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SilasX
on June 5, 2022
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I cheated on my Microsoft interview (2019)
There's also the joke that John von Neumann was given this task and "cheated" by just instantly adding all the numbers in his head the naive way, without having to write anything down.
jacobolus
on June 5, 2022
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The traditional story is about calculating the distance a fly (or bird?) travels if it goes back and forth between two trains.
https://jcdverha.home.xs4all.nl/scijokes/10.html#Neumann_4
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