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Re:Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? by nomaxx117 on Thursday September 14, 2023 @07:11PM (#37516031)
This is great fun. Even if it's mostly a 50/50 guessing game it's still quite humorous.
Re:Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? by anigbrowl on Thursday September 14, 2023 @07:16PM (#37516069)
I scored 9/10 and 'true crime' is not an especial interest of mine, I didn't recognize anyone's photos.

* HMU if you want to screen new hires/potential business partners, no refunds

Re:Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? by Wowfunhappy on Thursday September 14, 2023 @07:37PM (#37516254)
> no refunds

If you get it wrong and they hire a serial killer... well, I don't think this policy will be necessary.

Re:Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? by naniwaduni on Thursday September 14, 2023 @07:51PM (#37516367)
What? No, you'd be worried about getting a programming language inventor for your serial killing startup, right?
Re:Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? by smsm42 on Thursday September 14, 2023 @07:53PM (#37516377)
"I know you hired me to murder the competing gang, but I thought designing a new multi-paradigm type-safe VM-driven LISP-like automatically verifyable programming language would be much better use of the money".
Re:Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? by quickthrower2 on Friday September 15, 2023 @01:49AM (#37518983)
Self selected p-hack
Re:Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? by anigbrowl on Friday September 15, 2023 @06:47PM (#37530007)
I've got a make a living somehow, and keeping programmers out of the murder industry seems like the least I can do. If you let one in pretty soon the whole thing becomes automated and you'll just have AI-powered steamrollers turning the whole thing into an impersonal, generic experience.