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HN Said my post was too long, so I made a small challenge: +[----->+++<]>+.++++++++++++..----.+++.+[-->+<]>.-----------..[--->+<]>++.++.++++++++++.+.[++>---<]>.+[--->+<]>++.++.+++++++++++.------------.[--->+<]>---.+[->+++<]>.[-->+<]>---.--[--->+<]>-.++++++++++++.--.+++[->+++++<]>-.+[----->+<]>-.-------------.-.-[++>-----<]>+.++++.++[->+++<]>.++++.+++++++++.---.+[->+++++<]>-.++++++.--.--[->++<]>-.+[-->+<]>++++++.-----.-[->++<]>.[-->+<]>+++.--.+++++.-----[->++<]>.[-->+<]>-.+[--->+<]>.[->+++<]>.+..+++++..---.---.[->++<]>-.+[-->+<]>+++++.-----[->++<]>-.-[------>+<]>--.-[--->+<]>----.++.----..[-->+<]>++++.----[->++<]>-.++..+[-->+<]>+++. ( clueless recruiter filter ;-) )

maerF0x0 6y ago
Im curious if you've ever got a response to ^^ ?
oferzelig 6y ago
Ah, the old classy Brainfuck
philbarr 6y ago
so you wrote some code that generates a link to a github gist with your bio on. if HN said your post was too long, you could have just posted the link....? :)
- xtracto 6y ago
  There's a very specific reason why I did not post the link directly.
- wolfgang000 6y ago
  He could but then he would lose the charm.
randtrain34 6y ago
copy and paste into https://copy.sh/brainfuck/ https://copy.sh/brainfuck/
- xtracto 6y ago
  I've got no issue with you making this comment, it is a free Internet and it's nothing wrong. However I am authentically and intellectually curious what drives you to do so (i.e., spoiling the post)? Is it a need for recognition? Do you believe the post is bad/wrong and feel the need to put the solution so that other people don't have to think about it? Or maybe it is some type of "FU" to the post because you can do it. Or maybe something else that I could not think of? Really curious to get your POV!
  - swagasaurus-rex 6y ago
    I think it's fine for you to post a puzzle, and fine for people to post the solution.
    - Blahah 6y ago
      In general, yeah, but in this case it was specified that it's a recruiter filter. So it's like responding to someone's post that says `myusername [atsign] mydomain [dot] com` with the syntactically easier to harvest version of the email. Obviously undermining someone's explicit privacy preferences. Not unlawful but just selfish.
  - jedberg 6y ago
    When I was at reddit, we did a round of hiring where we published some coding puzzles online, and the solution was the email address of where to send your resume. Most of the responses were, "I don't want your job, I just wanted to know that I solved the puzzle". I actually hit gmail's sending limit trying to reply to everyone to let them know they solved the puzzle. So I'd say, people like solving puzzles for the sake of it, and getting praise for doing so.
    - bomdo 6y ago
      Can you comment on the kind of engineers that were interested in getting a job this way? Did you hire/interview any of them?
jkkkk11 6y ago
a cluless recruiter can just copy the code into google without knowing what it is
- Blahah 6y ago
  A lot of recruiters harvest HN for email addresses using commercial software and blanket send annoying and useless emails. A recruiter that decodes brainfuck to get to a gist to read your bio is by definition not clueless.
  - recruitersmv 6y ago
    Why use commercial software when we could use Photon instead? ;)
wolfgang000 6y ago
I really like your non-conventional marketing strategy, good luck, mate.

maerF0x0 6y ago

Im curious if you've ever got a response to ^^ ?

oferzelig 6y ago

Ah, the old classy Brainfuck

philbarr 6y ago

so you wrote some code that generates a link to a github gist with your bio on. if HN said your post was too long, you could have just posted the link....? :)

xtracto 6y ago
There's a very specific reason why I did not post the link directly.
wolfgang000 6y ago
He could but then he would lose the charm.

randtrain34 6y ago

copy and paste into https://copy.sh/brainfuck/ https://copy.sh/brainfuck/

xtracto 6y ago
I've got no issue with you making this comment, it is a free Internet and it's nothing wrong. However I am authentically and intellectually curious what drives you to do so (i.e., spoiling the post)? Is it a need for recognition? Do you believe the post is bad/wrong and feel the need to put the solution so that other people don't have to think about it? Or maybe it is some type of "FU" to the post because you can do it. Or maybe something else that I could not think of? Really curious to get your POV!
- swagasaurus-rex 6y ago
  I think it's fine for you to post a puzzle, and fine for people to post the solution.
  - Blahah 6y ago
    In general, yeah, but in this case it was specified that it's a recruiter filter. So it's like responding to someone's post that says `myusername [atsign] mydomain [dot] com` with the syntactically easier to harvest version of the email. Obviously undermining someone's explicit privacy preferences. Not unlawful but just selfish.
- jedberg 6y ago
  When I was at reddit, we did a round of hiring where we published some coding puzzles online, and the solution was the email address of where to send your resume. Most of the responses were, "I don't want your job, I just wanted to know that I solved the puzzle". I actually hit gmail's sending limit trying to reply to everyone to let them know they solved the puzzle. So I'd say, people like solving puzzles for the sake of it, and getting praise for doing so.
  - bomdo 6y ago
    Can you comment on the kind of engineers that were interested in getting a job this way? Did you hire/interview any of them?

jkkkk11 6y ago

a cluless recruiter can just copy the code into google without knowing what it is

Blahah 6y ago
A lot of recruiters harvest HN for email addresses using commercial software and blanket send annoying and useless emails. A recruiter that decodes brainfuck to get to a gist to read your bio is by definition not clueless.
- recruitersmv 6y ago
  Why use commercial software when we could use Photon instead? ;)

wolfgang000 6y ago

I really like your non-conventional marketing strategy, good luck, mate.