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Comment · 1 year ago
I’ve been following that thread very closely. Prepping myself to install cruise control but as I have a cem-b in my car, I have to solder to the board.

What changes have you made?

Comment · 1 year ago
P2 Volvo?
Comment · 2 years ago
> Uh oh! Somebody missed out on some pop culture!

A large percentage of the world is not American

Comment · 2 years ago
You can cp the image to a block device and it will work
Comment · 2 years ago
git commit -mm works and is a bit quicker
Comment · 2 years ago
> maintaining the amenities that tech workers have come to expect.

Such as what? Beer, and coffee table books?

Comment · 2 years ago
Mentzen is a Polish politician
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
What does bush x mean?
Comment · 3 years ago
I get a 403 from the UK
Comment · 3 years ago
styled-components
Comment · 3 years ago
The point of the question isn’t trivia or mathematics, it’s to demonstrate how you deal with ambiguity

At work you may be asked to spec out and implement a poorly-defined defined request.

They expected you to have asked clarifying questions rather than steaming ahead in the assumption that the Thames is 50m metres wide at all point.

The interviewer stating “actually it’s 100m” shows that they didn’t understand this point either though, and was probably repeating the answer they were told to give if the candidate asks this clarifying question

Comment · 3 years ago
My first experience of Angry Bird was on a Palm Pixi. It was challenging.

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