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Post by GuiA »

bshimmin wrote: post #16

I think this is very clever. Assuming this is something to do with recruitment (as the other comments suggest), then of course I find it intensely irritating and it confirms my pre-existing notion that I would never want to work for a company like Google. But, on the other hand, the people who devised this puzzle are clearly people who would be enticed by a puzzle like it, and would therefore think it was a good way…

The people making the big picture decisions are by far and large not the people who would be enticed by such a puzzle. Hence the dissonance you're observing. (applies to most large companies)

Re: Foobar

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Post by tomsthumb »

mragh wrote: post #126
k-mcgrady wrote: post #5

If you are as confused as I was this old HN thread might help: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8588080

Also, there are a lot of rabbits.

Is there anywhere one could acquire those rabbits for his or her own everyday terminal use? If not there should be.......

Re: Foobar

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Post by teddyh »

rational-future wrote: post #131
teddyh wrote: post #115

Google is self-selecting to employ those people who are fine with the idea of Google recording everything they do. This does not bode well for the rest of us.

Only the very stupid are fine with Google recording everything they do.

You’d be amazed by the amount of doublethink that even very smart people are capable of, and the extreme and convoluted arguments they give for their position.

Re: Foobar

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Post by kbart »

A strange strategy to hire only developers that aren't privacy and security conscious? Way to go, google.

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Post by otikik »

d_k_f wrote: post #37
swombat wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except that's easily solved, by going there with someone who's been there before...

How did your guide get there the first time?

Isla Muerta is a piece of continental earth which has been slowly drifting away from the continent for generations. The guide's ancestry has lived there since before the island was an island.

Re: Foobar

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Post by gerbal »

13throwaway wrote: post #140
dsl wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

.withgoogle.com is used for mini-sites that are developed externally or do not meet the security requirements to be on a proper Google domain.

Do you know why the new interstellar movie is on that domain? https://interstellar.withgoogle.com

There is a tie-in game on the Play Store. Looks pretty mediocre.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paramount....

Re: Foobar

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Post by izolate »

rational-future wrote: post #134
izolate wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Surely not all programmers? Because if so, I may just be able to slip through the cracks!

How is this going to help you? Would you be happy with a job you're not good enough to do properly?

My comment was in jest. I have no desire to join Google, or any other large tech company.

Re: Foobar

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Post by msth »

What does this Code means :

https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLoginAuth" id="gaia_loginform"> " rel="nofollow">https://appengine.google.com/_ah/conflogin?continue=https://...

Re: Foobar

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Post by dansingerman »

jpfr wrote: post #49
dansingerman wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see any mechanism that appends it from any search topics when you load https://www.google.com/foobar/ The code snippet will only load the URL with appended values if there are present in the parent URL: e.g. https://www.google.com/foobar/?some_query_string

That's why the link to foobar turns up in people's search results.

Ah! Do you mean the 'chosen ones' will get search results linking to https://www.google.com/foobar/ with a special query string?

Re: Foobar

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Post by casebash »

Is there any reason to complete these puzzles if your resume/contacts are strong enough to get you an interview anyway? Apart from fun, that is?
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