Readit Newsjaybeeayyy commented on ‘Roaring Kitty’ Sued for Securities Fraud over GameStop Rise bloomberglaw.com/document... · Posted by u/cwwc
I have seen a lot of protests defending Gill.
I think there is another side to the story though with many people who lost money buying the stock (selling options is different) based on his advice. Gill is held to a much higher standard than a normal person as he is a licensed security broker.
If you look at my comment history on HN, you will see at the time I was pointing out a lot of Redditors were engaging in a pump and dump scheme. Pump and dumps are illegal and regulated by the SEC. If Gill, a licensed security broker, is found to have been a part of this he could end up losing.
I don't think this case will go anywhere but those are good points. It does sorta look like this was a "kind of" pump and dump market manipulation but I don't know if they will be able to pin it all on him. He's allowed to "give advice" but I don't know if misrepresenting himself as a novice trader would affect that. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. I am split between thinking it will go nowhere and a judge "making an example" out of him.
jaybeeayyy commented on ‘Roaring Kitty’ Sued for Securities Fraud over GameStop Rise bloomberglaw.com/document... · Posted by u/cwwc
>people have autonomy in the markets, although sometimes naive, they know the risks.
Why? Because they ticked the "I'm an experienced options trader" box? This guy did, but clearly didn't understand how options worked.
Most financial advisors, like this person, do not day trade and certainly don't mess with options. Aside from the risks involved, I think you'd have a hell of a hard time finding insurance for your firm if that was the case. No one wants to be stuck by themselves when they fat-finger an extra zero and lose someone else's $50k.
jaybeeayyy commented on What to Avoid When Contributing to Open-Source Projects qvault.io/2020/10/21/6-th... · Posted by u/lanecwagner
I think #6 should be in big bold font at the top.
I know Hacktoberfest is certainly exacerbating the problem, but as an open-source contributor for ~2 years myself, but someone who has been working on side projects using GitHub for like 7 years now I've noticed a significant uptick in bullshit PRs in the past year or so.
I have a hunch it's because a lot of bootcamps / tutorials / etc are encouraging students to just "contribute to open source." People may either not know exactly what that entails, or may just be just as lazy in their bootcamp as they were in school.
I've gotten PRs on my school projects from 5 years ago fixing typos in comments. I'm not sure how people even find those repos, and I'm even more confused why they'd feel the need to "contribute" unless someone is telling them to without any additional context.
It's definitely partly thanks to the bootcamps and whatnot because a bunch of the advice when finishing the programs revolves around having a consistent amount of github projects and commits to fill up that chart with green squares on your profile.
They didn't tell us to pick random projects from 5 years ago but they also didn't go into ettiquette about commits or really how to properly contribute, just "make sure your github is very active because that's what employers and recruiters want to see." My anxiety shoots through the roof just thinking about hitting up some random school project though...that's a bit far for me lol.
jaybeeayyy commented on Hunting the Nearly-Invisible Personal Website cheapskatesguide.org/arti... · Posted by u/sT370ma2
There was a huge push for "new coders" to start their own blogs about problems they encounter and such, especially as part of the bootcamp that I was working for. I wonder if that is still a thing.
Our bootcamp didn't mention anything about a blog, just having a personal website as a portfolio like usual.
The more these discussions progress, the more I wonder if there is really only one solution. We need less people. Trying to convince 8 billion people to do something like never eat meat or fish seems like an impossible goal. We need to raise the standard of living in countries that reproduction rates > 2. We could also remove tax breaks for kids after the second in developed countries to mitigate the incentives for extra children. Maybe if we only had 4 billion people, we might be able to have everything be sustainable. Such a hard problem to solve.
Overpopulation is a racist myth. Developed countries use far more resources and waste significantly more food than developing nations and wealthy people have a larger footprint than their working class counterparts.
https://wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/all_publications/living_...
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/chart-of-the-day-thes...
https://theconversation.com/emissions-inequality-there-is-a-...
Sleepsource is definitely not the brainchild of a 15 year old. Yeah, it'd be nice to know why this app wasn't built as a stand alone page.
According to their facebook it seems like the entire sleepsource site is theirs.
"I am a 15 year old front-end web developer and am working on growing sleepsources.com"
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jaybeeayyy commented on A Keyboard with Blank Keycaps Made Me an Expert Typist bojanvidanovic.com/posts/... · Posted by u/bojanvidanovic
I feel like “proper” finger placement on the home row forces your wrist in an awkward position and aligns with everything I’ve been told gives you injuries from typing.
It definitely does on a staggered layout keyboard. There's a lot of good alternatives mentioned in the comments like the ergodox and whatnot that can help alleviate that awkward positioning. The rabbit hole of keyboard building and ergonomics is endless. The subreddit r/OLKB is a good starting point.
That makes sense but I’m a bit surprised at how many people immediately started the charge back process and said it was fraudulent. I looked at my statement, saw the cost matched up with the amount I was to be charged that same day and put two and two together. Flipper might not have alerted to the different name in a timely way, but they sent out a bunch of emails counting down to the day people would be charged.
If that is the case, the blame falls mostly on the Flipper folks for the lack of clarity of who would be charging backers. I’d say a there’s a bit of blame on the people charging back w/ fraud claims so quickly, too. The likelihood of your card being used fraudulently for the exact amount you were scheduled to be charged on the expected day is incredibly low.