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The problem with these mind games, at least in my interviews at Amazon, is that its obvious what they are doing and seems forced. I was smiling at him and saying "oh you got me!" then went back to the airport and clicked WITHDRAW.
Biggest waste of 1 day.
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Are people overlooking:
"Sarah Cooper is a writer, comedian..."
Although some interviews may be like this....
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I don't know which was funnier, reading the article or the comments on here about the article.
It was obviously satirical and was not intended to be taken seriously 
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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I still don't want to interview ever again...
(The "LOLZ" category was a pretty good clue too)
TTFN - Kent
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I've had a look at some other articles on Quartz...I'm not sure any of them should be taken seriously. It has the feel of a robo-journalism site?
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To reinforce that this was intended to be satirical, one only need look at the author's 'credential' at the bottom of the article:
"Sarah Cooper is a writer, comedian and creator of TheCooperReview.com. Her first book, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings comes out October 4th. Sign up for her free email to get updates. We welcome your comments at ideas@qz.com."
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Sadly, some interviewers behave as described in that satirical article.
Fortunately, I am not forced to work for them.
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Copying and pasting code from the internet is one of the biggest open secrets in computer programming. Needs codez plz
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Quote: So the lesson here? Never, ever copy and paste code from the internet you don't understand. I repeat: never copy and paste code from the internet you don't understand.
Should read... Never, ever copy and paste code you don't understand. I repeat: never copy and paste that you don't understand.
Who cares what the source of the code is. you should be curious enough to learn what that code actually does.
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At least, change the variable and function names to something synonymous.
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I usually include the URL to any code I have used from the internet, including SO, CP, MSDN and any other resource where I snaffle code from. I only change the variables if the original don't make sense in the context.
The included URL gives the support guys some context and it is doco that I don't have to write.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I've done the same on numerous occasions. 
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I think the complaint/laugh was less about the source being copied, and more about displaying the comment about SO on the actual app screen. For me, anyway.
TTFN - Kent
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Broken link? I get a 404 page.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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The stackoverflow question[^] says the article was taken down. I tried the internet archive[^]; but it's currently erroring out. Hopefully the latter will come back online soon. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Archive.org only caught it after the article was yanked. OTOH the SO answer history linked to a Tweet[^] with the full fail included.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Hundreds of millions of hacked user names and passwords for email accounts and other websites are being traded in Russia's criminal underworld, a security expert told Reuters. Have a nice day
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In this article, Niko Köbler advances an interesting idea: is JavaScript on its way to become —just like the JVM— a universal runtime platform? "Of course, some people will ask 'why'." Yup, he got that right.
I was going to go with, "Bad idea, or worst idea?", but decided it was too harsh.
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IMHO Javascript is the machine code of the internet age. You have to use it to get the machines to understand what you want them to do but you have to be somewhat odd to program in it directly when there are human-centric languages that can compile down to it.*
*I know - a "real man" chops down trees with his lad but I'm too old for that kind of masochistic idiocy
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: *I know - a "real man" chops down trees with his lad but I'm too old for that kind of masochistic idiocy
I tried that, but my lad complained too loudly.
But that's all right, I'm a lumberjack, and I'm OK.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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By flipping the question of possible alien life to a question of whether we are unique, researchers find it much more likely the universe has seen many civilisations come and go. Paging Dr. Fermi
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Sully asked: "Rather than asking how many civilisations may exist now, we ask 'Are we the only technological species that has ever arisen?'" Sullivan said in a statement
That is another limiting factor into Drake's formula; making "intelligent" life another factor.
..but there is still no planet like Earth with this magnetic core nor its atmosphere. It is quite unique and there is no short time escaping this planet 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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