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Re:IBM's Asshole Test by Victerius on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @06:23PM (#31266637)
When I started reading my brain went straight to Von Neumann. Now I really want to read a fanfic about a story where John Von Neumann is invited to a Google interview.
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Re:IBM's Asshole Test by imglorp on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @06:36PM (#31266770)
Maybe not Von Neumann at google, but how about Feynman at Microsoft?

https://sellsbrothers.com/12395

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Re:IBM's Asshole Test by JadeNB on Thursday May 05, 2022 @02:04AM (#31270088)
> The people authorized to open manhole covers could easily be trained to do it safely.

Funny as it is, I would like to think that someone famous for his role in the investigation of the Challenger disaster would never flippantly say that a dangerous situation doesn't matter because "people … could easily be trained to do it safely." The fact that people can be trained to do something properly doesn't mean that trained people won't still sometimes do it improperly.

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Re:IBM's Asshole Test by moffkalast on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @07:24PM (#31267176)
> That statement is a tautology.

This is giving me vietnam-style university flashbacks.

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Re:IBM's Asshole Test by m463 on Thursday May 05, 2022 @02:00AM (#31270057)
> We are going to recommend you for immediate hiring into the marketing department.

I am reminded of this Feynman story:

https://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machin...

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