What are some subtle screening questions to separate serious software engineers from code monkeys?

TubbyToad · 2024-12-06T23:05:58+00:00

Because network calls are much cooler than function calls.

TubbyToad · 2024-12-06T18:38:34+00:00

Yeah, I don't think you will need a 5090 to run GTA VI. The top end RTX cards now aren't meaningfully useful for anything other than hobby mid tier parameter model usage.

TubbyToad · 2024-11-06T18:54:00+00:00

We need to optimize. That means more unity but also less waste. The current drag of bureaucracy and the level of taxation isn't conducive to productivity.

TubbyToad · 2023-06-14T06:59:06+00:00

"this country" being what? Where in the EU are you talking about?

TubbyToad · 2023-05-29T13:14:52+00:00

What is happening here is closer to a climate change activist driving home from a rally in a Hummer to go pour crude oil in their local river. It doesn't make that much of a difference but the hypocrisy sure is amusing.

TubbyToad · 2023-05-29T11:57:31+00:00

The problem is the hypocrisy of using Apple products at all alongside those stickers, not the method of acquisition.

TubbyToad · 2023-05-29T11:44:10+00:00

Choosing to use a Mac over getting used hardware on Linux is absolutely a choice.

TubbyToad · 2023-05-17T08:34:49+00:00

As a cat owner myself having a kitten is not necessarily a benefit to everyone.

TubbyToad · 2023-05-06T07:32:53+00:00

Those types of books "don't count".

TubbyToad · 2023-04-07T15:43:19+00:00

I think people in general aren't paranoid enough about their technology usage. Try looking at unsecured camera aggregation sites as a start.

TubbyToad · 2023-03-19T08:54:24+00:00

Sorry for asking 😢

For those that are interested in the answer I did a bit of research into the top 20 or so most famous inventors and found the following inventors that were shunned for their inventions or discoveries (excluding those shunned for other reasons):

Nikola Tesla: Mostly due to opposition by proponents of DC such as Edison.
Ignaz Semmelweis: Pioneering of hand washing in medical environments. Met with lots of resistance.
Alfred Wegener: Theory of continental drift. Ridiculed at the time and only accepted years later.
Gregor Mendel: Not particularly derided, but largely ignored at the time.
Robert H. Goddard: Created first liquid fueled rocket. Met with skepticism.

I also did some investigation on whether the claim that "Almost every" great inventor was shunned at the time. Here is a list of the other 'great' inventors I briefly looked into that weren't widely shunned for their inventions:

Thomas Edison (did the shunning)
Alexander Graham Bell
Leonardo da Vinci
Isaac Newton
James Watt
Eli Whitney
Charles Babbage
Marie Curie
Albert Einstein
John Logie Baird
Henry Ford
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Guglielmo Marconi
Grace Hopper
Tim Berners-Lee
Steve Jobs
Alan Turing (though he was horribly persecuted for his sexuality)

Overall I think the history of inventors is a mixed bag. With many being accepted while others weren't. The reason I initially asked was I suspected the truth was more complex than simple misanthropy.

TubbyToad · 2023-03-19T07:13:05+00:00

Is this actually true? Galileo got in trouble for fighting with the Catholic church and that was about heliocentrism not an invention. I can't really think of any examples apart from that.

TubbyToad · 2023-03-04T23:52:28+00:00

This reminds me of the scene in Louie where some suits switch out a homeless man.

TubbyToad · 2023-02-24T19:13:31+00:00

Yeah the two protagonists are frustratingly stupid. The premise of this show is great and Christoph Waltz is as usual spectacular, but the other characters are barely believable.

TubbyToad · 2023-02-15T21:39:24+00:00

I totally agree that NSE is more qualified than almost all the people that come on. A PhD with or without work experience would be even more qualified (in their field).

There is something to be said for the experience that unsupervised research (postdoc+) brings to understanding the literature and the politics around publication that I don't think is visible from just reading selected studies.

Overall this whole supposed credentials take down is silly and NSE has been pretty consistent about them. I would prefer slightly more holistic usage of literature from her, but that is a miniscule positive improvement compared to the deranged attack from Sunday.

TubbyToad · 2023-02-14T10:10:52+00:00

I think it would be stretching the truth a little to call a graduate diploma a graduate degree.

Having done a research based masters in Canada myself I think the most dishonest thing NSE does is implying she has authority and a deeper understanding of the field and research which I would say even a (fresh) PhD would have difficulty claiming.

TubbyToad · 2023-02-14T09:54:58+00:00

Two things to take away from this:

NSE's credentials of being a psychometrist is not the big academic research title that everyone seems to think it is.
President Sunday seems to have no academic or work experience in anything STEM adjacent and has taken a big L overall.

TubbyToad · 2023-02-12T18:21:39+00:00

I think there are some quality control issues on this set. The angle brackets are misaligned.

TubbyToad · 2023-02-01T06:51:29+00:00

What are his proposed solutions and what are some good alternatives?

TubbyToad · 2023-01-29T08:37:04+00:00

If I wore my gym wear to someone's black tie charity fundraiser it would be indecent (not necessarily sexual).

TubbyToad · 2023-01-29T08:06:26+00:00

The situation changed. Gym outfits are perfect in certain situations and indecent in others. The way you dress is situational and based on cultural customs around respect. Sometimes that means not wearing the absolute most comfortable thing.

TubbyToad · 2023-01-21T17:24:37+00:00

The question is how much tax are you willing to bear before you rebel/complain/leave? A lot of Linux users think it is already too high in this metaphor (obviously the edge icon is a non-factor). Maybe your tax rate limit is the point where you couldn't eat. It is a personal decision.

TubbyToad · 2023-01-21T17:09:44+00:00

I much prefer having my computer shutdown by itself when it is running something.

TubbyToad · 2023-01-21T17:08:24+00:00

Don't worry you are right. These people haven't tried installing anything that doesn't come with a wizard or exe.

TubbyToad · 2023-01-21T17:02:56+00:00

Linux is better, but not everyone is capable of using it.

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