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The industry recreates the problem every so often with different variants. Previously it was the Microsoft/Google “thought problems” such as “Why are manhole co
by gcheong 5y ago
The industry recreates the problem every so often with different variants. Previously it was the Microsoft/Google “thought problems” such as “Why are manhole covers round?” and “How would you estimate the number of gas stations in a city?”.
- onion2k 5y agoThet change when they realise the current method doesn't actually work. They're not recreating the problem; they're looking for a solution.
- gcheong 5y agoIn their quest to find a solution they simply recreate the problem with a slightly better approximation of an actual work sample evaluation. It’s like watching a Newtonian approximation algorithm.