn't understand anything you wrote.
(just as some of you who read this reply will now proceed to make a hate-mail religious reply, calling me a "denier" as if CAGW were Jesus instead of an unproven scientific hypothesis)
Well, if the tax is mostly to "force" (encourage?) all nations to participate, would anyone mind if some of those tax dollars went to me?
We deforest the planet, without thought to the fact that not only are we using up a renewable resource faster than it grows back, we're also chewing through the planet's primary carbon sink.
Yet I recently read that the Northeastern U.S. has more forest today than a hundred years ago. I couldn't find a reference after a quick google search (hey, it's Friday!), but I did find one showing Missouri (yes, Missouri!) has more trees today than 50 years ago! http://mdc.mo.gov/blogs/fresh-afield/missouri-s-15-million-acres-woods
One reason for our "detachment from reality", might be that we still have vast tracts of undeveloped land, so even those living in densely populated areas don't feel the daily reminder of running out of resources. At least subconsciously.
I specialize in compressing (20:1), in real-time, stock quotes (and anything else that trades). On the order of a few million records/sec, a few billion records a day. I'd like to take a look at a sample file that needs to be compressed -- based on what I've read so far, I'm thinking my algorithm classes might just work right out of the box. How difficult would it be to obtain this information to test ?
You are judging the quality of a business by how nice the building looks?
You better not look at Berkshire Hathaway's digs then -- or many of the firms they invest in
You can't judge a book by it's cover, comes to mind.
Yeah, you are right. There is little to no money raised by the American Cancer machine. None at all.
A little off-topic, but I wish I read this advice earlier in my career..
I have been developing software for 25 years now (never graduated to management). The first 15 or so years, I avoided worrying about the hardware layer -- buying into that philosophy that software should be written to run on any hardware..
Then, during the internet boom, having built a wildly successful and profitable internet application, a maddening intermittent bug appeared, which threatened to stall and derail everything. Turned out to be the IT guys were using non-ECC RAM (this was 1998) in the servers. A bit would flip in a certain ram location when the temperature exceeded a critical level. Took a few months to track it down. From that day on, I swore I would learn all I could about the hardware..
It turns out, that by understanding the hardware components, you can greatly (no, vastly) improve the overall performance of your code. Like by a factor of 10x or more. You can do great things at greatly reduced costs. So programmers, once you master the code, learn all you can about hardware -- it is absolutely worth it.
I have been mulling over an idea for at least a year now called "Reboot America", where we essentially convince everyone to vote out the incumbent REGARDLESS of their record. If a person just can't bring themselves to do this, then we would urge them to simply not vote. The truly great incumbents can always run again in the next cycle.
The reasoning is that 1) it can't get any worse. 2) those remaining in office because they are on a different election cycle will immediately take notice (freak out) that people mean business. If things go back to business as usual, we repeat the process again in the next cycle.
I think the message needs to be very simple to work. You either vote for the challenger, or don't vote at all. Until these jack-asses get the message.
So True. I can't wait for the day that people have built in keyboards on them so I can type my conversation with them instead of talking.
Oh the irony.
It was the "page from Apple" (strong-arming the music industry) that convinced the movie industry to never let that happen to them.
Ever take a hard drive apart? Just 25mm from the platters are a set of freaking strong magnets. This story doesn't make sense.
Jonathan Brogaard's paper is based on trading data months before the flash crash. A lot has changed (for the worse) since then. In fact, any research paper about HFT that excludes recent* trading data will be inaccurate. Any group within the industry attempting to use such a paper as propaganda is being less than honest. They should know better.
* By recent, I mean within 2 months.
Like Steve Jobs. Recall the story about him calling a Google employee on a Sunday to change the color of one of the letters in the Google logo to make it look right on a shiny new apple toy.
Right. Micromanaging is for loser companies.
TCP !!! Latency Sensitive!!! Are you kidding??? nanex
Walking through the parking lot, when.. whoa! My USB drive! How did it fall out of my pocket?! Pick it up, put in pocket. Get to work. Fetch USB drive out of my pocket. Hey, how did I get two of these! ? It's not just curiosity.