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by kvonhorn 6y ago
Are genetic algorithms getting popular again? This was the topic of my senior project 20 years ago. I had barely heard about them since I left university, but all of a sudden within the last six months I'm hearing about them again.
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by kvonhorn 6y ago
> people who identify as "conservative"
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by kvonhorn 7y ago
I could imagine that this would be the worst way to evaluate candidates I've ever heard, especially if not everyone got hired. I think this would only be an appropriate evaluation metric if your end product were actually a reality TV s
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by kvonhorn 7y ago
> “Most people just read to kill time. Who is going to investigate? No one will. It only passes your eyes—there’s no need to pin down if it’s real or fake.” > “Correctness doesn’t exist, because it’s always relative,” > I asked Den
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by kvonhorn 7y ago
> don't attract the typical west coast brogrammer set Isn't this just discrimination against a different demographic?
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by kvonhorn 7y ago
> Strange Fruit For the uninitiated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ughAVo2ZAag This is a song whose musical substance is conveyed through the lyrics. This is a perfect example of a song that cannot be played on the pia
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by kvonhorn 8y ago
> I'm not sure whether I'm more offended being judged via hokey pseudo-IQ or hokey pseudo-Myers-Briggs. Personally, I'm offended by the notion that they claim to be able to pigeonhole me, with all my education and experien
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Fight the Dystopian Future – Refuse to Take an Assessment Test Today(kvonhorn.github.io)
2 points by kvonhorn 8y ago|3 comments
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Quality not Assured(kvonhorn.github.io)
1 points by kvonhorn 8y ago|0 comments
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Don't Provide Your References to a Recruiter Until After Your Last Interview(kvonhorn.github.io)
489 points by kvonhorn 8y ago|213 comments
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by kvonhorn 9y ago
> Don't listen to random advice from random internet people. > [Go] to [a] specialist and by that I mean psychotherapist. It sounds like you've got a great setup. The way you're feeling could destroy what you've bu
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by kvonhorn 9y ago
This week in Hacker News, people in the tech industry are worried about age discrimination once they hit 40 or even 30. Here, Calico is working to extend life spans to a theoretical upper limit of 500. Why would I want to live to be 500 if
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by kvonhorn 9y ago
I'd be concerned that anyone asking me for a 10 minute call or Skype was trying to scam me or say something they would try to use against me. If I got this kind of email and was inclined to reply, I'd advise them to check Glassdoo
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by kvonhorn 9y ago
Actually, if the company is located in an area where the housing is unaffordable, then having a parking lot is indeed a bragging point. It means you can live in your van super close to work.
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by kvonhorn 9y ago
I recently created a custom resume for a recruiter who wanted me to remove my pre-2006 experience from my resume before he would submit me for a contract. Boasting wide and deep experience in this industry is a liability for an employee, no
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Coding Challenge as an Attack Vector(kvonhorn.github.io)
5 points by kvonhorn 9y ago|1 comments
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by kvonhorn 9y ago
> Has anyone proposed an alternate method that has been put into practice, and actually works? Not that I've read this year, but I think we're finally past peak FizzBuzz.
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Installing Headless Chrome on Cloud9(kvonhorn.github.io)
1 points by kvonhorn 9y ago|0 comments