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Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by SwellJoe » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 8:39 AM UTC

anonymous wrote: post #37

m0nastic wrote: post #5

Apparently I'm screwed; I cut it off the cob in sheets. So I guess that means I don't care about efficiency, but need things super neat and orderly. I have always liked Prolog though...

You obviously favour perl.

"Neat and orderly" makes you think Perl?

I absolutely love Perl, but "neat and orderly" is not the first thing that comes to mind. I think you'd need to have some sort of literary preference indicator (something like how you brush your teeth indicates whether you like Hemingway or Steinbeck, and Perl or Java), rather than a mathematical preference indicator, to determine one's propensity for Perl.

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by m_for_monkey » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 8:40 AM UTC

radicalbyte wrote: post #40

I prefer to eat my corn-on-the-cob quickly, with lots of butter and salt, whilst making as much mess as I can. It's one of the few meals where its' socially acceptable to eat like a pig :)

BASIC programmer?

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by robertocr » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 8:56 AM UTC

MaysonL wrote: post #29

A much better split than Yegge's.

You are the reason I read hacker news comments. This is so short, yet so true... and cleverly connects both subjects!

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by StavrosK » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 9:22 AM UTC

m_for_monkey wrote: post #42

radicalbyte wrote: post #40

I prefer to eat my corn-on-the-cob quickly, with lots of butter and salt, whilst making as much mess as I can. It's one of the few meals where its' socially acceptable to eat like a pig :)

BASIC programmer?

No, ADVANCED.

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by simonbrown » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 9:29 AM UTC

MaysonL wrote: post #29

A much better split than Yegge's.

What was Yegge's split?

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by groovylick » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 9:36 AM UTC

m_for_monkey wrote: post #42

radicalbyte wrote: post #40

I prefer to eat my corn-on-the-cob quickly, with lots of butter and salt, whilst making as much mess as I can. It's one of the few meals where its' socially acceptable to eat like a pig :)

BASIC programmer?

Sounds more like PHP, quick and always leaving a mess behind.

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by xfhai » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 9:38 AM UTC

I once saw a girl who separated each kernel with her fingers and ate it. I have not seen anyone else do that. She was eating in spirals, but I thought this is something worth mentioning because I have not seen anyone else do that.

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by edtechdev » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 9:45 AM UTC

signalsignal wrote: post #19

tptacek wrote: post #11

Nailed it. I can't stand cooked corn, and I suck at math.

I prefer procedural programming, so I should suck at eating corn on the cob? Compile me confused.

My algorithm for eating corn is patented and proprietary.

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by jawns » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 10:25 AM UTC

Fascinating! I've made this the daily poll question on Correlated (http://www.correlated.org). Let's see what other surprising correlations we can make from this!

Re: How you eat corn on the cob predicts whether you're an analyst or algebraist

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Post by froo » Sat, Aug 11, 2012, 10:33 AM UTC

m0nastic wrote: post #5

Apparently I'm screwed; I cut it off the cob in sheets. So I guess that means I don't care about efficiency, but need things super neat and orderly. I have always liked Prolog though...

I'm a vertical man myself. I turn the corn on its side so the cylindrical part is going up/down and bite downwards.

I do it so that the kernels come off cleanly and don't get stuck in your teeth (very similar to cutting them off). I wonder where that puts me?