What I'm Researching...


Overview of RAMFS and TMPFS on Linux

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 11:02 PM CST

Map your memory as a drive? Wonder how this would work if you built a linux server with 32gb memory and mapped at least half that dedicated for simulations? How much faster would this be versus traditional disk-based sims?

Replacing multiple occurrences in nested arrays - Stack Overflow

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 10:58 PM CST

will this work in updating a dictionary of prices? if you have a dictionary of portfolio positions with values being python lists...would this be a good solution in updating the closing price of the stock (one of the items in the list)?

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What I'm Researching...


Linus' blog: .. so I got one of the new Intel SSD's

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 10:02 PM CDT

great analysis on evaluating SSD hard drives. read the comments for more info. as an aside...linus has a blog...cool.

pymc - Google Code

Posted: 07 Oct 2008 12:45 PM CDT

monte carlo in python? looks worth exploring further.

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