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Re:I will not do a tech interview by michaelwww on Wednesday August 21, 2013 @11:15PM (#6254915)
“Never memorize something that you can look up.”

― Albert Einstein

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Re:I will not do a tech interview by WalterSear on Thursday August 22, 2013 @01:25PM (#6258520)
Which, today, almost means never memorize anything.
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Re:I will not do a tech interview by michaelwww on Thursday August 22, 2013 @01:48PM (#6258697)
It'd be interesting why Einstein said this. I'm guessing because it takes time and effort to memorize something, not because he thought the brain had finite memory capacity.
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