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Programming Language Creator or Serial Killer?

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Re: Programming Language Creator or Serial Killer?

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A similar game is Quant Fund or Metal Band: http://www.quantfundormetalband.com/ My score there was only slightly better than on Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer.

You might also enjoy Goth or Moth? https://vole.wtf/goth-or-moth/

10/10. Might help that I am quite into goth music.

Re: Programming Language Creator or Serial Killer?

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My takeaway is both programmers and serial killers look like regular people (and have some unflattering photos). The bias that you can tell killers apart by what they look like is created by the media, who probably choose sinister-looking photos when reporting on murderers.

I got 8/10 which says otherwise. I voted serial killer for both women just because of how unlikely it is for a female to invent a programming language. If it wasn't for that I would be basically 90% correct. This means statistically that there likely is a difference. I can't put my finger on what it was though, I just knew. Basically anybody who looked insane must be an inventor of a programming language and anyone w…

Women are also highly unlikely to be serial killers. I don't know which is more unlikely.

Re: Programming Language Creator or Serial Killer?

#104

My takeaway is both programmers and serial killers look like regular people (and have some unflattering photos). The bias that you can tell killers apart by what they look like is created by the media, who probably choose sinister-looking photos when reporting on murderers.

I got 8/10 which says otherwise. I voted serial killer for both women just because of how unlikely it is for a female to invent a programming language. If it wasn't for that I would be basically 90% correct. This means statistically that there likely is a difference. I can't put my finger on what it was though, I just knew. Basically anybody who looked insane must be an inventor of a programming language and anyone w…

With a sample of one, it is hard to make any meaningful inferences ;) But intuitively, I do tend to agree with your point. Perhaps PL creators look a touch more... extravagant?

Re: Programming Language Creator or Serial Killer?

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My takeaway is both programmers and serial killers look like regular people (and have some unflattering photos). The bias that you can tell killers apart by what they look like is created by the media, who probably choose sinister-looking photos when reporting on murderers.

"The face of crime", face shape theory, originated around Lombroso: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Lombroso

Re: Programming Language Creator or Serial Killer?

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3/10. Ouch.

I look around and see all these 8/10+'s around here and I have to wonder if a lot of it comes down to having seen pictures of these people before. My own score is DNF, because I'd managed to get one right most of the way through and stopped. That I would have had a better score choosing by coin flip is interesting.

Re: Programming Language Creator or Serial Killer?

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My takeaway is both programmers and serial killers look like regular people (and have some unflattering photos). The bias that you can tell killers apart by what they look like is created by the media, who probably choose sinister-looking photos when reporting on murderers.

I got 8/10 which says otherwise. I voted serial killer for both women just because of how unlikely it is for a female to invent a programming language. If it wasn't for that I would be basically 90% correct. This means statistically that there likely is a difference. I can't put my finger on what it was though, I just knew. Basically anybody who looked insane must be an inventor of a programming language and anyone w…

I found that qualities of the photo played a strong role in my 8/10 score. I can't say exactly which qualities helped make that determination, aside from one case which looked like a police photo.

Oddly enough, I thought that both women were programming language creators for similar reasons to yours. This is because they were older women. (Well, a new photo of an old woman and an old photo of a young woman.) While my impressions may be off, it seems like women played a much stronger role in computer programming before the 1980's than in the 80's and 90's.

Re: Programming Language Creator or Serial Killer?

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My takeaway is both programmers and serial killers look like regular people (and have some unflattering photos). The bias that you can tell killers apart by what they look like is created by the media, who probably choose sinister-looking photos when reporting on murderers.

I got 8/10 which says otherwise. I voted serial killer for both women just because of how unlikely it is for a female to invent a programming language. If it wasn't for that I would be basically 90% correct. This means statistically that there likely is a difference. I can't put my finger on what it was though, I just knew. Basically anybody who looked insane must be an inventor of a programming language and anyone w…

You were just lucky. There is at least one woman who developed a programming language on the list this quiz is using. I got Jean E. Semmet and she did invent the FORMAC programming language.
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