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Re:Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine (1989) by varjag on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @07:49AM (#13763254)
> He turned out right in the end of course, because Feynman, but there's lots of people who think they're Feynman and aren't and it's hard to tell the difference sometimes.

Well he had a Nobel prize in physics on his hands for starters, that's one way to tell the difference. Granted, noone's infallible, but it's a good predictor. Not that it would have spared him from fizzbuzz on the interview these days..

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Re:Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine (1989) by gbromios on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @08:28AM (#13763475)
>Not that it would have spared him from fizzbuzz on the interview these days..

I'd hope an interviewer would view an applicant's fizzbuzz as a pleasant surprise if it came with a bit of casual mathematical proof.

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Re:Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine (1989) by Senderman on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @09:16AM (#13763733)
>Well he had a Nobel prize in physics on his hands for starters, that's one way to tell the difference.

With the preface that I know that a higher calibre of comment is expected from me in this community, it's still the truth: I lol'd.

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