Comments on: Algorithmic Mountains (and Flash Crashes) https:/2011/07/algorithmic-mountains-and-flash-crashes/ Developer resources for the X-Plane flight simulator Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:10:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Robin Peel https:/2011/07/algorithmic-mountains-and-flash-crashes/#comment-2521 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:10:07 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/blog/?p=3609#comment-2521 Clearly, I should base my stock trading decisions on the profile of the Olympic Mountains that I can see from my condo. But which peak (sorry, which valley) represents today?

]]> By: vonhinx https:/2011/07/algorithmic-mountains-and-flash-crashes/#comment-2509 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:11:36 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/blog/?p=3609#comment-2509 Just commenting on the link. I’m getting so old I’m struggling to reverse-engineer algorithms I created mere weeks ago, even after looking at the formulas and proof/test-data documented in spreadsheets. I suppose you young fellers have more robust brains. On a macro level though, which is what Slavin was talking about, I’m not convinced.

Viva el algoritmo!

]]> By: Ben Supnik https:/2011/07/algorithmic-mountains-and-flash-crashes/#comment-2507 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:27:45 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/blog/?p=3609#comment-2507 In reply to vonhinx.

Vonhinx et. al….while I probably agree with you and I started this (with the TED talk) I have to issue an “edge of the cliff” warning here: if the blog spirals into a giant political debate in the comments threads I’m going to have to kill it — I love the discussion — but it has to go somewhere else.

]]> By: vonhinx https:/2011/07/algorithmic-mountains-and-flash-crashes/#comment-2496 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:34:31 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/blog/?p=3609#comment-2496 This is what happens when you have dummies making decisions in government instead of wise old men or philosophers. Deregulation is abrogation of responsibility and surrender of control and supervision due to a lack of intellectual capacity, if not cynicism or greed. In geologic time, the human race is rushing toward extinction — but that’s fine for a species believing in life after death, which, by my definition, is any life after cleansing the planet of this destructive organism so full of itself.
🙂

]]> By: patrick https:/2011/07/algorithmic-mountains-and-flash-crashes/#comment-2493 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:24:09 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/blog/?p=3609#comment-2493 what am i thinking now netflix? horrible bosses ? good choice

]]> By: Andras Fabian https:/2011/07/algorithmic-mountains-and-flash-crashes/#comment-2491 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:56:04 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/blog/?p=3609#comment-2491 Very cool and scary video … closing the gap between the digital world and analog world 🙂

]]> By: Flightime56 https:/2011/07/algorithmic-mountains-and-flash-crashes/#comment-2487 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:21:03 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/blog/?p=3609#comment-2487 Yeh, I watched a show were they were buying property in the middle of nowhere just too be close to the pipe, it was weird from the air like a little spider’s web of streets and all nested around one single switcher station,
It is also the truth (no kidding) of why Hollywood make such crap movies over and over AND still can’t understand why they don’t make any money!….and from now on if i am flying in Xplane and my B744 just disappears in a blink of an eye, i’ll call it the “flash crash of 2:45…

Could listen to the guy for hours, lovely speaker, could Laminar employ him?

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