Talk:1600: MarketWatch - Revision history

KingSupernova at 21:48, 23 November 2022

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Undergroundmonorail at 13:22, 24 October 2020

2020-10-24T13:22:10Z

Davidy22 at 22:34, 25 November 2015

2015-11-25T22:34:13Z

173.245.54.4: Noticed an irregularity in the image.

2015-11-25T20:16:13Z

Noticed an irregularity in the image.

Kynde at 14:54, 24 November 2015

2015-11-24T14:54:40Z

Jorgbrown: Shanghai stocks, and the shape of Virginia

2015-11-12T04:46:17Z

Shanghai stocks, and the shape of Virginia

Davidy22 at 08:34, 9 November 2015

2015-11-09T08:34:53Z

Atreides at 05:38, 9 November 2015

2015-11-09T05:38:16Z

199.27.129.53 at 05:50, 7 November 2015

2015-11-07T05:50:30Z

108.162.216.8 at 18:50, 6 November 2015

2015-11-06T18:50:30Z

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	Am I crazy or does the flag on the Capitol Building actually move the line move backwards a pixel before going back down? This would indicate hacking time as well as the financial market... {{unsigned ip\|173.245.54.4}}		Am I crazy or does the flag on the Capitol Building actually move the line move backwards a pixel before going back down? This would indicate hacking time as well as the financial market... {{unsigned ip\|173.245.54.4}}
	:I mean it's drawn by hand... [[User:Undergroundmonorail\|Undergroundmonorail]] ([[User talk:Undergroundmonorail\|talk]]) 13:22, 24 October 2020 (UTC)		:I mean it's drawn by hand... [[User:Undergroundmonorail\|Undergroundmonorail]] ([[User talk:Undergroundmonorail\|talk]]) 13:22, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
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		+	I don't know whether this is worth adding to the article, but somebody just wrote a script to do this in a prediction market. https://manifold.markets/1941159478/is-it-socially-acceptable-to-doodle [[User:KingSupernova\|KingSupernova]] ([[User talk:KingSupernova\|talk]]) 21:48, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

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	Am I crazy or does the flag on the Capitol Building actually move the line move backwards a pixel before going back down? This would indicate hacking time as well as the financial market... {{unsigned ip\|173.245.54.4}}		Am I crazy or does the flag on the Capitol Building actually move the line move backwards a pixel before going back down? This would indicate hacking time as well as the financial market... {{unsigned ip\|173.245.54.4}}
		+	:I mean it's drawn by hand... [[User:Undergroundmonorail\|Undergroundmonorail]] ([[User talk:Undergroundmonorail\|talk]]) 13:22, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

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	I believe this stems from a surprising correlation between the recent movement of the Shanghai stock exchange, and a map of Virginia, see https://twitter.com/dlin71/status/636397462190718976 [[User:Jorgbrown\|Jorgbrown]] ([[User talk:Jorgbrown\|talk]]) 04:46, 12 November 2015 (UTC)		I believe this stems from a surprising correlation between the recent movement of the Shanghai stock exchange, and a map of Virginia, see https://twitter.com/dlin71/status/636397462190718976 [[User:Jorgbrown\|Jorgbrown]] ([[User talk:Jorgbrown\|talk]]) 04:46, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

−	Am I crazy or does the flag on the Capitol Building actually move the line move backwards a pixel before going back down? This would indicate hacking time as well as the financial market...	+	Am I crazy or does the flag on the Capitol Building actually move the line move backwards a pixel before going back down? This would indicate hacking time as well as the financial market... {{unsigned ip\|173.245.54.4}}

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	I believe this stems from a surprising correlation between the recent movement of the Shanghai stock exchange, and a map of Virginia, see https://twitter.com/dlin71/status/636397462190718976 [[User:Jorgbrown\|Jorgbrown]] ([[User talk:Jorgbrown\|talk]]) 04:46, 12 November 2015 (UTC)		I believe this stems from a surprising correlation between the recent movement of the Shanghai stock exchange, and a map of Virginia, see https://twitter.com/dlin71/status/636397462190718976 [[User:Jorgbrown\|Jorgbrown]] ([[User talk:Jorgbrown\|talk]]) 04:46, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Am I crazy or does the flag on the Capitol Building actually move the line move backwards a pixel before going back down? This would indicate hacking time as well as the financial market...

