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matho

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    Comment #6751063

    You might fairly consider this an insignificant anecdote, but: I have rejected people for contract work because they insisted on retaining copyright, sometimes on this basis alone …

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    Comment #6306802

    Here's my problem with using quicksort at interview: A developer who writes an implementation of the quicksort algorithm as part of their job should usually be removed from their p…

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    Comment #6306339

    Unrestricted labour movement will mean you get paid average if you are average . The positions with higher pay should be open to the candidates with better skills, wherever they ha…

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    Comment #6302617

    Airlines do offer legitimate value. That doesn't stop them from adding dark patterns on top. Acting with business interests in mind, airlines are practically compelled to add dark …

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    Comment #6302131

    There's a dichotomy here on HN: Best marketing practice generally praises upselling and A/B testing conversions to increase sales and profits. But, taking these to a natural conclu…

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    Comment #6301189

    > if you really believe that you don’t have anything to hide, feel free to give me your passwords as a proof of concept. I do not intend to use a privacy service from someone who c…

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    Comment #6301140

    I think this is hard because it's not immediately obvious that direction is such an important concept in kinematics. It's probably the most important thing to get across when teach…

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    Comment #6296450

    You might want to reconsider Google's target market. Only a minority of the world use the Latin alphabet.

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    Comment #6288801

    I would guess the author already knows this, but kayaking is strongly associated with shoulder injuries/dislocations. Be careful, dude!

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    Comment #6283838

    I am not sure of the pedagogical benefit of what is being described here - a separation of arithmetical and algebraic thinking at the level of school mathematics. By the distinctio…