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t4ko | 6 years ago | on: Open sourcing crypto-arbitrage bot in Python – back to the dawn of crypto hype

I tried to do some same platform triangular arbitrage, on paper and in simulation mode my bot was earning a few cents every second. When I started testing with real money I hit a wall when I could not find any platform that placed a bid in under 500ms. My bot was 3 milliseconds away from the server, processing everything in under a single millisecond but the exchange was just too slow to do anything meaningful. In the end I did not lose anything but the fees made it not profitable enough.

t4ko | 6 years ago | on: Australia’s 4G network is faster than 5G: study

It's not as good as a static IP but you can look into DynDNS providers to have a static way to access your machines from outside. Almost every provider has a free option and it's very easy to setup.

t4ko | 6 years ago | on: Google Tried to Prove Managers Don't Matter, Learned 10 Traits of the Best Ones

The article looks very generic except for : "In Google's case, they want managers having key technical skills (like coding, etc.) so they can share "been there done that" experience."

I believe lacking technical skills is what causes many to perceive managers as useless. Managers have a lot of power over the teams they manage and experienced workers may see a lack of technical skill as not being qualified to hold this power.

t4ko | 6 years ago | on: Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods Are the Trans Fat Purveyors of Our Generation

I always assumed fast food was unhealthy and full of artificial ingredients, even real patties can have negative health effects. I would not consider those meat replacements to be healthy but they surely are good enough to replace fast food patties.

Also I re-read his tweets and I can't find the part where it's clearly stated that transfat are used, I just see oil being mentioned in those ingredient lists.

t4ko | 6 years ago | on: The Notion of “Trolling” in Ancient Sanskrit

This is interesting to read and especially since their understanding of trolling is actually accurate.

"Here, the person who employs vitaṇḍa has no position of one’s own, and does not attempt to defend any thesis. A person may even adopt a viewpoint that is opposed to one's own for the sake of vitaṇḍa."

I think people mostly misuse the word trolling, a troll's final goal is to disrupt and incite reactions often times for the lulz. To me (you may very well disagree) anybody claiming that trolling is used to achieve something is wrong. It may have consequences but if they are intended it's just manipulation of opinions.

I also have my doubt about the motivation given to trolls, I believe they target people that are "weak" to trolling because their propension to react help the troll reach his goal faster. i believe this is a reason why trolling it can quickly become harassment or at least be perceived as such.

I used to like being a troll as a teenager and my first reaction when reading an opinion that looks absurd is to wonder if the author is trolling. This first reaction is slowly shifting to "who does this statement serves" since organisations of all sizes have weaponized internet to spread such opinions.

t4ko | 7 years ago | on: Germany is opening its first electric highway for trucks

https://new.siemens.com/global/en/products/mobility/road-sol...

For those wondering about not electrified sections, trucks equipped with the system use hybrid drives.

There are some points that would need more explanation for me: - I don't see any billing system described here. According to their page this system cut in half the energy consumption so there is still a significant electricity consumption that will be paid somehow. - What's the durability of the truck attachment and the cables ? Cable replacement/maintenance would mean blocking at least one lane for a significant amount of time so I hope it's not a frequent operation.

More specific to Germany, I really don't want to sound like I am against EV but it's something I genuinely wonder about : Say this system becomes popular and tens of thousands of trucks start sucking electricity out of the grid, the electricity demand will skyrocket. Is Germany going to raise the electricity prices to import or build clean plants or just restart a few coal plant ?

t4ko | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Are you put off building something because it already exists?

I agree with you on many points. The restaurants analogy is especially true when the provided service or product is very simple. Additionally if the size of the user base does not influence the experience of the individual user there is no need to catch up in this area. Competitors can be seen as a proof of concept and are not a real obstacle if there is no network effect involved.

I also agree that not starting a project if it doesn't have unicorn potential is ridiculous, but I don't feel like there is anything to explain there.

t4ko | 7 years ago | on: Who has the fastest website in F1?

It reminds me of my previous company, also a car company. During the Dakar Rally they had an 8MB jpeg as the header of their sale website. It took one week and a message sent through a "Contact us" page (public) to get them to reduce it to 700 KB. I suppose it happens because the web devs never tested the website with a realistic internet connection. Everything loads fast when the server room is less than a km away with gigabit bandwidth. It's either bad project management if they forgot to test correctly/change placeholders or as you said lack of knowledge.