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	I'm no expert on xkcd characters, but why is this one labelled as Ponytail when she doesn't have a ponytail? [[User:Atreides\|Atreides]] ([[User talk:Atreides\|talk]]) 05:38, 9 November 2015 (UTC)		I'm no expert on xkcd characters, but why is this one labelled as Ponytail when she doesn't have a ponytail? [[User:Atreides\|Atreides]] ([[User talk:Atreides\|talk]]) 05:38, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
		+	:Correct this is not ponytail and I have corrected it. As you say she has not tail ;-) --[[User:Kynde\|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde\|talk]]) 14:54, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

	I believe this stems from a surprising correlation between the recent movement of the Shanghai stock exchange, and a map of Virginia, see https://twitter.com/dlin71/status/636397462190718976 [[User:Jorgbrown\|Jorgbrown]] ([[User talk:Jorgbrown\|talk]]) 04:46, 12 November 2015 (UTC)		I believe this stems from a surprising correlation between the recent movement of the Shanghai stock exchange, and a map of Virginia, see https://twitter.com/dlin71/status/636397462190718976 [[User:Jorgbrown\|Jorgbrown]] ([[User talk:Jorgbrown\|talk]]) 04:46, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

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	I'm no expert on xkcd characters, but why is this one labelled as Ponytail when she doesn't have a ponytail? [[User:Atreides\|Atreides]] ([[User talk:Atreides\|talk]]) 05:38, 9 November 2015 (UTC)		I'm no expert on xkcd characters, but why is this one labelled as Ponytail when she doesn't have a ponytail? [[User:Atreides\|Atreides]] ([[User talk:Atreides\|talk]]) 05:38, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
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		+	I believe this stems from a surprising correlation between the recent movement of the Shanghai stock exchange, and a map of Virginia, see https://twitter.com/dlin71/status/636397462190718976 [[User:Jorgbrown\|Jorgbrown]] ([[User talk:Jorgbrown\|talk]]) 04:46, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

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 I don't get it as much... Perhaps something to do with the apparent erratic behavior of a stock market chart? You'd expect a rising and falling line, but for it to completely trace out building patterns is odd.{{Citation needed}} It would need a straight line, wouldn't it? and isn't that impossible in graphs like this? --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.5|108.162.216.5]] 13:01, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
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 This is almost certainly based upon whatever article inspired this popular codegolf.stackexchange.com question: https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/33059/draw-with-your-cpu . Apparently some students drew the silhouette of their school on their country's outbound IPv6 traffic graph. Unfortunately, Google has failed me hard and I have no idea what the original article is.
 [[Special:Contributions/199.27.129.53|199.27.129.53]] 05:50, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

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		+	I'm no expert on xkcd characters, but why is this one labelled as Ponytail when she doesn't have a ponytail? [[User:Atreides\|Atreides]] ([[User talk:Atreides\|talk]]) 05:38, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
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	I don't get it as much... Perhaps something to do with the apparent erratic behavior of a stock market chart? You'd expect a rising and falling line, but for it to completely trace out building patterns is odd.{{Citation needed}} It would need a straight line, wouldn't it? and isn't that impossible in graphs like this? --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.5\|108.162.216.5]] 13:01, 6 November 2015 (UTC)		I don't get it as much... Perhaps something to do with the apparent erratic behavior of a stock market chart? You'd expect a rising and falling line, but for it to completely trace out building patterns is odd.{{Citation needed}} It would need a straight line, wouldn't it? and isn't that impossible in graphs like this? --[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.5\|108.162.216.5]] 13:01, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

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	I think this comic has more in common with the recent 1596: Launch Status Check. The traders become obsessed or distracted with driving the stock market index to continue drawing the Washington skyline like an etch-a-sketch instead of their fundamental purpose of making a profit. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.8\|108.162.216.8]] 18:50, 6 November 2015 (UTC)Pat		I think this comic has more in common with the recent 1596: Launch Status Check. The traders become obsessed or distracted with driving the stock market index to continue drawing the Washington skyline like an etch-a-sketch instead of their fundamental purpose of making a profit. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.8\|108.162.216.8]] 18:50, 6 November 2015 (UTC)Pat
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		+	This is almost certainly based upon whatever article inspired this popular codegolf.stackexchange.com question: https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/33059/draw-with-your-cpu . Apparently some students drew the silhouette of their school on their country's outbound IPv6 traffic graph. Unfortunately, Google has failed me hard and I have no idea what the original article is.
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	If the stock market crashes after hours and there's no one to see it, does it still make a sound? [[User:Ralfoide\|Ralfoide]] ([[User talk:Ralfoide\|talk]]) 16:23, 6 November 2015 (UTC)		If the stock market crashes after hours and there's no one to see it, does it still make a sound? [[User:Ralfoide\|Ralfoide]] ([[User talk:Ralfoide\|talk]]) 16:23, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
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		+	I think this comic has more in common with the recent 1596: Launch Status Check. The traders become obsessed or distracted with driving the stock market index to continue drawing the Washington skyline like an etch-a-sketch instead of their fundamental purpose of making a profit. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.8\|108.162.216.8]] 18:50, 6 November 2015 (UTC)Pat