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by wmkn 10y ago
I had a total of 21 interviews at Apple (oh which 4 were phone interviews). Was not hired in the end. I would not recommend it...
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by wmkn 11y ago
From the article I could not figure out how it determines the full XYZ position of the retro-reflective object. Clearly it is possible to determine the ray along which the retro-reflective object will be, but how does it determine its depth
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by wmkn 11y ago
It's not unlike OpenGL though, which does not have a open source reference implementation either. Only the API specifications are open. Most implementations are closed source binary blobs. Of course there is Mesa, but that is is also a
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by wmkn 11y ago
> "That's left Dutch households with a bigger debt burden than anyone else in the euro zone." Sure, this is a problem. But it is an unfair comparison if you do not put it against the (much bigger) savings held by the Dutc
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by wmkn 11y ago
The IMF released a report last week stating that in addition to substantial debt relief the Greeks need an additional bailout of EUR60 billion. Both Varoufakis and Tsipras tweeted their agreement with the report. It seems pretty clear that
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by wmkn 11y ago
Are they really terrible at it? You seem to assume that the global minimum to the problem is an artistically perfect song. For record labels the global minimum is the song that makes the most money. If that song happens to be repetitive and
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by wmkn 12y ago
Playing devil's advocate here. If there are two kinds of great programmers, those that can handle programming in a stressful situation and those that cannot. Given a choice I would want to hire the one that can handle the stress.
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by wmkn 12y ago
Google always has openings for hundreds of engineers. If multiple people did well and the process is so expensive, why not hire all of them?
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by wmkn 12y ago
Finding palindromes in C strings. The most important problem in computer science. If software engineering job interviews are to be believed.
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by wmkn 12y ago
> But there's no plan B. We can't fly the F-16 for another 25 years. Serious question: why not? Assuming the F16 is going to be updated with improved technology is any other country producing fighter jets that are going to over
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by wmkn 12y ago
That, and what is the end result? Maybe I missed it, but in the end I only see a picture of some rods, those connecting pieces and a cat.
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by wmkn 12y ago
I agree. Effective C++ was/is the guide for C++98 - Effective Modern C++ is the guide for C++11.
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by wmkn 12y ago
You are going to hate everything about this requirement page then: https://www.bunq.com/nl/en/job/ Actually it improved a little bit. Until a few weeks ago you had to sign an NDA to learn what the company act
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by wmkn 12y ago
I have done about a dozen or so interviews. I can totally imagine some people not being able to do a simple fizz buzz from scratch. But when they have full internet access and no one is watching them. "Solving" fizz buzz is then a
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by wmkn 12y ago
So you are saying that many people failed to type "FizzBuzz code" in Google? I do not really buy that.
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by wmkn 12y ago
Of all the example you could give of Russian tech you pick their space program. Which is currently the only one capable of bringing people to the ISS. Without Russia's rockets, modular or not, the ISS would be deserted right now.
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by wmkn 12y ago
At C++Now 2014 there was some agreement on renaming 'universal references' to 'forwarding references'. Apparently, Scott Meyers, the guy that came up with the term universal references, even agreed to update his upcoming
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by wmkn 12y ago
Microsoft has "Math Input Panel" built into Windows 7. It does not create LaTeX output and it is far from perfect, but it does allow you to write down an equation which is then typeset quite nicely. http://windows.micro
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by wmkn 12y ago
This is only partly true. Path tracing is an embarrassingly parallel problem but only under the assumption that the entire scene description can be accessed. When a light ray strikes the ceiling it can bounce off towards a vase that is on a
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by wmkn 12y ago
This article focuses on the choice you have as a consumer. Which brand, which flavor, which stack of hay? But I observe a similar crippling effect when working on software. Every step along the way of producing a software product involves m
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by wmkn 12y ago
Scott Meyers (the author of this presentation) makes a pretty good case in the following presentation: http://vimeo.com/97318797 Unfortunately the slides are not online. But his presentation starts with a case of why '
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by wmkn 12y ago
Because it is a pretty picture and the ship with the US flag represents the sailing part in the title of the presentation.
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by wmkn 12y ago
I tried running a program originally written for 80386-class CPUs on a Core i7, it didn't magically get a intuitive GUI. Weird.
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by wmkn 12y ago
There is this omnipotent master somewhere in the cloud. His power is large, but his ways are unknown. To please the Lord of cloud, strict rules have to be followed. Rules, that, when not followed, will cause the cloud Lord to strike you dow
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by wmkn 12y ago
When doing computer vision the first thing being done is usually camera calibration. The most common calibration technique is to make images of a physical object with know spatial properties (grid patterns are often used) and to extract 2D
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by wmkn 13y ago
> - sell a trial run of the product > - Try to actually sell it. > - Try to sell Those are critical steps. Your product is only viable when people are actually paying for it, not when people only tell you they will pay for it.
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by wmkn 13y ago
> The hula hooping moment was important because it visibly demonstrated her male coworkers lack of respect for women as people. Maybe hula-hooping is a common occurrence in Silicon Valley offices, but if my co-workers would be hula-hoopi
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by wmkn 13y ago
> In any event, we need more talented entrepreneurs working on some of these issues and not fast-following to be the next cool photo/chat app...prepare to spend 3-6 months just navigating the complexities. Totally agree. The healthc
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by wmkn 13y ago
Your post is a wall of text, making the content nearly unreadable.
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by wmkn 13y ago
I sincerely hope for everyone applying that the recruitment team at the Tomtom London office is better at responding to applicants than the Amsterdam office. I applied at Tomtom, got a positive response, tried to set appointment for intervi

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