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Re: Home :: Reasonably Polymorphic

David Ellis — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:13:45 -0000

Thrift is no better.

Re: Outback Cartoon

David Ellis — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 00:01:16 -0000

test

Re: Outback Cartoon

David Ellis — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 16:26:26 -0000

First!

Re: Calculating VIXMO—the Easy Part

David Ellis — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 17:28:03 -0000

Outstanding article. Thanks a bunch for writing it!

Re: Equity Curve Straightness Measures

David Ellis — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 18:18:39 -0000

Ahh! I follow you now. Thanks!

Re: Equity Curve Straightness Measures

David Ellis — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:21:53 -0000

I don't understand why a linear equity curve is ideal. Shouldn't it ideally be exponential (e.g. of the form: principal*(1 + rate_of_return)^t )? Maybe I don't really understand what an equity curve is.

Re: http://www.mahdiyusuf.com/post/16746798643

David Ellis — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:52:56 -0000

Enlighten us.

Re: GitX (L)

David Ellis — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:12:56 -0000

I can't pipe a diff to gitx anymore. :-O
I'm doing this all the time: git diff | gitxOther than that, your version is awesome!

Re: ArgumentError on #Sum When Using Classifier::Bayes — A Single Programmer's Blog

David Ellis — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:12:29 -0000

Thank you for the heads up! I appreciate it.

Re: “All he talks about is politics!”

David Ellis — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:05:06 -0000

RAWR!

Scoble, all I see from you is hypocrisy and retaliation.

You say in your post:
"Which makes me very happy at the unsubscribes. I’m hoping for a smart audience here, not one that throws insults based on bad data."

And then to Jake:
"Jake: a smart audience is one that can have a conversation without throwing stupid insults like “I’m unsubscribing.” Smart people just unsubscribe, they don’t need to let the world know."

But you do the very thing you're griping about. As people are unsubscribing, you only ridicule them further. You're in essence yelling back "Good! I only want *smart* people to read what I have to say!", implying that those who unsubscribe and let you know are somehow less intelligent for doing so.

You say, "Smart people just unsubscribe, they don’t need to let the world know.".
How very gracious you are to "let the world know" about how stupidly people are acting.

Live up to your stated standard, or don't state one.