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Re:Dark Motives and Elective Use of Brainteaser Interview Qu... by ww520 on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @03:10PM (#17962393)
Division. Damn. That's what calculator is for. I would just whip out my phone to do it.

Human has evolved to leverage tools to augment intelligence. If he can't understand the advantage of tool utilization, he's not a good engineer.

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Re:Dark Motives and Elective Use of Brainteaser Interview Qu... by jpttsn on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:50AM (#17966337)
Humans attach prestige to solving problems the old school way. We have ladders but watch pole vaulting at the Olympics.
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