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811.
by xena 3y ago
What is the proper purpose of unit tests and mocks then?
812.
by xena 3y ago
The "constant time" is wall clock time, where it will be at least the biggest value times the constant microseconds plus like 5% for overhead like the garbage collector.
813.
by xena 3y ago
The constant is the biggest number in the list multiplied by the sleep multiplicand. That plus overhead gets you the approximate runtime of the function.
814.
by xena 3y ago
It would be very easy to turn that into the kind of story that is being shown here though. Just make the interviewee seem mystical or whatever and reply in terms like "now the machine must learn, please join me in the prayers needed to
815.
by xena 3y ago
God yes. In case it's funny, I have a bit that I left on the cutting room floor where it's like: Jeff started again to speak, maybe he actually read your resume. That would be a first. "So it says here that uhhhh-". Alas
816.
by xena 3y ago
To risk killing the joke: when I said "constant time", I alluded to the words and art of time complexity analysis but actually did not mean to go there. This is a double entendre that uses two conflicting views of the word "t
817.
by xena 3y ago
Yes, I'm aware that this is impossible in plane 432. This is part of the framing of Palima as some kind of programming/SRE god that is able to do things previously thought impossible. It's fiction, belief can be suspended jus
818.
by xena 3y ago
The best jokes are always the truth!
819.
by xena 3y ago
I have another one here but it's not very good: https://xeiaso.net/blog/voiding-the-interview-2017-04-16
820.
by xena 3y ago
That is incredible. What did the teacher say? I actually got away with using SleepSort in an interview for my current job. It got me the job.
821.
by xena 3y ago
Hey all! If you like this, there's a sequel of sorts in Protos: https://xeiaso.net/blog/protos I'm working on more stories in this "universe" but it takes a while for the satire juice to build up. M
822.
by xena 3y ago
The constant is the biggest number in the array
823.
by xena 3y ago
Depends on what you mean by "time". Going by algorithmic complexity time it's at least linear yes. Going by wall clock time (the more important one for interview code) it's constant time.
824.
Tech debt metaphor maximalism(apenwarr.ca)
202 points by xena 3y ago|79 comments
825.
Sleeping through the technical interview (2022)(xeiaso.net)
279 points by xena 3y ago|108 comments
826.
by xena 3y ago
Have some wine and you'll be fine
827.
StackRot (CVE-2023-3269): Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerability(openwall.com)
5 points by xena 3y ago|1 comments
828.
by xena 3y ago
It depends.
829.
by xena 3y ago
I've found out that self-posting on hacker news gets you super deranked. If you really like the writing, please be the one that posts it here.
830.
by xena 3y ago
Realistically, I don't know what the complexity of that algorithm is or if it's possible to have one. Making the argument it is constant time is intended to be a bit of a joke at how difficult it is to give it a time complexity. M
831.
by xena 3y ago
Very intentionally. Those posts stand out to me as a brilliant level of technical writing that I want to reach some day.
832.
by xena 3y ago
Hi, I use pony/anime/furry avatars at work and my blog is loved on this website for its technical content and innovative use of the Socratic method. People like me exist.
833.
by xena 3y ago
It's just enough to be a headache tax-wise, but not enough to be a viable replacement for my dayjob. Something like $50-$200 USD per month. Slow months are less, months where I post bangers are more. Combined with Patreon (consistently
834.
by xena 3y ago
That combined with Patreon does! I'm likely going to spin up a small corporation so that I can funnel my side income through there and avoid having to go through the logistical nightmare of double income tax because of imperialist IRS
835.
by xena 3y ago
You're welcome. I try. ^^
836.
by xena 3y ago
Thanks! I have been working on that style of writing some more. I have another story in that "universe" called Protos ( https://xeiaso.net/blog/protos ) that you may enjoy. I'm working on some more, but it
837.
by xena 3y ago
Here's hoping! I have also been bringing that energy to the work blog (eg: https://tailscale.dev/blog/headscale-funnel ), and it's been working really well. I'm working on turning the user personas that w
838.
by xena 3y ago
Only the bad takes. I've been meaning to make a podcast or something where I debunk bad orange site takes and explain why they are wrong.
839.
by xena 3y ago
Thanks! I try. Hacker News isn't my primary target audience, but I've come to peace with the fact that I'm well-loved there. I could really do without the harassment from the less tolerant side of the userbase, but I figure t
840.
by xena 3y ago
Thanks! I recently just got a new lens for my camera after all of the income from last month came in. It's a very used 35mm lens for my D3300 and the autofocus is a bit broken, meaning that I'm forced to do the focus manually (whi

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