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by xzyyyz 2y ago
not convincing. (horizontal) scalability comes at cost, but it changes size of the problem we can handle considerably.
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by xzyyyz 2y ago
thank you very much! pointer to the home page would suffice. your willingness to walk an extra mile (and copy relevant text) is much appreciated. as i mentioned, i read home page years ago. in that time, third paragraph did not exist and 1-
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by xzyyyz 2y ago
It is called the honor system. But you're right: some people... And no, Project Euler does not demand. You can be sure, nobody is going to be sued. It asks politely to show respect to those who created the project, and to those who did
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by xzyyyz 2y ago
Apparently I do not keep up with times. I read the rules some 15 years ago last time. :-( If you can provide a link, I would be really grateful!
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by xzyyyz 2y ago
Project Euler is collection of puzzles based on math. The coding and designs skills are completely secondary to the math. The algorithms (except for computational number theory, computation geometry) are completely secondary. So it is knowl
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by xzyyyz 2y ago
I find it rather annoying and irrespectful for Project Euler. They specifically ask not to publish solutions. Some other collection could be used for demonstration of skills and languages.
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by xzyyyz 2y ago
There is a lot of harm: 1. In order to get a job, a person need to quit one. If there is a risk (in form of trial period), why to accept such an offer? As result, best candidates pass, or at least stick to existing positions longer. Or pay
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by xzyyyz 3y ago
> there's still absolute value in returning to office because it promotes a sense of community and networking. Without data it is religion. Even sect. If you want to insist, provide data how "absolute value" increases prod
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by xzyyyz 4y ago
1. Inertia. It is difficult to switch measurement in people's heads. For example, I grew up in metric environment, but I did not drive car. So for me, local sizes are in meters, but car speed, distances are in miles :-). Home temperatu
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by xzyyyz 4y ago
A mechanical watch is a piece of jewelry. As such, it subject of fashion whims, fragility and limitations. But, what a pleasure! I enjoy beauty of my skeleton. The tourbillon is absolutely mesmerizing. The alarm adds utility to the third ti
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by xzyyyz 4y ago
This is not about devastating effect. As adults, we take responsibility for our choices.
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by xzyyyz 4y ago
let's split it: <alcohol-centric culture> and <work culture>. These two cover significant portion of population to have intersection as a majority. The same way one can talk about <sport work culture>, or any other. T
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by xzyyyz 4y ago
The most worrying part is equaling respect of personal preferences with inclusive culture. ("I cannot participate in conversation, so there should be no this conversation") Others said enough about prizes. I respect my guests. Bei
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by xzyyyz 4y ago
Nice to meet you. I am completely un-Ruby Pythonista, and I like Elixir a lot. I felt the same way as topic starter, and I invested couple months to make several tools Elixir-native -- the project was cancelled with the layoff. I think, thi
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by xzyyyz 5y ago
> Disagreeing with social norms doesn't strike me as humble. we're leaving in different social circles... so it is totally possible that the norm i see differs from yours. I worked once for the startup where idea was, "eng
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by xzyyyz 5y ago
It is so pleasant and so rare to agree with people these days. I agree with you. It is signal for me. My interview consists of many areas beyond coding. But coding is one I explore too. (like write a methods with two sequential loops and si
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by xzyyyz 5y ago
It could be the case. The question is, how to distinguish one who can get up to speed quickly from one who cannot. In the end, there are expectations of the engineer, and expectations of the company. If the candidate is super-rusty, questio
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by xzyyyz 5y ago
I humbly disagree. Experience means nothing. The ranking is defined by how capable engineer is. Do not get me wrong. Title != ranking either. There is no industry-wide agreement what senior engineer is. Frank might be a senior engineer in h
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by xzyyyz 5y ago
Very true. I totally agree with you. :-) I tried to highlight most common problem I see during interview, not judge specific people, or even less people category.
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by xzyyyz 5y ago
I am coding for 40+ years... My experience: * out of college people remember theory, cannot code. * mid-level engineers start to forget theory, can code, begin system-wide design. * senior engineers can design, forget how to code. If the po
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by xzyyyz 5y ago
Tesla. Tesla provide service through the phone app only. The app is extremely slow, the fonts are small (almost unreadable). It is hardly fun to print on the phone. The app does not work in chromebook with android support.