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Re: My Startup Job Interview

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Post by Tichy »

bliti wrote: post #2

A guy in a shirt, a guy in a polo, and an Asian lady. Why not a lady? Not calling you racist, but it is interesting how the race of non-whites seems to be included in some manner like it is always relevant. Why not mention the race of the two other people? Is it less relevant? You only mention the lady once. What role did she play in the situation? Just curious.

I looked on Wikipedia, apparently Asian Americans comprise 5.6% of the population. Perhaps that is low enough to not be the default assumption about somebody, warranting special mention? Also according to Wikipedia "White Americans" are 72% of the population.

Re: My Startup Job Interview

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Post by duiker101 »

benjaminwootton wrote: post #9
redcan wrote: post #4

What was the closed form expression for the number of rabbits?

I've made a good living as a programmer for a decade now, and I'm not afraid to say I don't even understand the question. It's a silly question unless it's for a quantitative role.

Thank god I am not alone...

Re: My Startup Job Interview

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Post by raverbashing »

arethuza wrote: post #23
redcan wrote: post #4

What was the closed form expression for the number of rabbits?

In that context I'd be really tempted to ask why they needed a closed form expression for the number of rabbits...

Yes

But my bet would be zero, if the troll has infinite time

Re: My Startup Job Interview

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Post by [deleted] »

Tichy wrote: post #17
bliti wrote: post #2

A guy in a shirt, a guy in a polo, and an Asian lady. Why not a lady? Not calling you racist, but it is interesting how the race of non-whites seems to be included in some manner like it is always relevant. Why not mention the race of the two other people? Is it less relevant? You only mention the lady once. What role did she play in the situation? Just curious.

Asian ladies tend to look different from Caucasian ladies. So it evokes a different picture. I don't think racism or sexism or anything needs to be cited. Sure, you can point out that he seems to be writing from the default perspective of a white Caucasian (assuming everybody else is also a white Caucasian, unless mentioned otherwise). Is that a crime? I think not. If you are from a different background and curious a…

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Re: My Startup Job Interview

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Post by static_typed »

bliti wrote: post #2

A guy in a shirt, a guy in a polo, and an Asian lady. Why not a lady? Not calling you racist, but it is interesting how the race of non-whites seems to be included in some manner like it is always relevant. Why not mention the race of the two other people? Is it less relevant? You only mention the lady once. What role did she play in the situation? Just curious.

Do you have a strong shoulder? From carrying that rather large chip on it?

Just curious?

Re: My Startup Job Interview

#29

Post by riggins »

redfhendrix wrote: post #25

It seems that 90% of the comments have missed the fact that this is obviously hyperbolic satire....

yep.

In light of this being satire, the HN news comments are 10x funnier than the article itself.

Some unsolicited advice (you're lucky, you found out it was a crap company in 2 hours) and some PC outrage (why does it have to be an Asian lady).

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