Four Percent of all NASDAQ Trades Last Week Attributed to Single Mystery Algorithm; Robo-trader Consumed 10% of Network Bandwidth

I thought we’d have another decade or two until the machines took over.

The scariest part of this single program was that its millions of quotes accounted for 10 percent of the bandwidth that is allowed for trading on any given day, according to Nanex. (The size of the bandwidth pipe is determined by a group made up of the exchanges called the Consolidated Quote System.)

via Mysterious Algorithm Was 4% of Trading Activity Last Week – CNBC.com – US Business News – CNBC.

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Still Using Firebug?

Chrome Developer Tools

As a web developer, I hadn’t decided to focus on front-end work until another developer told me about Firebug.

When I started targeting mobile, I switched to the Developer Tools suite (DevTools) built in to Google’s Chrome browser.

Two years later and I’m just beginning to realize what I’ve been missing. I was on the /r/javascript forum on Reddit and the top post is a slide deck showing forty pro tools and tips I had no clue about.

http://bit.ly/devtools-tips

 I find DevTools an indispensable utility and yet I’ve only been using 10% of its capabilities.

– @quantumtom