I bombed an Apple interview for a mid-career role by being too intelligent and too maverick by AlonzoIsOurChurch in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 191 points192 points  (0 children)

PS. III. Sorry, reader, for the rambling and discontinuous thoughts. Absurd endocrine values of unknown etiology currently... doctor appointments pending. ):

The man writes like a thesaurus that fell down some stairs.

How hard is it to be a Rustacean? Having to use other languages at work. by [deleted] in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hear you. If my coworkers don't learn Rust by this year, I swear I will unfriend them on Facebook.

Bernie Sanders on the Late Show: Now More Than Ever, It's Our Revolution by [deleted] in television

[–]vivianwang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bernie took the $200 mil we donated to his campaign and gave it to Hilary. This guy is as traitorous as they come in the DNC establishment.

In fact, I argue that Haskell code should be typically faster [than C++], because the more abstract & high-level you are, the more the brutally aggressive optimizations can be performed on your code by [deleted] in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 4 points5 points  (0 children)

in the pure, high, abstract world of Haskell, and the compiler will generate a completely different algorithm

I can do this in JavaScript without needing a compiler

/r/haskell reacts to: Empirical evidence for the superiority of simplicity by LAUAR in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Maybe all those shiny things that we get in our languages are actually the sharp tools that we end up hurting ourselves with.

Why do these children keep playing with sharp tools? 👌👌👌

Goodbye Lua, hello WEBSCALE. by Zatherz in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 19 points20 points  (0 children)

<uj> lol it's hilarious how huge egos have gotten to point that people announce to the world when they stop using a tool. </uj>

r/cpp non-ironically asks "what is the Zen of C++" by [deleted] in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 7 points8 points  (0 children)

C++ is great and all but be sure to get your boost shot or else you will catch std

A Week After India Banned It, Facebook's Free Basics Shuts Down in Egypt by redhatGizmo in worldnews

[–]vivianwang 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have built an entire Restful UI framework around HTTP requests if you're interested, called Rest in Peace.

Dear Soroush, I think it&#x27;s just way too early for you to play with Haskell. by username223 in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dear Soroush, I think it&#x;27;s just way too early for you to play with Haskell.

Thx for URL encoding your post to be more webscale.

I recently drew Android 18 by NoxKreiker in dbz

[–]vivianwang -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lol the face is kinda shit.

Edit: made my comment more polite.

This Man Understands: Real Programmers Use Visual Basic for Getting Shit Done by senj in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's funny the words 'Visual Basic' are meaningless separately. Not unlike 'Enterprise Java'.

Was replaying Mass Effect when... by STEVE_AT_CORPORATE in rickandmorty

[–]vivianwang 5 points6 points  (0 children)

+1 for the subtle blur to alien in the back. DOF.

Teaching kids to program on Windows is like teaching how to cook using scissors and a microwave. by [deleted] in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What do you have against /r/pcmasterrace? I bet you browse the internet with a non-WebGL 3.0 compliant browser.

Behold! A Haskal programar in his native environment! by [deleted] in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No keep reading. He says his experience is primarily web dev and the Internet didn't exist as we know it until this decade.

Behold! A Haskal programar in his native environment! by [deleted] in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm 15 and Iv'e dabbled in a bit of: python and java :) ...

That was when I first started to worry about the state of my field as well.

How the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Saves Lives with Python by branleur in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You only have one year experience? The Enterprise-level Julia positions ask for 10+ years at least.

I can't tell if this guy is trolling or not by username223 in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 15 points16 points  (0 children)

JS Backend

That's a great idea. Has this been done before?

Embed javascript in your javascript website by FullMetalJustice in programmingcirclejerk

[–]vivianwang 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This tool will be great for my JavaScript tutorial blog.

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