[HN Gopher] Typing the technical interview (2017)
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       Typing the technical interview (2017)
        
       Author : weatherlight
       Score  : 103 points
       Date   : 2022-11-02 16:41 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (aphyr.com)
        
       | yewenjie wrote:
       | Previously
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14078852 - (April 10, 2017
       | -- 413 points, 80 comments)
        
       | weatherlight wrote:
       | Re-implemented in Rust's type system:
       | https://github.com/insou22/typing-the-technical-interview-ru...
        
       | ahartmetz wrote:
       | Somehow, making something simple ornate and complicated neither
       | appeals to me as a main story point nor as a writing style. I
       | just find it really grating.
        
         | throw827474737 wrote:
         | It is a pun into multiple directions at once, and super nerdy
         | (and "correct") at the same time. What do you want more? Loved
         | it..
        
       | xypage wrote:
       | Do yourself a favor and hover over their site title above the
       | article, really clean effect
        
       | steve_john wrote:
        
       | weatherlight wrote:
       | "Yes queens!" You murmur. This is, sadly, not that kind of
       | interview.
       | 
       | Really funny blog post :)
        
         | aasasd wrote:
         | I still don't know what exactly that references.
        
           | sterlind wrote:
           | Drag shows, i.e. drag queens. Popularized among hets by Ru-
           | Paul's Drag Race, where "yas, queen!" is a frequent
           | catchphrase.
        
             | aasasd wrote:
             | Let me hang onto the chance while we're on the topic. Could
             | anyone please explain to me the appeal of the show? I mean,
             | I don't give a rat's ass what anyone puts onto themselves
             | (presuming it looks vaguely good), but it also seems to me
             | that the whole pitch of the show is that everyone on it is
             | a crossdresser. Is that interesting somehow? I've been
             | lowkey trying to figure it out for a while _specifically
             | without_ watching any of the show.
             | 
             | P.S. I'm not watching 'Drag's Race' the same way I'm not
             | watching 'Titanic' the 1997 blockbuster by James Cameron.
             | But I understand the popularity of 'Titanic', the romantic
             | epic with young up-and-coming star Leonardo DiCaprio and
             | Kate Winslet.
             | 
             | P.P.S. When Francois Ozon makes a film about two boys in
             | love, I have no questions. They have drama, tensions,
             | something something--I don't remember 'cause it was some
             | time ago. When a bunch of guys put on dresses and makeup, I
             | don't understand how one makes an entire _fourteen-season_
             | show with spin-offs just from this.
        
               | pvg wrote:
               | This HN thread is not really the place to explore your
               | interest in the diversity of human sexuality with
               | repetitive comments.
        
               | aasasd wrote:
               | I mean, I'm asking about the _show_ and you say the
               | question is about sexuality.
        
               | pvg wrote:
               | You've got the downvotes, flags and comments from
               | everyone from the mods on down telling you your
               | commentary is indistinguishable from low-grade,
               | transparent trolling. If the problem is everyone
               | misunderstanding you, it's on you to fix it.
        
               | johnny_b_g wrote:
               | That's rich coming from a known repeat troll. You must be
               | a Republiturd.
               | 
               | https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false
               | &qu...
        
               | [deleted]
        
               | 0xbadcafebee wrote:
               | The appeal of the show is drag queens are entertaining.
               | Literally... that is their job. Drag queens are paid
               | entertainers. It's a show about entertainers,
               | entertaining.
        
               | aasasd wrote:
               | Okay... thanks for the effort, at least. I've been
               | meaning to get somewhat into early-ish burlesque, Brecht,
               | that kind of thing. Maybe then I'll be able to watch drag
               | shows with vague understanding.
        
               | williamcotton wrote:
               | The contestants are incredibly talented.
               | 
               | The average contestant on a fashion design competitive
               | reality show is way less talented than the average
               | fashion designer on Drag Race.
               | 
               | The same goes for dance and comedy and more.
               | 
               | RuPaul's contestants are basically the top performing
               | drag artists in the country. He has the market cornered!
        
               | aasasd wrote:
               | Ah! Somehow I completely missed that they're supposed to
               | be fashion designers. Thanks.
               | 
               | > _top performing drag artists_
               | 
               | Well I guess then that to understand the appeal of 'Drag
               | Race' I'll have to finally watch 'Drag Race'.
        
               | williamcotton wrote:
               | If you skip ahead to Drag Race All Stars you get the real
               | cream of the crop!
        
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       | lopatin wrote:
       | One of my favorite blog posts, probably ever. Funny, mind
       | bending, but not completely impossible to follow.
        
         | dmitriid wrote:
         | I sometimes re-read the series just for the fun of it even if I
         | don't understand even 10% of the technical stuff
        
       | tptacek wrote:
       | You couldn't come up with a better example of why we have the HN
       | rule that says "please use the original title, unless it is
       | misleading or linkbait". The title of this story is "Typing The
       | Technical Interview". The editorialization this submitter added
       | absolutely steps on the joke.
        
         | dang wrote:
         | Fixed now. Submitted title was "Typing the Technical
         | Interview(solving a problem using only Haskell type system)
         | (2017)".
        
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       | ravi-delia wrote:
       | This is a silly request, but it has been my white whale for a
       | while. For the past few years I've set up every proof by
       | contradiction with "Presume, foolishly, ...". I thought I got it
       | from this series of stories, but every once in a while I give
       | them a close read and fail to find anything like it. Maybe I saw
       | it in an HN comment? Anyone remember something like that?
        
         | qu4z-2 wrote:
         | I can't help you, sorry, but I know where _I_ have now got it
         | from :)
        
       | qdot76367 wrote:
        
       | jordemort wrote:
       | Always wonderful, but (2017) - you got me excited that there
       | might be a new one in the series.
        
         | jkingsman wrote:
         | There are, at least, after Typing:
         | https://aphyr.com/tags/interviews
         | 
         | Latest (with a very conclusion-ish tone) was 2020.
        
       | aasasd wrote:
        
         | jackblemming wrote:
         | >If you read Aphyr's twitter, you'll find he has a peculiar set
         | of interests, and I don't mean Clojure and database soundness.
         | 
         | Yes, he's part of some LGBT communities. What are you trying to
         | insinuate?
        
           | aasasd wrote:
        
         | oats wrote:
         | Indeed, his dedication to fitness and taste in fine leather
         | clothing is quite admirable!
        
           | aasasd wrote:
        
             | oats wrote:
             | Please take your weird bigotry elsewhere. Or even better,
             | quit being a weird bigot.
        
         | dan-so wrote:
         | delete this post while you still can
        
           | aasasd wrote:
        
             | [deleted]
        
         | dang wrote:
         | Please don't take HN threads into on flamewar tangents. Whether
         | you intended it or not, this is basically trolling.
         | 
         | https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
         | 
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
        
           | aasasd wrote:
           | Well apparently I need an AI to tell me what's 'trolling' on
           | HN, because _gym and leather_ don 't mean 'dumb flamewar' to
           | me. If mentions of _gym and leather_ trigger HN 's crowd, I
           | don't see how that's my fault.
        
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