Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | more 404error's commentslogin

First you pump then you dump. :)


Oops, typo. Although I am curious what a dump and dump would accomplish...



If you had a bunch of puts, sufficient dumping might be enough to create a panic, and then the puts would be worth more than the loss from dumping.


If you short the stock I believe the dump and subsequent dump would be in your favor.


I'm not sure, I wonder if The Onion has ever affected stock prices.


Journalism is generally exempted from securities regulations (if they are not trading). Comedy the same I presume.


I guess this explains the disclaimer in all of Fool.com's articles. The author of the article tends to disclose if he/she holds any positions.


It's actually a legal requirement as of a few years ago, for interests to be disclosed in the case of endorsements, or critical pieces on competition. If that interest isn't already clear.

https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftc...


Big difference with this scenario though as this article had an intention to deceive, the onion makes it very clear it is satire.


OP here.

FAIR WARNING: Aside from the Javascript course on Codecademy I have no prior experience working with Javascript.

About the game: It's a simple memory game (match rapper faces), it looks awful since its a work in progress. There is some jQuery code to handle animations and other random things.

To do (Growing list): Add sounds for each pair of tiles. Fix the overall presentation. Add a button to reset the board and add credits when the player runs out or wins. I also need to figure out how to shuffle the board so that the tiles are in different positions after refresh. I'm using an object to hold the key,value pairs.

Request: Be brutal with your feedback, tough skin here. I'm not concerned about what it looks like. I'm more interested in what others think of the code structure.

Thanks in advance. Feel free to break it. :)


Reading the source (app.js) I can see you've not used var to define variables.

I'd suggest reading this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4862193/javascript-global...


Thank you, I'll make that a habit from now on.


Not sure but he touched on something that might have struck a nerve. The ONLY people who could do something about FIFA were the sponsors. Threaten to cut down the money tree and change will come faster than you think.


Offhand, the only other agency that might have sufficient weight to move things behind the scenes was UEFA. They have the teams, the money and most of the relevant fans. If they move in sync with Brazil and Argentina, FIFA runs out of relevant matches.


I don't use it because I am a one man show. I don't have a need for it.


The problem is in contacting a lot of caterers at the same time for an estimate based on guests and food.


Thanks for the advice. I will have to get a list together of my interests narrow them down.


I can relate, I'm 29 just engaged and I feel my job will be disappearing here pretty soon. Self taught dev, and average design skills. If there is anything you want to work on I can help.

s a n c h o k d @ g m a i l . c o m


Thanks, this to me read like a pep-talk. Might be just what I needed to get me off my butt and start working on something. Better to fail than to not try at all. Now if only I could quit playing Destiny after work.


Ok sorry, but there has got to be a way to get humanity more interested in Science and math than entertainment.

What can we do? We need to be United as a species rather than divided by race. How can we as "hackers" change this?


Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: