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Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by eterm »

eru wrote: post #49
yowzadave wrote: post #9

I like this because I like to flatter myself that I have a good intuition about people after seeing them, and this shows that I’m completely wrong about that—barely better than random.

I was way worse than random. Make of that what you will.

Unless you scored 0 or 1, then you might not be "way worse than random", or at least, there is a lack evidence that you are "way worse than random":

2/10 has a p-value of p = .057.

Or put another way, the 95% confidence interval of scoring 2 out of 10 covers 0.5.

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by mongol »

neilv wrote: post #34

I know it's a silly game, but I'm slightly uneasy with it. If you remember a time when programming computers was considered nerdy, in a socially discouraged and mocked kind of way (until it became big money)... a game of guessing whether a photo is of a serial killer or a computer programming nerd... might seem a little abusive.

I agree. I don't think it is good taste to use people's photos in a game and let players guess if they have killed someone.

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by dang »

Related:

Programming Language Creator or Serial Killer? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25878602 - Jan 2021 (139 comments)

Can you tell a programmer/language inventor from a killer? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1455383 - June 2010 (12 comments)

Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=135299 - March 2008 (1 comment)

(I put 2003 on it because of https://web.archive.org/web/20031008105832/http://www.malevo... but I didn't have the patience to wait for it to load. How different can it be though, with that url...)

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by quickthrower2 »

yowzadave wrote: post #9

I like this because I like to flatter myself that I have a good intuition about people after seeing them, and this shows that I’m completely wrong about that—barely better than random.

Serial killers. By definition have aptitude to get away with murder for some period of time. Probably good at concealing their madness.

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by quickthrower2 »

anigbrowl wrote: post #3
nomaxx117 wrote: post #2

This is great fun. Even if it's mostly a 50/50 guessing game it's still quite humorous.

I scored 9/10 and 'true crime' is not an especial interest of mine, I didn't recognize anyone's photos. * HMU if you want to screen new hires/potential business partners, no refunds

Self selected p-hack

Re: Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2003)

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Post by quickthrower2 »

Jigsy wrote: post #78
naniwaduni wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As far as we're aware, he doesn't belong to either category (yet).

Oh yeah, that makes sense. I keep forgetting he killed just his wife, not his kids as well.

And I think spree and serial killings are different things.
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