prsutherland | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Quantblocks - Backtest your trading strategies
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prsutherland | 13 years ago | on: Want to learn about that beer in your hand? Send an SMS to learn more.
Jack D'or got me over 40 text messages. A bit of overkill I'd say.
prsutherland | 13 years ago | on: UK anti-encryption law
Encryption isn't just about hiding your documents. It is also about securing your assets and providing identification.
- The passwords on your bitcoin wallet give you the authority to spend your money.
- Your encrypted signature requires your private key so other's know your message came from you.
So, this law gives the government the ability to impersonate you and consume/use your assets in an unrecoverable way.
While the government might not have the authority to impersonate you or spend your money, they do have the authority to acquire the means to do so. And then all it takes is one dishonest person working for the government to use that information maliciously.
prsutherland | 14 years ago | on: Skinny fat founder strips for launch of startup
I'm a little disappointed to find out that it is £10 a month per plan. The messaging is not clear that I am buying one plan and not just access to the website as a whole.
Why would I want to keep paying £10 a month for the same plan? I'd just pay once, download it and print it out and be gone. Only reason I'd stick around is to see new plans.
prsutherland | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (April 2012)
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What companies like this do makes the RESEARCH for quant trading available to those who otherwise wouldn't have access. The organizations and people with the means to buy or build their own tools to do this were already doing it. Whether or not they are doing something that benefits the greater good is neither here nor there.
Saying those tools shouldn't be available to the general public is analogous to the old gun ownership argument. If guns are outlawed, only the outlaws will have guns. If only a limited few have the means to do quant research, it puts those who don't have access to those tools at a dangerous disadvantage.
Yes, there are risks to any sort of paradigm shift, but limiting the accessibility will hurt those who don't have access. If you (being someone who doesn't have the means) are unable to adapt to the changes, then you perish.