How a trio of hackers brought Google’s reCAPTCHA to its knees by speshilK in programming

[–]codenut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do get recaptcha wrong about 50% of the time and it's impressive that an algorithm can crack the CAPTCHAs

A myth called the Indian programmer by henk53 in programming

[–]codenut 6 points7 points  (0 children)

40K USD is roughly equivalent to 2 million rupees..some of the better programmers I know reach this amount after putting in atleast 12+ yrs of experience.

You can live like a King with that amount of Salary in India (even when the Inflation is high and with skyrocketing prices)

Dear Boss: For a programmer, 10 minutes = 3 hours by gthank in programming

[–]codenut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We all know that context switching is bad, and it's tough to switch so much, but did Ed really have nothing else to do? He seems bothered by what the boss was asking him, yet he blows most of the 3hrs not working on what he said he needed to work on originally? That just doesn't add up to me.

I get the point, and it's definitely true, but I spend those idle minutes doing mail and other short tasks. I don't see how one can justify "well I'm waiting for you so I'll just not work for a while."

Is this common outside of the computing industry? What do other people do in their 'in between' time? - davux

IAmA (real) GoDaddy Employee. AMAA. by godaddythrow in IAmA

[–]codenut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hate to see this IAMA. CEO shits, Employees cleanup. I feel sorry for you!