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"I heard you were extremely quick at math" Me: "yes, as a matter of fact I am" Interviewer: "Whats 14x27" Me: "49" Interviewer: "that's not even close" me:
by rpigab 1y ago
"I heard you were extremely quick at math"
Me: "yes, as a matter of fact I am"
Interviewer: "Whats 14x27"
Me: "49"
Interviewer: "that's not even close"
me: "yeah, but it was fast"
- nenenejej 1y agoThe lowest latency responses in my load tests is when something went wrong!
- jtwaleson 1y agoThere should be a language that uses "Almost-In-Time" compilation. If it runs out of time, it just gives a random answer.
- phinnaeus 1y agoBest I can do is a system that gives you a random answer no matter how much time you give it.
- zelphirkalt 1y agoGreat! 80-20, Pareto principle, we're gonna use that! We are as good as done with the task. Everyone take phinnaeus as an example. This is how you get things done. We move quickly and break things. Remember our motto.
- fer 1y agoSoft real time systems often work like that. "Can't complete in time, best I can do is X".
- philipwhiuk 1y agoWhen you get the wrong answer you can just say 'ah yes, the halting problem'
- layer8 1y ago"Progressive compilation" would be more fun: The compiler has a candidate output ready at all times, starting from a random program that progressively gets refined into what the source code says. Like progressive JPEG.
- mhuffman 1y agoYou should send a pull request to DreamBerd/Gulf of Mexico[0], it's surely the only language that can handle it properly! [0]https://github.com/TodePond/GulfOfMexico https://github.com/TodePond/GulfOfMexico
- jtwaleson 1y agoHilarious. I will actually do that :)
- kleiba 1y agoThis might be a similar but possibly more sensible approach? -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anytime_algorithm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anytime_algorithm
- jtwaleson 1y agoYes, the way I described it is actually a sensible approach to some problems. "Almost-in-time compilation" is mostly an extremely funny name I came up with, and I've trying to figure out the funniest "explanation" for it for years. So far the "it prints a random answer" is the most catchy one, but I have the feeling there are better ones out there.
- bicepjai 1y agoAIighT
- poszlem 1y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SI3GiPihQ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SI3GiPihQ4 “Is this your card?” “No, but damn close, you’re the man I seek”
- donohoe 1y agofunction getRandomNumber() { return 4 }
- mewpmewp2 1y agoProve to me that it's not perfectly random.
- jvanderbot 1y agoIt is perfectly random for some distributions
- getnormality 1y agoAnd it's big-O of zero time. The solution is already there.
- shepherdjerred 1y agoIt’s better with the comment https://xkcd.com/221/ https://xkcd.com/221/
- joquarky 1y agoGood teacher. He really seems to care. About what, I have no idea.
- kqr 1y agoThis is one of my favourite images from a long-defunct proto-meme blog: https://entropicthoughts.com/image/doesntworkbutfast.jpg https://entropicthoughts.com/image/doesntworkbutfast.jpg