This is from the same guy who wrote the absolutely wonderful NAND gate article[1] that also featured on HN about a year ago (and was taken surprisingly serious) [2].
[1] https://sebastiancarlos.medium.com/the-nand-gate-one-gate-to...
I quit my programmer job to become a chicken
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Re: I quit my programmer job to become a chicken
#22This is my favorite post on HN in ages. I needed the light humor.
Re: I quit my programmer job to become a chicken
#23If you are interested in chicken to this degree your theme song is. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=unW7UYXSQNY
Also https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=msSc7Mv0QHY
I was thinking of this one: https://youtu.be/kvKazPkRVjQ
Re: I quit my programmer job to become a chicken
#24For those who would like a slightly more technical overview of this subject, I can recommend this research paper: https://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf
For those who prefer the video format: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_-1d9OSdk
Re: I quit my programmer job to become a chicken
#25For those who would like a slightly more technical overview of this subject, I can recommend this research paper: https://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf
Presentation and slides: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_-1d9OSdk
Re: I quit my programmer job to become a chicken
#26I'm surprised the code is not written in Chicken [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_(Scheme_implementation...
Re: I quit my programmer job to become a chicken
#27In all seriousness, part of me wants to replace all coding questions in future interviews with the code from this article. It isn't hard to follow, it just looks absurd. So if people can follow it, they can code -- No more FizzBuzz - just CluckCluckity.
Re: I quit my programmer job to become a chicken
#28I expected chicken scheme
Re: I quit my programmer job to become a chicken
#29For those who would like a slightly more technical overview of this subject, I can recommend this research paper: https://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf
Yeah, the paper provides good insight into the phenomenon. Doug also gives a really good presentation on the same material: https://youtu.be/yL_-1d9OSdk
Re: I quit my programmer job to become a chicken
#30Cluckbait.