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Why not just "So, how long have you been programming for?"

I'd interpret this question as "Does this person think I'm experienced enough for the work?" over explicitly wanting to know whether I began at a young age.


How about this one?

   "What do you call the number of times that one number can be divided by another?" A) Dividend, B) Divisor, C) Quotient.
And a minor UX nitpick: please wrap the input element inside of a <label> tag, it makes it much easier to interact with form elements (in that I can click on the text to mark the element):

      <label class="answer">
        <input type="radio" name="q4" value="wrong" /> Condensation
      </label>


The correct answer to that question would be the Logarithm. 32 can be divided 5 times by 2 before it becomes 1 and you can't divided it anymore. I think the phrasing of the question is incorrect.

That's the only question I got wrong because it did not make any sense to me.


Done! and Done!


I have one suggestion. The dialog at the end like "you got the following questions wrong: 23" can be easily mistaken for the number of questions answered wrong. I did!

If that be changed to avoid the confusion, it will be great.


Great point with the label!


To bypass the Bloomberg paywall in Chrome, add a dot after the TLD: https://www.bloomberg.com./news/articles/2024-08-25/boeing-c...


I get a paywall with or without the dot.


One colloquial term for the guillotine was (is?) "le rasoir national" = "the national razor."

Other colorful terms include "the regretful climb", "the silence mill", "Capet's necktie", "the patriotic shortener", "half-moon", "timbers of justice", and "Charlot's rocking-chair".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine#Names_for_the_guill...


The sarcasm is heavily working against you here.

- Misspelling as "alll"

- Drop the "Oh, ..."

- "not exactly sure what these so-called ‘schools’ do, but I think if they keep working hard they’ll be famous one day."

- "~enslaved~ employed 300 extraterrestrial space giraffes to speed up our math stuff"

> The sorta freedom you only get in Afghanistan these days.

Is this supposed to be a joke? Freedoms in Afghanistan have significantly declined since the Taliban took power in 2021.

I stopped reading after this.


Point noted, will rework those aspects. To note: I am Afghan myself, but I do see how that line particular could be a pain point. And yes was meant to be sarcastic. Thank you.


OK, I didn't mean to sound harsh, that statement just seemed out of place.

Taking another look at this, here's what I see:

> As AI capability continues to advance, it'll consistently and increasingly outperform traditional human analysis in both speed and accuracy.

> Our Orchid hybrid model combines neural networks, quantitative models, and language models to leverage both numerical and textual information, enabling smarter, faster algorithmic decision-making with significantly less human supervision.

> Here's a couple use cases: ...

> Simulating the past twelve months, our implementation of Orchid outperformed the S&P 500 by over 10%.

These four statements tell me the problem/opportunity, your solution to that opportunity, how that solution might be relevant / useful to me, and proof that your solution works.

This is your value proposition, and what I need to know about Orchid as a potential customer / user. I'd consolidate these four statements and put them at the top of the page. The jokes can come later (but I'd still tone down the sarcasm).


If your country allows it, why not consider both? Or a major in CS with a minor in Business Administration/Finance?

> ...a CS degree...will probably lose value.

I wouldn't bet on that. Computers aren't going anywhere, and just in the past 15 years, we've seen entire industries created around smartphones, cloud computing, streaming, VR, IoT, SaaS, and AI. Pick which wave you want to surf! A technical and/or a business background would be useful here.

> I'm not confident that 4 years from now the field will be what it is now.

That I would bet on.

And by the way, just because you major (or don't major) in something doesn't mean you've locked yourself into (or out of) that activity. When I switched from music performance to computer science, I had the feeling that I had turned my back on my music, that I couldn't now excel in it...which was nonsense! It wasn't until I realized, that just because I don't major in something doesn't mean I still can't do that thing well, was I able to embrace the decision to choose CS.

Best of luck in your decision.


This sounds interesting, but I'm seeing the following when I visit the site:

   404: NOT_FOUND
   Code: DEPLOYMENT_NOT_FOUND


Looks like they resubmitted (hopefully they'll update the text) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41221312


Regarding the post on X, it looks like you've also posted the last 4 digits of the customer's card number and card type.

https://x.com/craciun_07/status/1820204407780164044

And is there any risk with exposing the Stripe payment intent ID like that?

Is the screenshot even necessary? The message body says everything just fine.


I perhaps shouldn't of exposed the card type and 4 numbers, that was me not being careful, however I don't believe it's a major risk since you can't really do mich with this, especially since the identity of the customer is hidden.

As for exposing the payment intent, there are no problems with this unless someone manages to get my stripe API keys and can then query by payment intent id.


With JS disabled, when trying to generate the paragraphs I get a "Symfony\...\MethodNotAllowedHttpException - The POST method is not supported for route /. Supported methods: GET, HEAD. " (with a very detailed stack trace).


The internet doesn’t work with JS disabled. So I’m not too fussed about that.


That may be so, but I'd fussed about revealing the source code of the backend to the public Internet!


Resolved. Thanks for the feedback. Appreciated.


We could add taxis to that list that use the Curb ride hailing system, with their "passenger information monitors" located in the rear of the taxi.

https://www.gocurb.com/terms


You should be aware that with "connected cars", some contracts were extended with a duty of warning from the vehicle owner to any guest: "I need to inform you that if you enter my car, you accept to be profiled by the manufacturer and its partners" (see https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/article... ).

So, which "taxis"? Taxis are getting extinct - with cars. (You did not expect by entering a taxi to subscribe a sinister contract with unclear entities - and some will plainly refuse it. The "unlivable society" proceeds.)


This was in New York City.

There absolutely should be some kind of notice, or at least an opting-in (where the "opt-in" is not the act of simply getting into a cab).

It's irritating a vital service like this becomes an "all or nothing" deal, where I can't selectively opt-out of some shady practice and still use the fundamental service.


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