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Recent content by Buffoon
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move into trading?
OK, hands up time. Yes, I moved from development to trading and then on to my own business. It does happen. Algorithmic trading is one of the things that happen here. Almost all stuff is written in C++ and C# (with a tiny bit of VB). There isn’t a MAC in the place, yes there are Linux boxes... -
Nessun dorma
Plácido Domingo and José Carreras are to be joined by Elton John in a tribute concert - they are going to be called two tenors and a nine bob note. -
move into trading?
Do you use your time travelling expertise? If so then that’s cheating. Any fool can make money by having the server providing the market data in the future connected to a trade execution provider in the present. -
BBC drops Climate Change show
He sang the wrong type of gospel music - you know what these religious types are like. -
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Oh Dear: Barclays going bust?
Has anyone else in the risk business had people asking questions about a ‘big named financial institution’ (that may or may not be the subject of this topic) which may be failing? The subject of this topic is not a client of mine (and will never be) and in any case I study the details of the... -
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Oh Dear: Barclays going bust?
Somehow I don’t think I am alone in feeling some glee at Barclays having a spot of bother after all the grief they have caused me over the years. Barclays: :eek: :bang: :fight: :throw: :spank: :tantrum: :moon: Sport of bother: :yay: :music: :banana: :rollin: :laugh :wave: -
57% of men...
My one is dark blue and I discovered this very week that it doesn’t over heat and shut down as well as suck up more stuff you take the little bag out when it is full and put a new one in. I love it when I make discoveries like that. However, I would far rather have someone who knows what they... -
Prison Officers' Strike 'Illegal'
It’s definitely Orwellian – in 1984 all the ministries were given names opposite to what they actually did. -
I need to get my stuff done
Why do so many of my days end up like this YouTube Safe for work. Check out his other stuff, but not all of those are safe for work. -
If I wasn't a contractor I'd be...
You as well? It’s happened to the best of us. Contribution to the arts – The Singing Postman “Hev Yew Gotta Loight, Boi?”. Norfolk (and Suffolk) - nuke the place from orbit. -
Socialism brings a more distribution of sunlight
LinK: Reuters Will our Ken do the same? -
Favourite places in the world
LONDON :yay: :music: When not there FL or parts of the Caribbean.
