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   Ask HN: The most interesting/weird interview question you've been asked?

   10 points by lowglow 15y ago|12 comments
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   by lowglow 15y ago

   Sweet. I'm currently looking for a new job, so this will definitely help me evaluate potential companies. Thanks a ton. :) Edit : Single gripe to an otherwise very cool project. When I click on HB, and switch to another tab to look up the n
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   by lowglow 15y ago

   Regarding the hype of this app -- this is a response from a friend who is a journalist and has covered this kid's app : "unfortunately the kid is pretty good at marketing himself, and a 16 year old app developer makes a good story"
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   by lowglow 15y ago

   Good luck, Samantha -- looks great :) Also, clickable : http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daisy-the-dinosaur/id49051427...
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   by lowglow 15y ago

   Cool. I'll check it out. :)
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   by lowglow 15y ago

   Thanks. I'm happy you're interested. The first thing I see this service being used is for news readers. Not having to develop this technology themselves will lower the cost/barrier of entry into their markets, so hopefully they can focus on
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   by lowglow 15y ago

   Also, let me point out that it doesn't work on pages that aren't necessarily articles. For instance, someone did a search using : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3390727 I've got an update coming down the tunnel to fix this, but it mi
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   by lowglow 15y ago

   What url did you try? It's not perfect, but it is getting better. :)
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   by lowglow 15y ago

   Interesting results from the comments. Can someone provide a tutorial link to how I'm supposed to be using the two together?
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    Yes, I just launched yesterday : http://www.rtcool.com/ - It's an API for news readers.
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    One of the biggest things that I stumbled over was whether or not I should code straight objective-c or use Interface Builder. In the end, I feel IB just gets in the way of being able to do cool things. I think if you're serious about makin
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    Yeah, I didn't get this either. What's wrong with: function getData() {} var getData = new getData();
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    I'm not sure how many investors is a lot, but 17 sounds like a lot for a seed round. In my experience (two rounds, two different start-ups) the seed stage was around 3-4 investors. What's a "normal" amount? I understand the number of invest
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    I met Ilya at a Hackers and Founders meetup in SF here a couple of months back. He's a great guy and I hope mixrank does really well. Congratulations on the launch!
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    cool, thanks. :)
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    I passed with this : class FizzBuzz def self.run for i in (1..100) if((i.modulo(3)==0) && (i.modulo(5)==0)) puts "FizzBuzz" elsif(i.modulo(3)==0) puts "Fizz" elsif (i.modulo(5)==0)
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    I really dug the old one. It's one of the things that attracted me to using the language. Everything was laid out so nice and documentation was easy to read. Oh well.
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    I'd be interested to see the analytical results from his research. It should prove to be quite illuminating.
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    Fix student loans, please. That system is so corrupt it makes me sick.
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    Thanks. :)
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    I'm probably a bot.
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    Does anyone have a TL;DW version of this? This speaker takes an incredibly long time to get to the point, but I am interested in the topic.
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    I remember reading a quote that facebook IDs don't even come in any particular order now. So how does this determine if I'm an early adopter of fb?
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    Amen.
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    Isn't the opening anecdote about Steve Jobs? I'm pretty sure there was a similar story in another recent article about Jobs.
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    As someone who grew up with the internet being a symbol of hope and freedom, it's depressing for me to even have to imagine this being a reality.
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    It's cool that jwz now owns DNA Lounge in SF. I love learning where the old-school guys have settled. My gf's boss at Wired is Kevin Poulsen -- that's pretty exciting too.
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    I guess I don't get why other people want to re-create a barely 'break-even' business model?
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    Does pandora make money? Are they breaking even or are they turning a profit?
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    by lowglow 15y ago

    but this time we're smarter, right? right?