80 points | by redmattred 2 hours ago
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"Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?"
"Yes, I'd like to hear a TCP joke."
"OK, I'll tell you a TCP joke."
"Ok, I will hear a TCP joke."
"Are you ready to hear a TCP joke?"
"Yes, I am ready to hear a TCP joke."
"Ok, I am about to send the TCP joke. It will last 10 seconds, it has two characters, it does not have a setting, it ends with a punchline."
"Ok, I am ready to get your TCP joke that will last 10 seconds, has two characters, does not have an explicit setting, and ends with a punchline."
"I'm sorry, your connection has timed out. Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?"
I knew about enough to fill an index card: enough for an adequate interview answer, but not enough that I would relish getting follow-up questions.
While deciding what to say I started with this joke. The interviewer laughed and moved on to the next question. I got the job offer.
> I would UDP joke tell you a… but you get it might not.
- Jon Skeet facts: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9134/jon-skeet-fact...
- Chuck Norris facts: http://www.betterprogramming.com/chuck-norris-programming-fa...
- Knock Knock
- Who's there?
- Thank you
Btw, it reminds me of "10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who don't"
Ulster says NO! :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Democratic_Party
https://youtu.be/M1sCNdfMMZA?t=19
"Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?"
"Yes, I'd like to hear a TCP joke."
"OK, I'll tell you a TCP joke."
"Ok, I will hear a TCP joke."
"Are you ready to hear a TCP joke?"
"Yes, I am ready to hear a TCP joke."
"Ok, I am about to send the TCP joke. It will last 10 seconds, it has two characters, it does not have a setting, it ends with a punchline."
"Ok, I am ready to get your TCP joke that will last 10 seconds, has two characters, does not have an explicit setting, and ends with a punchline."
"I'm sorry, your connection has timed out. Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?"
I knew about enough to fill an index card: enough for an adequate interview answer, but not enough that I would relish getting follow-up questions.
While deciding what to say I started with this joke. The interviewer laughed and moved on to the next question. I got the job offer.
> I would UDP joke tell you a… but you get it might not.
> I would UDP joke tell you a… but you get it might not.
- Jon Skeet facts: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9134/jon-skeet-fact...
- Chuck Norris facts: http://www.betterprogramming.com/chuck-norris-programming-fa...
- Knock Knock
- Who's there?
- Thank you
Btw, it reminds me of "10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who don't"
Ulster says NO! :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Democratic_Party
https://youtu.be/M1sCNdfMMZA?t=19