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the tea protocol is still predictably a gigantic source of PR spam (www.web3isgoinggreat.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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who could have seen this coming, other than everyone who told the homebrew tree inverter guy this was a bad idea they absolutely shouldn’t do

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

idly, first time I've seen lemmy do any sensible render with a textblock, which retro-informs a lot about the choices for text handling (which we've wondered bout in the other thread)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

A whiteboard is just a glorified chalkboard, and I got sick of being asked to prove I understood how to use and manipulate one of the most complex systems ever invented by man by basically rubbing a soft rock against a hard rock.

I'm now in favor of puzzle interview questions, just so this guy gets asked them

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

His complaint seriously backfired here, because it makes working on a chalkboard sound epic. The act of rubbing one rock against another becomes ascendance into the highest realms of thought? That's fuckin' alchemy, bro.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

If computers are “we taught sand to do math” then this is “we learned to read and count from people who were rubbing stones together.” Screw fire, we learned shakespeare from rock friction. Awesome.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

yeah, I'm thinking there were a few more problems than not being able to invert a binary tree

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I will quote the entirety of Max’s website here:

MAX HOWELL is a legendary open source developer. Creator of Homebrew, used by tens of millions of developer around the world. Founder of tea protocol a decentralized technology protocol that enables open source developers to be rewarded for their software contributions for the benefit of all humanity. He is known for his careful approach to software development that results in delightful products that solve their niches perfectly.

what a fucking metric. I’m a lot closer to being a legendary open source developer than I thought.

also I found his TED talk on AGI while I was looking that up:

Max Howell draws back the curtain on the reality that artificial super intelligence will be here sooner than we think, and shares his approach to thinking about how it might impact our future. Max Howell has a master’s degree in chemistry, but after a year in the profession, abandoned it upon realizing chemistry is “super boring”. He began exploring open source coding. After working at Last.fm, then TweetDeck, Howell created Homebrew, an open source software manager that is today used by about 50 million people. He also authored a tweet about the interview process in the software industry that has been viewed more than 3 million times. Last year, he and his wife started a mobile app development company in Savannah.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Max Howell has a master’s degree in chemistry, but after a year in the profession, abandoned it upon realizing chemistry is “super boring”

boo

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

I will quote the entirety of Max’s website here:

Wait, the dude wrote that about himself? Jesus fucking christ, I wouldn't hire him for anything just based on that. "Hello, I am Max Howell and I have a LEGENDARILY giant dick that pleases multitudes." Get the Howell outta here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

he authored a tweet

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Or possibly the interviewers simply liked the other candidate better. Maybe the other candidates blew them away, maybe there was a hiring freeze during the search, maybe it was vibes. If someone’s from an underrepresented group in the profession and you have a consistent pattern of rejection at a certain stage, you can maybe draw some conclusions, but “I’m deserving so I’ll get the job” isn’t how hiring works.

That being said the guy is clearly a massive cock & I’m sure that came through.