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by cfontes 4327 days ago
It doesn't load at all for me... HN effect i guess.

But the idea looks like a very nice time waster or argument resolver.

I have a co-worker that always has the best theoretical cafe solution to every single bug ever found on any computer program, on this and parallel universes.

Would be nice to play this against him and maybe win one or 2.

Edit:

Looking at the bright side.

Most people that up voted the site liked the idea even without seeing the product working( I did).

That alone is a nice thing to have. So if you make it work you will get double XP!

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Hehe, never thought of it as an argument resolver but that's a cool idea. One other idea that I have already tried quite successfully was to use this as a technical phone screen tool where you codefight the candidate or ask them to do a few solo modes to see how far they get :)
> One other idea that I have already tried quite successfully was to use this as a technical phone screen tool where you codefight the candidate or ask them to do a few solo modes to see how far they get

Sorry, but that's a terrible idea. As a bit of recreational fun, this game is fine for. But judging candidates on their ability to speed read would exclude a lot of very capable developers (as well as potentially land you into trouble under equal opportunity employment laws given the aforementioned bias this games introduces)