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Answer: Shocking? In the annals of unintended consequences, this one takes t...   Your Quora Digest Top Stories from Your Feed   What are some of the most mind-blowing facts about China? 2.9k Kai Peter Chang, Chinese by blood, Taiwanese by birth,... Shocking? In the annals of unintended consequences, this one takes the cake: ... Read More » What does it feel like to be stupid? 971 Jessica Su, to be brief Since sophomore year I've been on medication that impairs my cognition. It's very annoying, but has taught me intelligence really doesn't matter that much. First, the dow... Read More » What is the remainder when the infinite sum (1!)² + (2!)² + (3!)² + ··· is divided by 1152? (A) 12, (B) 41, (C) 152, or (D) 802? 65 Jack Huizenga, Math Professor, University of Illinoi... As Anders Kaseorg notes, this question is poorly phrased and none of the options are correct if interpreted in the most usual sense. As Moshin Ahmed notes, the intended an... Read More » What will the historical legacy of the Hu Jintao administration (2003-2013) be? 61 Faye Wang, 资治通鉴都没看过就别跟我争论中国问题了。 While I can't really speak for "history", this is my own opinion about Hu's legacy. When Hu was first "elected", he was considered a transitional leader. The older genera... Read More » How does Google’s Google Innovation Time Off (20% time) policy work in practice? 164 Joel Johnson While I was there (2010), the group I was in (AdWords Campaign Management) discouraged any 20% project that wasn't a feature for the group's product. Actually, they discour... Read More » What kind of jobs do the software engineers who earn $500k per year do? 4k Amin Ariana, Technical Founder, hacker at several ... Disclosure: I'm an ex-Googler. This answer does not represent the company. The premise of the question is somewhat misguided in that there are no $500K guaranteed "earning... Read More » What are the strangest ways people have become famous? 200 Samuel O. Ronsin, getting there. Lena Soderberg, nude model for Playboy became a superstar within the computer vision community as her picture became one of the most widely used standard test images for co... Read More » Does it make sense to participate in competitive programming after getting a job? 278 Nick Wu, 2012/2013 ACM-ICPC World Finalist Quote from Petr Mitrichev: Once you find programming is no fun anymore – drop it. Play soccer, find a girlfriend, study something not related to programming, just live a l... Read More » What does the phrase "Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM" mean? 72 Vladimir Novakovski, Hedge funds, technology This means that if you make a business decision that isn't risky relative to what your competitors are doing, you are less likely to severely underperform the competition (... Read More » Why are Singaporeans so 'obedient' to their government? 72 Hongwan Liu, Singaporean I'm not exactly sure how you want Singaporeans to 'disobey' the government. Vote against them? Sure we do, almost 40% of us did that the last time. We even kicked out a pop... Read More »   Read More in Your Feed       This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Quora is your best source for knowledge. Unsubscribe from this email.