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by CorrectHorseBat 1412 days ago
>I'd prefer someone that can infer the algorithm without knowing it before hand than someone who just memorized a bunch of them.

Can someone do the latter without the former?
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whitesilhouette 1412 days ago
oh yes you can, so long as you don't equate _memorizing_ things with _knowing_ things.
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CorrectHorseBat 1411 days ago
Not equating, but requiring. Can you really know something you didn't memorize? I don't think so.
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whitesilhouette 1410 days ago
Of course I can. I never memorized the link to this thread but I know how to find it.
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