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Pete

Austin, TX

Age: 41

I write automated trading applications in Java using the TWS API from Interactive Brokers. I use Python and C++ for data analysis and exploration.

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How can I make a chain of function decorators in Python?

python decorator Apr 12 at 19:35 Matt McClure
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391 votes
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What is the copy-and-swap idiom?

c++ copy-constructor assignment-operator c++-faq copy-and-swap May 6 at 6:50 Joe Gauterin
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348 votes
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Why does Python code run faster in a function?

python performance profiling benchmarking cpython Nov 9 '12 at 15:01 iTayb
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203 votes
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How do I install Oracle Java JDK 7?

installation java jdk oracle jre May 9 at 17:10 karel
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176 votes
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Python Lambda - why?

python lambda 1 hour ago VarunAgrawal
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139 votes
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What are major differences between C# and Java?

c# java .net clr jre May 6 at 0:11 Vitalii Fedorenko
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129 votes
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Avoid synchronized(this) in Java?

java synchronization Feb 20 at 6:26 18446744073709551615
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What are common statistical sins?

best-practices big-list May 6 at 13:10 Graeme Walsh
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Select first row in each GROUP BY group?

sql sqlite postgresql group-by greatest-n-per-group May 14 at 17:26 abatishchev
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55 votes
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How do synchronized static methods work in Java?

java multithreading hibernate synchronization Apr 5 at 19:11 starblue
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48 votes
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How Does Differential Execution Work?

mvc language-agnostic differential-execution Jul 17 '12 at 7:26 Brian
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48 votes
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Video lectures and presentations on quantitative finance

research finance education big-list Jan 12 at 22:23 André Christoffer Andersen
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36 votes
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How to organize a Swing GUI application?

java swing gui architecture Jun 20 '11 at 15:06 JVerstry
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How can I go about applying machine learning algorithms to stock markets?

machine-learning prediction mathematics Apr 9 at 7:09 GeorgeH
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How to use base class's constructors and assignment operator in C++?

c++ inheritance constructor assignment-operator Dec 1 '09 at 7:22 Motti
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Multiplayer game with JavaScript backend and frontend. What are the best practices?

javascript node.js multiplayer Sep 26 '11 at 20:16 Peter Mortensen
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What papers have progressed the field of quantitative finance in recent years (post 2000)?

research soft-question reference-request Nov 16 '11 at 23:09 Quant Guy
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Organizing Python classes in modules and/or packages

python class module package Nov 6 '12 at 21:36 Spundun
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Statistical models cheat sheet

modeling best-practices May 18 '11 at 8:10 Jason
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Java BlockingQueue latency high on Linux

java linux multithreading latency Jan 10 '11 at 9:05 Johan
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JDK/JRE/JVM/Java SDK | What do they all mean? Sometimes you can develop with JRE and sometimes you need JDK?

java eclipse jdk javac jre Jul 10 '12 at 11:28 javaG
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C++ Vector of Pointers to Objects

c++ stl pointers vector derived Mar 6 at 1:41 LihO
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Best Practices for Redesigning a Database

database-design software-design Jan 3 '12 at 23:44 Alexander Galkin
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What modern alternatives to Numerical Recipes exist?

books algorithms resources Dec 17 '12 at 2:01 daniel
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Generating a reasonable ctags database for Boost

c++ linux vim boost ctags Mar 13 '11 at 17:35 Robert S. Barnes
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Any high-profile open source finance projects?

c# open-source finance May 7 at 14:03 jszumski
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selection based on percentage weighting

c# python algorithm random Feb 13 at 19:09 Ivan Cavalheiro
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Best Web applications framework for Java?

java mvc web-frameworks Jun 17 '11 at 13:44 gizmo
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How to plot empirical cdf in matplotlib in Python?

python numpy statistics matplotlib scipy Jul 27 '12 at 17:02 Dave
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What is the best out-of-the-box 2-class classifier for your application?

machine-learning classification application Oct 22 '12 at 13:41 BGreene
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